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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Gary M. Hieftje, Bloomington, IN (US);
Steven J. Ray, Bloomington, IN (US);
Francisco J. Andrade, Leeds, GB;
William C. Wetzel, Villa Hills, KY (US);
Michael R. Webb, Wilmington, NC (US);
Gerardo Gamez, Thun, CH;
Jacob T. Shelley, Bloomington, IN (US);
Gary M. Hieftje, Bloomington, IN (US);
Steven J. Ray, Bloomington, IN (US);
Francisco J. Andrade, Leeds, GB;
William C. Wetzel, Villa Hills, KY (US);
Michael R. Webb, Wilmington, NC (US);
Gerardo Gamez, Thun, CH;
Jacob T. Shelley, Bloomington, IN (US);
Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A method for ionizing and desorbing a sample for analysis includes energizing a first and second electrode to produce a glow discharge at atmospheric pressure. The method further includes supplying a carrier gas to at least a portion of the glow discharge to create effluents thereof. The method further includes conducting the effluents of the glow discharge to the sample to ionize and desorb the sample for analysis. An associated apparatus is also disclosed.
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