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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2009
Robert T. James, Newmarket, CA;
Volodimir Bondarenko, Mississauga, CA;
Reno Debono, Clinton, NJ (US);
Julian Burton, Franklin Park, NJ (US);
John Carroll, Madison, NJ (US);
Robert T. James, Newmarket, CA;
Volodimir Bondarenko, Mississauga, CA;
Reno Debono, Clinton, NJ (US);
Julian Burton, Franklin Park, NJ (US);
John Carroll, Madison, NJ (US);
SMITHS DETECTION MONTREAL INC., Laval, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
An ion mobility spectrometer analytical instrument, including an ion mobility spectrometer, a swab interface, and a desorber assembly. The desorber assembly includes a heat transfer device configured to heat a desorber, as well as a supply configured to direct gas through the desorber. The instrument further includes a drift tube, high voltage device arrayed, at least in part, proximate to the drift tube, wherein the high voltage device is configured to change a polarity of a voltage applied to the drift tube and have an absolute voltage of about 500 to 1500 volts. The instrument further includes a reactant supply unit adapted to supply reactant during a sample substance analysis, and a control unit.