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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Micromass Uk Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Inventors:
Stevan Bajic, Sale, GB;
David S. Douce, Congleton, GB;
Assignee:
Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/14 (2006.01); H01J 27/20 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H01J 49/04 (2006.01); H01J 49/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/14 (2013.01); H01J 27/20 (2013.01); H01J 49/0031 (2013.01); H01J 49/049 (2013.01); H01J 49/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of ionizing a sample is disclosed that comprises heating a sample so that analyte is released from the sample, producing charged particles such as charged droplets downstream of the sample, and using the charged particles to ionize at least some of the analyte released from the sample so as to produce analyte ions.