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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2006
David T. Dutton, San Jose, CA (US);
Randall S. Urdahl, Mountain View, CA (US);
Arthur Schleifer, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Karen L. Seward, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David T. Dutton, San Jose, CA (US);
Randall S. Urdahl, Mountain View, CA (US);
Arthur Schleifer, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Karen L. Seward, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the invention include sample ionizing devices and methods of use thereof. Embodiments of the sample ionizing devices include a microplasma generation source with a plasma generation region, a sample input port for delivering a sample to the plasma generation region, and a gas flow element configured to flow gas through the microplasma generation source independently of the sample input port. The devices and methods of the invention find use in a variety of different applications, including analyte detection applications.