Patents by Inventor Rainer Cramer

Rainer Cramer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Auxiliary gas inlet
    Patent number: 9947521
    Abstract: There is provided a method of introducing ions into a mass spectrometer, comprising ionising a sample using a Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation (“MALDI”) ion source to form a plurality of ions, transporting said plurality of ions in a first, primary gas through a passageway and into an inlet of a mass spectrometer, introducing a second, auxiliary gas into said inlet, and controlling a flow rate of said second gas into said inlet so as to control a flow rate of said first gas through said passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: MICROMASS UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Jeffery Mark Brown, Rainer Cramer
  • Auxiliary Gas Inlet
    Publication number: 20160336157
    Abstract: There is provided a method of introducing ions into a mass spectrometer, comprising ionising a sample using a Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation (“MALDI”) ion source to form a plurality of ions, transporting said plurality of ions in a first, primary gas through a passageway and into an inlet of a mass spectrometer, introducing a second, auxiliary gas into said inlet, and controlling a flow rate of said second gas into said inlet so as to control a flow rate of said first gas through said passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffery Mark Brown, Rainer Cramer