Method and system for vacuum driven differential mobility spectrometer/mass spectrometer interface with adjustable resolution and selectivity

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8084736
APP PUB NO 20090294650A1
SERIAL NO

12473859

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A mass spectrometer system including a differential mobility spectrometer and a mass spectrometer at least partially sealed to, and in fluid communication, with, the differential mobility spectrometer, together with a related method, are provided. The mass spectrometer system can be operable to, and method can comprise, a) maintaining the differential mobility spectrometer at an internal operating pressure; b) providing ions to the differential mobility spectrometer; c) maintaining the mass spectrometer at a vacuum pressure lower than the internal operating pressure to draw a gas flow including the ions through the differential mobility spectrometer and into the vacuum chamber; and, d) modifying the gas flow between the differential mobility spectrometer and the mass spectrometer to change a gas flow rate through the differential mobility spectrometer.

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APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS (CANADA) LIMITED181 BAY STREET SUITE 1800 BOX 754 C/O AIRD & BERLIS LLP TORONTO M5J 2T9
MDS ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES A BUSINESS UNIT OF MDS INC71 FOUR VALLEY DRIVE CONCORD ONTARIO K4K 4V8

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Covey, Tom Richmond Hill, CA 3 52
Nazarov, Erkin Bedford, US 1 31
Schneider, Bradley Bradford, CA 16 169

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