Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Miniature ion source of fixed geometry
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Application No.: US16256687Application Date: 2019-01-24
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Publication No.: US10679840B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Stevan Bajic , David Gordon , Daniel James Kenny , Richard Barrington Moulds , Stephen O'Brien , Ian Trivett , Kate Whyatt
- Applicant: Micromass UK Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Wilmslow
- Assignee: Micromass UK LImited
- Current Assignee: Micromass UK LImited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Wilmslow
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Agent Deborah M. Vernon; Heath T. Misley
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@3928c050 com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@43695222 com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@5d4a968c
- Main IPC: H01J49/16
- IPC: H01J49/16 ; H01J49/00 ; H01J49/04

Abstract:
A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an atmospheric pressure interface comprising a gas cone 6 having an inlet aperture, wherein the gas cone 6 has a first longitudinal axis arranged along an x-axis and an Electrospray ion source comprising a first capillary tube 2 having an outlet and having a second longitudinal axis and a second capillary tube 3 which surrounds the first capillary tube 2. The mass spectrometer further comprises a desolvation gas supply tube and a first device arranged and adapted to supply an analyte liquid via the first capillary tube 2 so that the liquid exits the outlet of the first capillary tube 2 at a flow rate >200 μL/min. The mass spectrometer further comprises a second device arranged and adapted to supply a nebuliser gas via the second capillary tube 3 at a flow rate in the range 80-150 L/hr, wherein an outlet of the first capillary tube 2 is arranged at a distance x mm along the x-axis as measured from the centre of the gas cone inlet aperture, a distance y mm along a y-axis as measured from the centre of the gas cone inlet aperture and a distance z mm along a z-axis as measured from the centre of the gas cone inlet aperture. The x-axis, the y-axis and the z-axis are mutually orthogonal. The desolvation gas supply tube surrounds the second capillary tube 3 and the mass spectrometer further comprises a third device arranged and adapted to supply a desolvation gas via the desolvation gas supply tube at a flow rate in the range 400-1200 L/hr, a heater 4 arranged and adapted to heat the desolvation gas to a temperature ≥100° C. and a fourth device arranged and adapted to supply a cone gas to the gas cone 6 at a flow rate in the range 40-80 L/hr and wherein x is in the range 2.0-5.0 mm and wherein the ratio z/x is in the range 1-5:1.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190244800A1 MINIATURE ION SOURCE OF FIXED GEOMETRY Public/Granted day:2019-08-08
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