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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2017
Human Metabolome Technologies, Inc., Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata, JP;
Hitoshi Sagawa, Tsuruoka, JP;
Kazunori Sasaki, Tsuruoka, JP;
HUMAN METABOLOME TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Tsuruoka, JP;
Abstract
An ion source adapter configured to enable a mass spectrometer, used with a voltage applied to a nebulizer side of an ion source configured to generate an ion, to be used with the nebulizer side grounded, the ion source adapter comprising a tube inserted between an ion introduction port of a capillary of the mass spectrometer and the nebulizer, the tube being formed of an insulator and allowing ions to pass through an interior thereof; a fixing tool configured to align and fix a mass spectrometer side of the tube and the ion introduction port of the capillary; and an electrode configured to apply a voltage to a nebulizer side of the tube, wherein outer peripheries of the nebulizer side and/or the mass spectrometer side of the tube are coated with a conductor, and are used for electric conduction.