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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Thermo Finnigan Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Viatcheslav V. Kovtoun, San Jose, CA (US);
Eloy R. Wouters, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
THERMO FINNIGAN LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/167 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrospray ion source for a mass spectrometer comprises: (i) a plurality of N electrospray emitters within an ionization compartment, wherein N≥2; (ii) a mixing chamber; (iii) a plurality of N inlets, each inlet comprising a conduit configured to receive charged particles from a respective one of the electrospray emitters and to emit the charged particles into the mixing chamber; (iv) an outlet port either facing or within an intermediate-vacuum compartment; and (v) a heater in thermal contact with at least a portion of the mixing chamber.