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US 8,896,830 B2Granted
Devices and systems including a boost device
AssigneePerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc.
InventorPeter Morrisroe
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Abstract
A device for mass spectroscopy comprising a chamber configured to provide an atomization source, a boost device configured to provide radio frequency energy to the chamber, and a mass analyzer in fluid communication with the chamber and configured to separate species based on mass-to-charge ratios is disclosed. In certain examples, a boost device may be used with a flame or plasma to provide additional energy to a flame or plasma to enhance desolvation, atomization, and/or ionization.
Claims16
A device for mass spectroscopy comprising:
- a chamber configured to provide an atomization source;
- an energy delivery mechanism configured to provide radio frequency energy into a first area of the chamber to sustain the atomization source in the chamber;
- a boost device configured to provide additional radio frequency energy into a second area of the chamber different from the first area of the chamber;
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- a mass analyzer in fluid communication with the chamber and configured to separate species based on mass-to-charge ratios.
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