Patent ID: 6621076
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
A device for transporting a sample fluid into a mass spectrometer, the device comprising:a well plate comprising a plurality of wells, wherein each well is defined by an interior surface extending downwardly from an opening at an upper surface of the well plate; a fluid-transporting assembly comprising a plurality of fluid-transporting conduits, each extending from an inlet port to an outlet port, wherein the assembly exhibits sufficient flexibility to allow movable positioning of the outlet ports with respect to the inlet ports; a mass spectrometer interface in fluid communication with the outlet ports of the fluid-transporting assembly, wherein each inlet port of the fluid transporting assembly is positioned in fluid communication with a different well of the well plate, and each well represents the origin of a flow path that travels, in succession, through a well plate opening, an inlet port, a fluid-transporting conduit, an outlet port, and the mass spectrometer interface.