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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Micromass Uk Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Inventors:
Steven Pringle, Darwen, GB;
Emrys Jones, Manchester, GB;
Mike Morris, Glossop, GB;
Keith Richardson, High Peak, GB;
Zoltan Takats, Haslingfield, GB;
Assignee:
Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/71 (2006.01); G01N 27/622 (2021.01); H01J 49/16 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/0027 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/6847 (2013.01); A61B 18/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/718 (2013.01); G01N 27/622 (2013.01); H01J 49/0036 (2013.01); H01J 49/164 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0221 (2013.01); G01N 2201/1293 (2013.01); H01J 49/0004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of analysing a target is disclosed comprising ablating a portion of a target so as to cause an aerosol plume to be produced and light or other electromagnetic radiation to be emitted. The aerosol plume is analysed using mass spectrometry and/or ion mobility spectrometry and the emitted light or other electromagnetic radiation is analysed using optical spectroscopy in order to determine one or more regions of interest of the target and/or one or more margins or bounds of a region of interest of the target.