Gas flow nebulizer
AssigneePerkinElmer Scientific Canada ULC
InventorCharles Jolliffe
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Abstract
A nebulizer includes a gas transport conduit having a gas inlet for receiving a nebulizer gas and an outlet, the gas transport conduit defining a longitudinal axis along flow direction of the nebulizer gas; and an analyte supply conduit extending into the gas transport conduit along the longitudinal axis, the analyte supply conduit having at least one side aperture configured to emit analyte from the analyte supply conduit into the gas transport conduit in a direction off-axis from the longitudinal axis of the gas transport conduit.
Claims28
A nebulizer comprising:
- a gas transport conduit having a gas inlet for receiving a nebulizer gas and an outlet, the gas transport conduit defining a longitudinal axis along a flow direction of the nebulizer gas;
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- an analyte supply conduit extending into the gas transport conduit along the longitudinal axis, the analyte supply conduit having at least one side aperture configured to emit analyte from the analyte supply conduit into the gas transport conduit in a direction off-axis from the longitudinal axis of the gas transport conduit.
A method of generating analyte ions, the method comprising:
- flowing a nebulizer gas along a gas transport conduit having a gas inlet for receiving the nebulizer gas and an outlet, the gas transport conduit defining a longitudinal axis along a flow direction of the nebulizer gas;
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- flowing an analyte along an analyte supply conduit extending into the gas transport conduit along the longitudinal axis, the analyte supply conduit having at least one side aperture, wherein the analyte is emitted from the analyte supply conduit into the gas transport conduit in a direction off-axis from the longitudinal axis of the gas transport conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.