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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2009
Applicants:
Alan Finlay, West Byfleet, GB;
Bharathram Ganapathisubramani, London, GB;
Richard William Moseley, London, GB;
Peter Edwards, Kingsfold, GB;
Ariel Lipson, Tel Aviv, IL;
Inventors:
Alan Finlay, West Byfleet, GB;
Bharathram Ganapathisubramani, London, GB;
Richard William Moseley, London, GB;
Peter Edwards, Kingsfold, GB;
Ariel Lipson, Tel Aviv, IL;
Assignee:
Microsaic Systems PLC, Woking, Surrey, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention describes a vacuum interface for a mass spectrometer system formed from a diverging nozzle. The vacuum interface may be used to transfer a beam of ions from an atmospheric pressure ionization source into a vacuum chamber for analysis by a mass analyser.