Sample droplet generation from segmented fluid flow and related devices and methods
US9543137B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 15, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2015/1486
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A sample droplet generator transforms a segmented array of sample material into a continuous stream of droplets containing analytes. The droplets may serve as a sample source for a wide range of detectors and analytical instruments. As one example, the droplets may be introduced into an ion source of a spectrometer that measures ions produced from the droplets or photons emitted from the droplets.
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