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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2024
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) Gmbh, Bremen, DE;
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH, Bremen, DE;
Abstract
An analytical instrument comprises a first mass filter and a mass filter arranged downstream of the first mass filter. A method of operating the instrument comprises operating the first mass filter in a first mode of operation in which the first mass filter transmits ions having mass-to-charge ratios within a first mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) window, wherein the first m/z window is centred at a first m/z; switching, at a first time, the first mass filter to a second mode of operation in which the first mass filter transmits ions having mass-to-charge ratios within a second different m/z window, wherein the second m/z window is centred at a second different m/z; and beginning accumulating ions in an ion store and/or beginning acquiring mass spectral data of ions at a second time, wherein the second time follows the first time after a delay time.