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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2024
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) Gmbh, Bremen, DE;
Jan-Peter Hauschild, Bremen, DE;
Tobias Woerner, Bremen, DE;
Kyle Fort, Bremen, DE;
Alexander Makarov, Bremen, DE;
Konstantin Aizikov, Bremen, DE;
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH, Bremen, DE;
Abstract
Mass spectrometry systems for performing mass analysis on ion samples include a vacuum region comprising a mass analyser configured to provide a detection signal for the ion sample. A turbomolecular pump is configured to maintain the vacuum region at a vacuum pressure and a controller is configured to control the pressure within the mass analyser to control the rate of decay over time of the detection signal for the ion sample by: controlling a pumping speed of the turbomolecular pump. The turbomolecular pump can be configured to maintain the vacuum region at a first pressure when the mass analyser is being operated in a mass analysis mode of operation and a second pressure when the mass analyser is being operated in a collision cross section analysis mode of operation, wherein the second pressure is greater than the first pressure.