Mass Analysis Verification Using Machine-State Data Files
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for verifying mass analysis results, such as rerunning mass-based analysis or searching paper records, are burdensome and often impractical, especially when samples are consumed during testing, lacking a secure and reliable way to authenticate instrument parameters and records.
Innovation Solution
A verification process using machine-level characteristics and blockchain technology to securely record and transmit mass analysis data, ensuring the integrity and authenticity of results by generating a secure analytical data file that includes machine-state data and cryptographic identifiers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If mass analysis results are verified by rerunning mass-based analysis or searching paper records, then verification of results is achieved, but the process becomes burdensome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically recording machine-level characteristics and generating verification data during the mass analysis test itself, rather than requiring separate verification steps later. The secure analytical data file is prepared in advance with all necessary verification information embedded, eliminating the need for time-consuming post-analysis verification procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention creates a digital copy of the verification process by generating a secure analytical data file that contains both the mass analysis results and the machine-level characteristics. This digital verification record replaces the need for physical paper records and eliminates the need to physically rerun analyses for verification purposes.
2Reliability
If traditional verification methods are used, then some level of verification is achieved, but data integrity and authenticity cannot be securely ensured
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the mass analysis results and the machine-level characteristics into a single secure analytical data file. This combination ensures that both the analytical data and the instrument state information are verified together, providing comprehensive data integrity and authenticity assurance in one integrated package.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary verification layer by generating machine-level characteristics that serve as a digital fingerprint of the instrument state during analysis. This intermediary data structure acts as a mediator between the raw analytical results and the verification process, enabling secure authentication without requiring complex manual verification procedures.
3Measurement precision
If machine-level characteristics are recorded and cryptographic operations are performed, then data authenticity is securely verified, but the processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mass analysis instrument performs self-service by automatically generating the secure analytical data file with embedded verification data during the analysis process. The instrument uses its own machine-level characteristics to create the cryptographic verification, eliminating the need for external verification systems and reducing overall processing complexity despite the advanced authentication mechanisms.
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AI summary
Methods and systems for generating verified mass analysis results for a sample. An example method may include acquiring process data for performing a mass analysis test on the sample; performing, by a mass analysis instrument, the mass analysis test based on the acquired process data to generate mass analysis results for the sample; recording machine-level characteristics for the mass analysis instrument during the mass analysis test; generating verification data that includes at least a portion of the recorded machine-level characteristics; generating a secure analytical data file that includes the verification data and at least a portion of the mass analysis results; and transmitting the secure analytical data file.