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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2009
Eloy R. Wouters, San Jose, CA (US);
Maurizio A. Splendore, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Jean-jacques Dunyach, San Jose, CA (US);
Eloy R. Wouters, San Jose, CA (US);
Maurizio A. Splendore, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Jean-Jacques Dunyach, San Jose, CA (US);
Thermo Finnigan LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An electrospray ion source comprises a source of analyte-bearing liquid; a source of sheath gas; a plurality of liquid conduits, each configured so as to receive a portion of the analyte-bearing liquid; at least one electrode associated with the plurality of liquid conduits for producing electrospray emission of charged droplets from an outlet of each of the liquid conduits; a power supply electrically coupled to the at least one electrode for maintaining the at least one electrodes at an electrical potential; and either one or a plurality of sheath gas conduits, each sheath gas conduit comprising an inlet configured to receive sheath gas and an outlet configured to emit a sheath gas flow that circumferentially surrounds, in at least two dimensions, a portion of the emitted charged droplets.