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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188424 | Preparative ion mobility spectrometry In an ion mobility spectrometer, ions are generated, mobility-separated and deposited on a receiver, preferably at spatially separated positions by soft landing or crash landing techniques. The ion mobility spectrometer can be a stand-alone instrument or part of a h... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8188425 | Ion optics systems In various embodiments, provided are ion optics systems comprising an even number of ion mirrors arranged in pairs such that a trajectory of an ion exiting the ion optics system can be provided that intersects a surface substantially parallel to an image focal surfa... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8183524 | Mass spectrometer having time of flight mass analyser A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an orthogonal acceleration Time of Flight mass analyser. A pulse or packet of ions is released either from an ion trap or alternatively from a travelling wave ion guide arranged upstream of an orthogonal acceleration elect... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8164054 | Mass analysis method and mass analysis system A measurement is performed in a no-passing mode, in which ions having different masses are prevented from making a complete turn through a loop orbit, to obtain a time-of-flight spectrum without the passing of ions having different masses (S1 and S2). ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158932 | FAIMS having a displaceable electrode for on/off operation A system for analyzing ions comprises: an ion source; a FAIMS cell comprising: (a) a gas inlet; (b) an outer electrode having a generally concave inner surface and comprising: (i) an ion inlet operable to receive the ions from the ion source and a carrier gas from t... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153963 | Mass spectrometer This invention relates to mass spectrometers comprising a reaction cell and where mass spectra are collected both from unreacted ions and also from reaction product ions. In particular, although not exclusively, this invention finds use in tandem mass spectrometry w... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8134122 | Multi-modal particle detector Systems, methods and computer program products for the multi-modal detection of particles are described herein. An embodiment of the present invention is a particle detector that includes a first chamber wherein analyte particles are subjected to a first particle de... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8115167 | Multi-beam ion mobility time-of-flight mass spectrometry with multi-channel data recording The content of the invention comprises a concept of multi-beam ion pre-selection from a single sample, coordinated mobility (against the gas flow) separation, cooling ions in supersonic gas flow and mass separation of thus low divergent ions by single or plural comp... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8101909 | Time-of-flight mass spectrometry of surfaces The present invent provides a particle detector for counting and measuring the flight time of secondary electrons and scattered ions and neutrals and to correlate coincidences between these and backscattered ions/and neutrals while maintaining a continuous unpulsed ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8093553 | Mass spectrometer A method of determining the arrival time of one or more ions at an ion detector is disclosed. Ions arriving at the ion detector produce a signal and the time when a leading edge of the signal and when a trailing edge of the signal cross an intensity threshold are de... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8093555 | Mass spectrometer A mass analysis is initially performed while applying appropriate voltages to the electrodes so that ions injected through an entrance gate electrode (5) into a loop orbit (3) are guided through approximately one half of the loop orbit (3) and d... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8093554 | Multi-channel detection A mass spectrometer and method of mass spectrometry wherein charged particles in a beam undergo multiple changes of direction. A detection arrangement detects a first portion of the charged particle beam, and provides a first output based upon the intensity of the d... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8071940 | System to reduce the pressure drop in a differential mobility analyzer System to reduce the pressure drop in a Vienna-type differential mobility analyzer (DMA). It is built to favor the flow axilsymmetry, with no restrictions to avoid strong pressure drops and high pumping capacities. It comprises an electrical isolator, a metallic con... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8071939 | Method of and equipment for measuring ionic mobility The invention relates to a method of and a device for measuring ion mobility, wherein ions in a medium are carried by means of an electric field and their mobility is measured. The measurement is facilitated by keeping the medium in a shear flow of the Couette type.... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8071938 | Multi-modal particle detector Systems, methods and computer program products for the multi-modal detection of particles are described herein. An embodiment of the present invention is a particle detector that includes a first chamber wherein analyte particles are subjected to a first particle de... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8049168 | Time-of-flight segmented Faraday This measurement device is used to determine energy for charged particles. The measurement device includes two segments and a plate that define two thresholds or gaps. The current as a charged particle passes through these thresholds or gaps is measured. The measure... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8035081 | High precision electric gate for time-of-flight ion mass spectrometers A time-of-flight mass spectrometer having a chamber with electrodes to generate an electric field in the chamber and electric gating for allowing ions with a predetermined mass and velocity into the electric field. The design uses a row of very thin parallel aligned... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8022360 | Gas pre-concentrator for detection apparatus IMS apparatus has a preconcentrator in an inlet passage. A pressure pulser connected to the interior of a housing applies small alternating negative and positive pressure pulses to the housing so that air is drawn in and out of the inlet passage in a “panting” f... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8013294 | Charged-particle detector This ion detector includes an MCP and a plurality of planar dynodes respectively having a plurality of slits. The plurality of planar dynodes are stacked via spacers parallel to an electron output plane of the MCP, and the first stage planar dynode is opposed parall... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8013293 | Time-of-flight mass spectrometer A shift of mass axis that occurs when the temperature of a vacuum container consisting of a vacuum chamber (15) and IT block (16) or that of a TOF power unit (20) for applying an ion acceleration voltage is changed, is respectively measured befo... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8013292 | Mass spectrometer One cycle of loop orbit is formed by two identical time-focusing unit structures (T1 and T2). Each of the time-focusing unit structures (T1 and T2) has a time-focusing point (P1) at the injection side and a time-focusing point (P | 09/06/2011 |
| 7999222 | Time-of-flight mass spectrometer A time-of-flight mass spectrometer includes a detector and is adapted to measure the time it takes for an accelerated ion to reach the detector and thereby measure the mass of the ion. The time-of-flight mass spectrometer scans a voltage applied to an ion incident s... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7989759 | Cleaned daughter ion spectra from maldi ionization In a mass spectrometer having an ion source in which analyte substances are ionized by matrix assisted laser desorption and form an ion beam that travels to a parent ion selector for selecting ions to form daughter ions, the ion beam is reflected in at least one ref... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7982184 | Multi-reflecting time-of-flight mass analyser and a time-of-flight mass spectrometer including the mass analyser A multi-reflecting TOF mass analyser has two parallel, gridless ion mirrors each having an elongated structure in a drift direction (Z). These ion mirrors provide a folded ion path formed by multiple reflections of ions in a flight direction (X), orthogonal to the d... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7977627 | Ion selection apparatus and method An ion mobility spectrometer or other ion apparatus has two or three grid electrodes 51 and 52; 151 to 153; 106 and 107; 106′ and 107′ extending laterally of the ion flowpath. An asymmetric waveform with a dc compensating volta... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7932490 | Size segregated aerosol mass concentration measurement device An apparatus and method for estimating size segregated aerosol mass concentration in real time and using a single detector. A beam of electromagnetic radiation is passed through a particle stream made of a test or field aerosol. The single detector outputs an electr... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932489 | Detection apparatus An ion mobility spectrometer has a pair of electrodes (13A) and (13B) midway along the drift chamber (7). A high field is applied between the electrodes (13A) and (13B) sufficient to modify (e.g. fragment) ions in the region of the... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932491 | Quantitative measurement of isotope ratios by time-of-flight mass spectrometry A mass spectrometer includes a pulsed ion source that generates an ion beam comprising a plurality of ions. A first timed ion selector passes a first group of ions. A first ion mirror generates a reflected ion beam comprising the first group of ions that at least pa... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7928365 | Method and apparatus for mass spectrometry For the achievement of data transfer time reduction, removal of noise data, and analytical efficiency improvement in an ADC data processing function of a time-of-flight mass spectrometer, the mass spectrometer comprises a data acquisition circuit including: an A/D c... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7923682 | Fingerprint analysis using mass spectrometry The present invention is directed to a method for determining the presence of a residue on or within a fingerprint using matrix-assisted mass spectrometric techniques. The matrix-assisted mass spectrometric technique can be selected from Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorp... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7919748 | Cylindrical geometry time-of-flight mass spectrometer The mass spectrometer includes a mass analyzer having a pair of planar electrode structures. The electrode structures are disposed opposite one another, parallel to one another, and axially offset from one another, and are structured to generate, in response to a co... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7910879 | Method and apparatus for time-of-flight mass spectrometry A method and apparatus for time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry. The apparatus improves the ion focusing properties in an orthogonal direction and permits connection with an orthogonal-acceleration ion source for improvement of sensitivity. The apparatus comprises... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7888636 | Measuring energy contamination using time-of-flight techniques Techniques for measuring energy contamination using time-of-flight (TOF) sensor are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for detecting energy contamination in an ion beam using time-of-flight comprising direct... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7884319 | Data acquisition system for a spectrometer A data acquisition system and method are described that may be used with various spectrometers. The data acquisition system may include an ion detector, an initial/transient processing module, and a spectra processing module. The initial/transient processing module ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7880137 | Electrode design for an ion spectrometer Apparatuses and method are provided. For example, in one embodiment, a ring electrode includes a plurality of sub-rings adapted to provide an electric field inside a spectrometer. The sub-rings have an internal sub-ring radius. There is a ring insulator between adja... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7851747 | Electrode structure for drift tube in ion mobility spectrometer Disclosed is an electrode structure for a drift tube in IMS comprising a ring electrode, for each of two surfaces of the ring electrode, at least a part adjacent to the inner radius is formed into a cone, and the angles formed between the cones and the axis of the r... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7851746 | Calibration curves for time-of-flight mass spectrometers The invention relates to determining the masses from the time-of-flight values of ions in time-of-flight mass spectrometers where the accelerating voltage for the ions is not applied permanently, but is switched on at a certain time, resulting in a temporally changi... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7847242 | Pulse heating-time of flight mass spectrometric gas elements analyzer A pulse heating—time of flight mass spectrometric gas elements analyzer, which involves the chemical analysis field of inorganic materials, and comprises of a pulse heating electrode furnace, a sample charging system, a purification device, a time-of-flight mass s... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7838824 | TOF-TOF with high resolution precursor selection and multiplexed MS-MS The present invention comprises apparatus and methods for rapidly and accurately determining mass-to-charge ratios of molecular ions produced by a pulsed ionization source, and for fragmenting substantially all of the molecular ions produced while rapidly and accura... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7829843 | Electronic time-of-flight mass selector A method of selecting ions includes generating a group of ions, accelerating the group of ions through a flight region towards an electronic mass selector grid, and selectively varying a voltage applied to the electronic mass selector grid, such that only a selected... | 11/09/2010 |
