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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2002
Gary L. Glish, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Ryan M. Danell, Malden, MA (US);
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Abstract
An electrospray ionization device is provided that includes one or more electrospray needles and an ion sampling device. Each needle has a distal end for receiving a sample, a tip for spraying the sample in fluid communication with the distal end, and an electrical contact for contacting at least some portion of sample therein. The ion sampling device has an entrance, an exit, and an interior in fluid communication with the entrance and the exit, and is located in proximity to the tip or tips of the one or more electrospray needles. The entrance defines an opening that has a larger area than an opening defined by the exit. The ion sampling device also has a counter-electrical contact. The electrospray ionization device further comprises means for generating an electrical potential difference between the counter-electrical contact and the electrical contact(s) of the one or more electrospray needles.