Portable time-of-flight mass spectrometer system

A field portable mass spectrometer system comprising a sample collector and a sample transporter. The sample transporter interfaces with the sample collector to receive sample deposits thereon. The system further comprises a time of flight (TOF) mass spectrometer. The time of flight mass spectromete...

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Main Authors DECICCO DANIEL J, CORNISH TIMOTHY J, ALLMON WILLIAM R, VELKY JAMES T, EVANCICH NICHOLAS H, ECELBERGER SCOTT A, CARLSON MICAH A, MCLOUGHLIN MICHAEL P, BRYDEN WAYNE A, ANDERSON CHARLES W
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 11.01.2005
Edition7
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
ELECTRICITY
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
PHYSICS
TESTING
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Summary:A field portable mass spectrometer system comprising a sample collector and a sample transporter. The sample transporter interfaces with the sample collector to receive sample deposits thereon. The system further comprises a time of flight (TOF) mass spectrometer. The time of flight mass spectrometer has a sealable opening that receives the sample transported via the sample transporter in an extraction region of the mass spectrometer. The system further comprises a control unit that processes a time series output by the mass spectrometer for a received sample and identifies one or more agents contained in the sample.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20020069894