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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Micromass Uk Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Inventors:
Michael Raymond Morris, Glossop, GB;
Steven Derek Pringle, Darwen, GB;
Richard Ellson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard Stearns, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lars Majlof, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ian Sinclair, Macclesfield, GB;
Assignee:
Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/04 (2006.01); H01J 49/10 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/0454 (2013.01); H01J 49/0031 (2013.01); H01J 49/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of ionising a sample is provided, comprising providing a fluid sample, wherein the fluid sample contains an analyte, applying one or more pulses of acoustic energy to the fluid sample to cause a spray of the fluid sample to eject from the surface of the fluid sample, and applying an AC, RF or alternating voltage to the fluid sample using an electrode.