公开(公告)号：US20250067617A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-27

申请号：US18718916

申请日：2022-12-13

Applicant: DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd.

Inventor： Amit PATEL ,  Aaron STELLA

IPC: G01M3/20

Abstract: Leak detection systems and methods in accordance with various aspects of the present teachings can, in various embodiments, sequester fluid leaking from the interface between a sample source and the inlet of the ion source, alert an operator as to a leak condition, and/or automatically terminate the experiment. In various aspects, a liquid leak detection system is accordance with the present teachings comprises a collection basin configured to couple to a proximal end of a conduit in fluid communication with a discharge end of an ion source of a mass spectrometer such that the proximal end of the conduit extends through the internal volume of the basin. The system may also comprise a drainage tube having an inlet end opening into an internal volume of the collection basin and configured to drain liquid therefrom, a sensor disposed within the basin or the drainage tube and configured to generate a signal indicative of liquid therewithin, and a processor that is configured to cause a user to be alerted and/or cause an experiment to be terminated upon receiving from the sensor a signal indicative of a leak.