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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Smiths Detection-watford Limited, Hertfordshire, GB;
Inventors:
Alastair Clark, Hertfordshire, GB;
Jonathan Atkinson, Hertfordshire, GB;
Assignee:
SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITED, Hertfordshire, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/62 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H01J 49/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/622 (2013.01); H01J 49/004 (2013.01); H01J 49/005 (2013.01); H01J 49/0045 (2013.01); H01J 49/421 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ion filter for a mass spectrometer, the apparatus comprising an ion modifier; an ion selector configured to select a subset of a sample of ions based on their mobility in a gas; and a controller configured to operate the ion modifier in a first mode to modify the ions selected by the ion selector to provide daughter ions, and configured to operate the ion modifier in a second mode to output the ions selected by the ion selector; wherein the ion filter is adapted for providing output ions from the ion modifier to an intake of a mass spectrometer.