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US 2025/0189455 A1Published application
Inductively coupled plasma torch with reverse vortex flow and method of operation
AssigneeStandard BioTools Canada Inc.
InventorsAlexander V. Loboda, Adam Carew
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Abstract
We describe in this application the analysis of samples using elemental or mass spectrometry and the analysis of samples, such as biological samples by suspension mass cytometry or imaging mass cytometry and an inductively coupled plasma torch with reverse vortex flow for elemental analysis and a method of operating an ICP torch configured to interface with a spectrometer.
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A method of analyzing a sample comprising:
- (a) injecting a sample into an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) torch;
- (b) supplying gas into the ICP torch;
- (c) ionizing the sample in the ICP torch;
- (c) passing a portion of the supplied gas and the ionized sample out of the ICP torch through a sampler cone;
- and
- (d) collecting an excess flow of the supplied gas from the ICP torch by at least one excess flow removal outlet in the ICP torch.
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A method of analyzing a sample comprising:
- (a) injecting a sample into an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) torch;
- (b) supplying gas into the ICP torch;
- (c) ionizing the sample in the ICP torch;
- (c) passing a portion of the supplied gas and the ionized sample out of the ICP torch through a sampler cone;
- and
- (d) collecting an excess flow of the supplied gas from the ICP torch and returning the collected excess flow to the ICP torch.
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