MUMBAI, India, Nov. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517095868 A) filed by Smiths Detection-Watford Limited, Hempstead, U.K., on Oct. 6, for 'method of operating and ion mobility spectrometer and apparatus.'
Inventor(s) include Atkinson, Jonathan R Clark, Alastair; and Arnold, Paul.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 14, under issue no. 46/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An aspect of the disclosure provides a method of operating an ion mobility spectrometer the ion mobility spectrometer comprising an ioniser, a reaction region adjacent the ioniser, a gate and a detector for detecting the arrival of ions, the method comprising:(i) opening the gate for a first ion-cloud-entry-time to allow a first group of sample ions to travel from the reaction region, through the gate, to the detector to provide a first signal; (ii) opening the gate for a second ion-cloud-entry-time to a second group of sample ions to travel from the reaction region, through the gate, to the detector, to provide a second signal wherein, during the second ion-cloud-entry-time, the gate is closed for a shutter time and then reopened; and, the method further comprising (iii) determining a characteristic of the sample ions based on the first signal and the second signal."
The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 28, 2024, under International application No.PCT/GB2024/050878.
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