ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,643, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. (Singapore).
"Electrospray ion source assembly" was invented by Peter Kovarik (Markham, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ion source assembly for use in a mass spectrometry system comprises a housing defining an ionization chamber disposed in fluid communication with a sampling orifice of a mass spectrometer system. The housing defines a first opening for coupling to a first electrospray probe to discharge a liquid sample at flow rates greater than a nanoflow range along a longitudinal axis that is substantially orthogonal to a central axis of the sa...