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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
May. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Micromass Uk Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Inventors:
Ruth Wamsley, Rhuddlan/Rhyl, GB;
Michael Wilson, Wrexham, GB;
Ian Trivett, Cheadle, GB;
Peter Carney, Dukinfield, GB;
Haydn Murray, Stockport, GB;
Paul McIver, Trafford, GB;
Assignee:
Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/04 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H01J 49/06 (2006.01); H01J 49/24 (2006.01); H01J 49/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/0495 (2013.01); H01J 49/0031 (2013.01); H01J 49/045 (2013.01); H01J 49/0422 (2013.01); H01J 49/0486 (2013.01); H01J 49/067 (2013.01); H01J 49/24 (2013.01); H01J 49/405 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mass spectrometer comprising: a vacuum chamber; and an ion inlet assembly for transmitting analyte ions into the vacuum chamber; wherein the spectrometer is configured to operate in a cooling mode in which it selectively controls one or more gas flow to the ion inlet assembly for actively cooling the ion inlet assembly.