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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Micromass Uk Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Inventors:
Zoltan Takats, Cambridge, GB;
Emrys Jones, Manchester, GB;
James Ian Langridge, Sale, GB;
Michael Raymond Morris, Glossop, GB;
Tamas Karancsi, Budapest, HU;
Steven Derek Pringle, Darwen, GB;
Julia Balog, Solymar, HU;
Daniel Simon, Morichida, HU;
Lajos Godorhazy, Erd, HU;
Daniel Szalay, Budapest, HU;
Keith Richardson, High Peak, GB;
Phillip Robert Bennett, London, GB;
David Alan MacIntyre, Isleworth, AU;
Pamela Pruski, London, GB;
Assignee:
MICROMASS UK LIMITED, Wilmslow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/04 (2006.01); G01N 27/62 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H01J 49/16 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/38 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); G01N 33/487 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/049 (2013.01); A61B 10/0041 (2013.01); A61B 10/0283 (2013.01); A61B 18/042 (2013.01); A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61F 13/38 (2013.01); G01N 27/622 (2013.01); G01N 33/487 (2013.01); H01J 49/0031 (2013.01); H01J 49/16 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0083 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320069 (2017.08); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2218/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is disclosed comprising providing a biological sample on a swab, directing a spray of charged droplets onto a surface of the swab in order to generate a plurality of analyte ions, and analyzing the analyte ions.