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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2015
Micromass Uk Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Robert Harold Bateman, Cheshire, GB;
Kevin Giles, Cheshire, GB;
Steven Derek Pringle, Darwen, GB;
Jason Lee Wildgoose, Stockport, GB;
MICROMASS UK LIMITED, Wilmslow, GB;
Abstract
A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a first ion trap or ion guide, a single ion mobility spectrometer or separator stage and a second ion trap or ion guide arranged downstream of the ion mobility spectrometer or separator. A mode of operation includes passing ions from said first ion trap or ion guide to said device and onwards to said second ion trap or ion guide and then passing at least some of said ions or at least some fragment, daughter, product or adduct ions derived from said ions from said second ion trap or ion guide onwards to said first ion trap or ion guide.