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A method of detecting one or more PFAS in a sample of animal tissue, comprising: spraying electrically charged solvent droplets onto the sample of animal tissue so as to generate analyte ions from analyte in the animal tissue; passing the analyte ions into a mass spectrometer; and mass analysing the analyte ions so as to determine if the one or more PFAS is in the animal tissue.

A method of mass spectrometry comprising: a) providing a mass spectrometer having a time of flight (TOP) mass analyser: b) performing a survey scan comprising separating a packet of precursor ion species and mass analysing ions so as to obtain first mass spectral data: c) determining a time window over which one of the precursor ion species. or fragment or product ions derived therefrom, were mass analysed: d) separating another packet of precursor ion species and mass analysing ions so as to obtain second mass spectral data. wherein the pusher of the TOP mass analyser is pulsed according to a plurality of consecutive pulse sequences during a plurality of respective pulse sequence time periods. wherein each pulse sequence consists of consecutive pushes that are arranged such that the duration between any pair of pushes in the pulse sequence is different to the duration between any other pair of pushes within the pulse sequence: f) selecting mass spectral data, from the second mass spectral data, that was obtained during a time period corresponding to said time window of the survey scan, so as to obtain selected data; g) repeating steps d) to f) at least one further time such that multiple sets of said selected data are obtained; combining said multiple sets of selected data and decoding the combined data to obtain mass spectral data representative of the mass to charge ratios of the ions detected by the TOP mass analyser.

A method of calibrating a mass spectrometer 10 is provided. The method comprises generating calibration ions from an ion source 20. The calibration ions are transported from the ion source 20 to a mas

A method of mass spectrometry comprising: performing a first MSMS analysis in which ions having a first mass to charge ratio detected in a survey mode are fragmented or reacted and then mass analysed so as to obtain first MSMS mass spectral data; adding a mass to charge ratio detected in the first MSMS mass spectral data to an exclusion list; performing a second MSMS analysis in which ions having a second, different mass to charge ratio detected in the survey mode are fragmented or reacted, wherein the method comprises checking that the second mass to charge is not present on the exclusion list prior to performing the second MSMS analysis.

Idle trigger diagnosis of scientific instruments. Systems or techniques are provided for facilitating idle trigger diagnostics of scientific instruments. In various embodiments, the scientific instrument may include a mass spectrometer coupled to a chromatograph. In various aspects, the scientific instrument may determine whether the scientific instrument is in an idle period via a temperature sensor of the chromatograph or via a clock of the mass spectrometer. In various examples, the scientific instrument may apply one or more electronic control signals to the mass spectrometer or the chromatograph in response to determining that the scientific instrument is in the idle time period, measure one or more resulting ion spectra via an ion detector of the mass spectrometer, and determining whether the mass spectrometer or the chromatograph is operating properly based on the one or more resulting ion spectra.

Method and system of mass spectrometry is provided. The method comprises performing a first and a second MS1 scans on precursor ions produced by ionising a sample. The first MS1 scan comprises mass analysing a first set of the precursor ions transported to a mass analyser using an ion transport device operated at a first setting. The second MS1 scan comprises mass analysing a second set of the precursor ions transported to a mass analyser using the ion transport device operated at a second setting. Energies imparted on the precursor ions by the ion transport device are different in the first and second settings. Based on intensities of mass spectral peaks of the first and second MS1 scans, a mass spectral peak in at least one of the first MS1 scan or the second MS1 scan indicative of a precursor ion mass spectral peak is determined.

An analytical instrument comprises an ion mobility separator, a mass filter downstream of the ion mobility separator, and a mass analyser downstream of the mass filter. The ion mobility separator performs ion mobility separation scans to separate ions according to ion mobility. The mass filter filters the separated ions using an isolation window, and during each scan: (i) scanning a centre mass to charge ratio (m / z) of the isolation window, and (ii) controlling a width Δmz of the isolation window such that ions emerging from the ion mobility separator within an ion mobility arrival time range ΔT are transmitted by the mass filter. The mass analyser performs mass analysis scan(s) during each ion mobility separation scan in which the mass analyser analyses ions transmitted by or derived from ions transmitted by the mass filter, each mass analysis scan having a duration T, and wherein ΔT<T.

And re-sampling triggered by uncertain results in mass spectrum screening. The invention provides a system / technical scheme for promoting repeated sample injection triggered by uncertain results in mass spectrum screening. In various embodiments, the system may access a screening list specifying a plurality of target compounds. In aspects, the system can classify a plurality of target compounds as present or absent in a sample, respectively, based on causing a chromatograph and a mass spectrometer to perform an iterative injection scheme on the sample, with subsequent iterations of the iterative injection scheme having progressive compound selectivity, and is triggered by the uncertain presence or absence of the classification result in the previous iteration.

A method of operating an analytical instrument is provided. The analytical instrument comprises: an ion mobility separator; a mass filter disposed downstream of the ion mobility separator; and a mass analyzer disposed downstream of the mass filter. The method includes an ion mobility separator performing a plurality of ion mobility separation scans, where in each ion mobility separation scan, the ion mobility separator receives ions and separates the ions according to their ion mobility. The method includes the mass filter filtering the separated ions using an isolation window, and during each ion mobility separation scan: (i) scanning the center mass-to-charge ratio (m / z) of the isolation window, and (ii) controlling the width [Delta] mz of the isolation window such that during the ion mobility separation scan, the center mass-to-charge ratio (m / z) of the isolation window is greater than the center mass-to-charge ratio (m / z) of the isolation window. Ions emerging from the ion mobility separator over an ion mobility arrival time range [Delta] T are transported by the mass filter. The method includes the mass analyzer performing one or more mass analysis scans during each ion mobility separation scan, where in each mass analysis scan, the mass analyzer receives and analyzes ions transmitted by the mass filter or ions sourced from the ions transmitted by the mass filter, wherein each mass analysis scan has a duration T, and wherein [Delta] Tlt; t.

A system includes a first pre-separation device configured to perform a first pre-separation of precursor ions according to mobilities of the precursor ions and a second pre-separation device positioned downstream of the first pre-separation device configured to perform a second pre-separation of precursor ions based on a mass-to-charge ratio (m / z) of the precursor ions. The system further includes a mass spectrometer positioned downstream of the second pre-separation device configured to acquire mass spectra for precursor ions emitted from the second pre-separation device. The second pre-separation device is synchronized with the mass spectrometer such that an m / z range of precursor ions emitted from the second pre-separation device corresponds to a precursor m / z isolation window of the mass spectrometer.

A method of detecting vitamin D in blood using laser desorption / ionization mass spectrometry (LDI-MS) and an apparatus therefor according to the present invention are not complicated in a measurement, do not require a number of measurement steps, and allow for easy measurement and collection of results in real time with a quick analysis. In addition, precise analysis may be performed even at a lower concentration of a sample, such that sensitivity and precision are excellent, various subtypes of vitamin D may be simultaneously detected, a throughput is high, and structural analysis and quantitative analysis of vitamin D that has undergone a metabolic process in blood may be accurately performed without a matrix interference.

In one aspect, a method of operating an analytical device for measuring at least one analyte within a sample is disclosed, which includes utilizing a digital data processor to receive a sample acquisition rate for introduction of the sample into the analytical device, and to compute one or more optimal operating parameters of the analytical device based on the sample acquisition rate by optimizing a figure-of-merit associated with measurement of the analyte, where the operating parameters include a temporal duration of a measurement cycle and / or selectivity associated with the measurement. The analytical device can be operated at the optimal operating parameters while receiving the sample at the sample acquisition rate to generate sample measurement data corresponding to the analyte. The sample measurement data can be processed to derive information about the analyte.

Methods and systems for mass spectrometry are disclosed. In one example, a method comprises: receiving, by a mass spectrometer via a sampling system operably connected thereto, at least one sample containing at least one known compound; modulat-ing at least one instrument parameter of the mass spectrometer through a plurality of instrument parameter values; analyzing the at least one sample while applying each of the plurality of instrument parameter values; acquiring a plurality of mass spectral (MS) datasets each corresponding to one of the applied plurality of instrument parameter values; encoding each of the plurality of MS datasets to generate a corresponding plurality of MS results each corresponding to one of the applied instrument parameter values; and compiling and storing the MS datasets and MS results in a spectral library in association with the applied instrument parameter values.

A method for a structural analysis of a sample molecule using a mass spectrometer includes: a process for obtaining a standard analysis condition for each of setting items for performing a molecular-related ion measurement, where the setting items include an ion amount setting item, a mass-to-charge-ratio range setting item, and a signal intensity setting item; a process for performing a product ion measurement under an altered analysis condition, to acquire mass spectrum data of the product ion measurement, where the altered analysis condition is prepared by changing at least one of analysis conditions of the ion amount setting item, the mass-to-charge-ratio range setting item and the signal intensity setting item in the standard analysis condition; a process for extracting peaks corresponding to the fragment ions; and a process for determining at least a portion of the structure of the sample molecule based on mass information of the extracted peaks.

Systems and methods are disclosed for automated method parameter configuration for differential mobility separations. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide receiving a sample in an open port interface; transferring the sample to an ionization source; ionizing the transferred sample; introducing the ionized sample into a mass spectrometer; mass analyzing the ionized sample to produce an initial mass analysis result; determining a peak width of the initial mass analysis result; and determining a dwell time for subsequent measurements based on the determined peak width, a pre-defined number of data points across subsequent mass analysis peak widths, and a number of different analytes to be assessed for the sample. The sample may be diluted and transferred to the ionization source by a sample introduction apparatus selected from a group including an acoustic droplet ejector (ADE), a pneumatic ejector, a piezoelectric ejector, and a hydraulic ejector.

An isotope ratio spectrometer is operated for measurement of a sample. First isotope ratios and first signal intensities are measured for a reference in the spectrometer, over a first measurement time period. A first relationship comprising a relationship between the first isotope ratios and the first signal intensities is determined. Sample isotope ratios and sample signal intensities are measured in the spectrometer, over a second measurement time period subsequent to the first measurement time period. Second isotope ratios and second signal intensities for a reference are measured in the spectrometer, over a third measurement time period subsequent to the second measurement time period. A second relationship comprising a relationship between the second isotope ratios and the second signal intensities is determined. A reference isotope ratio is estimated for a time X within the second measurement time period, based on the first relationship and the second relationship.

Methods are described for measuring the amount of a vitamin B2 in a sample. More specifically, mass spectrometric methods are described for detecting and quantifying vitamin B2 in a sample utilizing on-line extraction methods coupled with tandem mass spectrometric techniques.

The invention relates to the quantitative measurement of steroidal compounds by mass spectrometry. In a particular aspect, the invention relates to methods for quantitative measurement of steroidal compounds from multiple samples by mass spectrometry.

Disclosed herein are methods and systems for individual ion mass spectrometry (I2MS). The methods and systems described herein parse I2MS data and allows for informed tandem mass spectrometry analyses by determining a target m / z that increases the yield of an intact mass corresponding to an analyte of interest while reducing the yield of additional detectable masses.

A method for optimizing at least one parameter setting of at least one mass spectrometry device (110) operating at unit resolution is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps:a) determining at least one analyte detection window for detecting an analyte of interest with the mass spectrometry device (110), wherein the analyte detection window is defined by a central mass to charge ratio value of the analyte and a predefined width, wherein the central mass to charge ratio value of the analyte is set to a theoretical mass to charge ratio value of the analyte of interest having more than one decimal place and / or a mass to charge ratio value of the analyte of interest determined by a high resolution mass spectrometry measurement having more than one decimal place;b) determining at least one internal standard detection window for detecting an internal standard substance with the mass spectrometry device (110), wherein the internal standard detection window is defined by a central mass to charge ratio value of the internal standard substance and the pre-defined width, wherein the central mass to charge ratio value of the internal standard substance is set to a mass to charge ratio value of the internal standard substance calculated relative to the analyte of interest and having more than one decimal place and / or to a mass to charge ratio value of the internal standard substance determined by a high resolution mass spectrometry measurement having more than one decimal place.

A sampling interface 100 for use in mass spectroscopy apparatus, comprising: an inlet 110 for receiving a quantity of particles from an ion source; a skimmer 115 having an aperture arranged downstream

A method of analysing ions comprises separating ions according to mass to charge ratio or ion mobility using an ion separation device 20 (e.g. a time-of-flight mass analyser or an ion mobility separat

A miniature electrode apparatus is disclosed for trapping charged particles, the apparatus includes, along a longitudinal direction, a first end cap electrode, a central electrode having an aperture, and a second end cap electrode. The aperture is elongated in the lateral plane and extends through the central electrode along the longitudinal direction and the central electrode surrounds the aperture in a lateral plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to define a transverse cavity for trapping charged particles. Electric fields can be applied in a y-direction of the lateral plane across one or more planes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis to translocate and / or manipulate ion trajectories.

A method for multiple reaction monitoring using a mass spectrometer (106) is proposed. The method comprises i) measuring (128), using a mass spectrometer (106), multiple reaction monitoring transitions of both a quantifier and a qualifier of both an internal standard and an analyte using alternating multiple reaction monitoring, the alternating multiple reaction monitoring comprising at least three multiple reaction monitoring channel groups, one of the multiple reaction monitoring channel groups being measured at the respective theoretical m / z values of both the quantifier and the qualifier of both the internal standard and the analyte, and the two other multiple reaction monitoring channel groups being measured at respective m / z values shifted by a predetermined level higher and lower; ii) comparing (130), for at least two of the groups, at least two of the quantifier / qualifier ratios of the multiple reaction monitoring transitions of the internal standard with reference values from a database (126) using at least one processing device (120), the comparing including determining a deviation between the quantifier / qualifier ratio and the reference value; iii) determining (132), if at least one deviation of the quantifier / qualifier ratio is within at least one predetermined tolerance range, using a processing device (120), a measurement result from the measured multiple reaction monitoring transitions of the analyte and the internal standard, and, if not, rejecting (136) the measured multiple reaction monitoring transitions; and including.

A system includes a first pre-separation device configured to perform a first pre-separation of precursor ions according to mobilities of the precursor ions and a second pre-separation device positioned downstream of the first pre-separation device configured to perform a second pre-separation of precursor ions based on a mass-to-charge ratio (m / z) of the precursor ions. The system further includes a mass spectrometer positioned downstream of the second pre-separation device configured to acquire mass spectra for precursor ions emitted from the second pre-separation device. The second pre-separation device is synchronized with the mass spectrometer such that an m / z range of precursor ions emitted from the second pre-separation device corresponds to a precursor m / z isolation window of the mass spectrometer.

To provide methods and related kits for detecting early stage pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, and methods of treating a patient susceptible, or suspected of being susceptible, to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.SOLUTION: A method of determining susceptibility of a patient to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is provided, the method comprising obtaining a biological sample from the patient, measuring the level of CA19-9 antigen in the biological sample, measuring the level of TIMP1 antigen in the biological sample, and measuring the level of LRG1 antigen in the biological sample, where the amounts of CA19-9 antigen, TIMP1 antigen, and LRG1 antigen classifies the patient as being susceptible to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma or not susceptible to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.SELECTED DRAWING: None

To provide an improved method for acquiring mass spectral data.SOLUTION: There is provided a method for acquiring mass spectral data of a sample across at least a portion of an m / z range. The method includes: receiving mass spectral data of the sample across the m / z range; partitioning the m / z range into a plurality of m / z bins; and performing mass spectrometry on the sample for each set of m / z sub-ranges, thereby acquiring one or more partial mass spectral data sets.

A data-dependent analysis (DDA) mass spectrometry technique involves ionizing a sample to generate sample ions, analyzing the sample ions by performing one or more MS1 mass analysis scans to obtain MS1 ​​data, identifying one or more precursor ions from the MS1 data, and subsequently analyzing the sample ions by performing one or more MS2 mass analysis scans. Each MS2 scan targets one of the one or more precursor ions identified from the MS1 data.The procedure further includes, for each of the one or more precursor ions identified from the MS1 data: determining a value from the MS1 data that is indicative of a collision cross section (CCS) of that precursor ion; and selecting, based on the CCS-indicative value(s), which precursor ion(s) the one or more MS2 bulk analysis scans should target, and / or determining, based on the CCS-indicative value(s), an order in which the one or more MS2 bulk analysis scans should target the precursor ions.

The present invention provides a quality analysis device, an evaluation and calibration method thereof, an analysis method, and a reagent. The evaluation method of the quality analysis device includes: performing quality analysis on an ester of phthalic acid using the quality analysis device to detect a plurality of ions generated by dissociation of the ester of phthalic acid; and obtaining information on whether the quality analysis device is in a state suitable for analysis based on the intensity ratio of the plurality of detected ions.

A system for controlling experiment execution. The system includes an instrument electronic device and a workflow electronic device. The workflow electronic device includes an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive a submission request via a web application. The submission request includes an experiment design including an acquisition task. The electronic processor is also configured to receive an acquisition rule including pass criteria and an action to take when acquired data does meet not the pass criteria. The electronic processor is further configured to associate the acquisition rule with the acquisition task generate a request to perform the acquisition task, and send, to the instrument electronic device, the request to acquire data. The electronic processor is also configured to determine whether the acquired data meets the pass criteria and, in response to determining the acquired data does not meet the pass criteria, perform the action.