US 11,837,453 B2
Nebuliser outlet
Ian David Trivett, Cheadle (GB); Anthony Hesse, Stockport (GB); Mark Walford, Wilmslow (GB); Daniel J. Kenny, Knutsford (GB); David Gordon, Middlewich (GB); Stanislaw Koziol, Wrentham, MA (US); Steve D. Trudeau, Webster, MA (US); Alastair M. Booth, Glossop (GB); and Stephen Ayrton, Bradford (GB)
Assigned to Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow (GB)
Filed by Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow (GB)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/355,779.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/042,964, filed on Jun. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2103194 (GB), filed on Mar. 8, 2021; and application No. 2105683 (GB), filed on Apr. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2021/0398789 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H01J 49/04 (2006.01); H01J 49/16 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC H01J 49/045 (2013.01) [H01J 49/167 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nebuliser outlet comprising:
an inlet end and an outlet end; and
a first channel and one or more second channels arranged between the inlet end and the outlet end;
a wall arranged between the first channel and the one or more second channels;
wherein the first channel is configured to receive a capillary;
wherein the nebuliser outlet is configured such that gas received by the nebuliser outlet can pass to the outlet end via the one or more second channels;
wherein the nebuliser outlet is a single integrated component; and
wherein the wall is curved so as to provide the first channel with two regions that have a diameter configured for being approximately equal to the diameter of the capillary, for retaining the capillary radially and/or axially, and a greater diameter between the two regions.