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US 2019/0198307 A1Published application
Ambient ionisation spot measurement and validation
AssigneeMicromass UK Limited
InventorsEmrys Jones, Richard Chapman, Steven PRINGLE
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AssigneeMicromass UK Limited
InventorsEmrys Jones, Richard Chapman, Steven PRINGLE
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Apparatus is disclosed comprising a first ion source (210) arranged and adapted to emit a spray of charged droplets (211) and a detector or sensor (203) arranged and adapted automatically to detect, sense or determine one or more first parameters or properties of the spray of charged droplets (211) as the spray of charged droplets (211) impacts upon a surface of the detector or sensor 203. The apparatus further comprises a control system (204) arranged and adapted to adjust, correct and/or optimise one or more second parameters or properties of the spray of charged droplets (211) based on the one or more first parameters or properties of the spray of charged droplets (211) detected, sensed or determined by the detector or sensor (203).
Apparatus comprising:
Apparatus as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a sampling stage arranged and adapted to receive a sample, said apparatus optionally further comprising a device arranged and adapted to direct said spray of charged droplets at a sample received by said sampling stage and/or to direct said spray of charged droplets so that said detector or sensor detects, senses or determines said one or more first parameters or properties of said spray of charged droplets.
A method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.