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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Smiths Detection-watford Limited, Hertfordshire, GB;
William Angus Munro, Hertfordshire, GB;
SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITED, Hertfordshire, GB;
Abstract
An ion mobility spectrometer () comprising a first ion source (--) for providing positive ions to be analyzed, an electric field applier arranged to provide an electric field configured to move the positive ions in a first direction towards a first ion detector (--) adapted for detecting the positive ions, and a second ion source (--) for providing negative ions to be analyzed, wherein the electric field applier is arranged to move the negative ions in a direction opposite to the first direction, towards the first ion source (--) and towards a second ion detector (--) adapted for detecting the negative ions.