US 12,080,532 B2
Devices and methods for laser-assisted micro mass spectroscopy
Ashish Chaudhary, Safety Harbor, FL (US); and R. Timothy Short, St. Petersburg, FL (US)
Assigned to CHEMRING SENSORS AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, INC., Dulles, VA (US)
Filed by Chemring Sensors and Electronic Systems, Inc., Dulles, VA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/853,917.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/217,168, filed on Jun. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0012777 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H01J 49/04 (2006.01); H01J 49/16 (2006.01)
CPC H01J 49/0018 (2013.01) [H01J 49/0495 (2013.01); H01J 49/161 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laser-assisted micro-mass spectrometer, comprising:
a pulsed inlet;
a multi-wavelength laser system;
a first mass spectrometer module comprising a plurality of first ionization sources; and
a second mass spectrometer module comprising a plurality of second ionization sources;
wherein said pulsed inlet is configured to receive a neutral sample of analyte material and provide it to said first mass spectrometer module; and
wherein said pulsed inlet is further configured to receive said neutral sample of analyte material and provide it to said second mass spectrometer module.