ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,096, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Ionizer and mass spectrometer" was invented by Yohei Toji (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ionizer including: an ionization chamber 2; a sample nozzle 60 configured to cause a liquid sample to flow out into the ionization chamber 2; an assist gas passage 61 configured to supply, to the ionization chamber 2, an assist gas that promotes desolvation of the liquid sample; a heater 62 disposed inside the assist gas passage 61; and a heat transfer member 64 disposed in the assist gas passage 61 in contact with the heater 62. The heat transfer member 64 c...