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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 16, 2019
Applicant:

Micromass Uk Limited, Wilmslow, GB;

Inventors:

Steven Derek Pringle, Darwen, GB;

Farnoush Salarzaei, Altrincham, GB;

Nicholas Tomczyk, Altrincham, GB;

Jason Lee Wildgoose, Stockport, GB;

Assignee:

MICROMASS UK LIMITED, Wilmslow, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/24 (2006.01); G01N 30/72 (2006.01); G01N 27/622 (2021.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/24 (2013.01); G01N 27/622 (2013.01); G01N 30/7233 (2013.01); H01J 49/004 (2013.01); H01J 49/0009 (2013.01); H01J 49/0027 (2013.01); H01J 49/0045 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an ion mobility separatorfor separating ions according to their ion mobility, one or more first devices or stages arranged upstream of the ion mobility separator and a control system. The control system is arranged and adapted to monitor directly or indirectly the operating environment within the ion mobility separator, and to control the operating environment within the ion mobility separatorbased on the monitoring by controlling one or more gas flows to or within one or more of the one or more first devices or stages.


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