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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:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
May. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Micromass Uk Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/16 (2006.01); H01J 9/04 (2006.01); H01J 49/04 (2006.01); H01J 49/14 (2006.01); H01J 49/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/165 (2013.01); H01J 49/0404 (2013.01); H01J 49/10 (2013.01); H01J 49/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ambient ionisation ion source is disclosed that comprises a first device arranged and adapted to generate analyte ions from a target and an enclosure surrounding the first device. The enclosure includes one or more gas inlets and one or more gas outlets. The ambient ionisation ion source also comprises a second device arranged and adapted to supply the enclosure with a first gas via the one or more gas inlets such that the enclosure is maintained, in use, at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.