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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
May. 13, 2005
Kevin M. Hayden, Newton, NH (US);
Marvin L. Vestal, Framingham, MA (US);
Jennifer M. Campbell, Somerville, MA (US);
Kevin M. Hayden, Newton, NH (US);
Marvin L. Vestal, Framingham, MA (US);
Jennifer M. Campbell, Somerville, MA (US);
Applera Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
MDS Inc., Concord, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
The present teachings relate to MALDI-TOF instruments, instrument components, and methods of operation thereof. In various aspects, the MALDI-TOF instrument can serve and be operated as a MS/MS instrument. In various embodiments, provided are MALDI-TOF instruments, and methods of operating one or more components of a MALDI-TOF instrument, that facilitate one or more of increasing sensitivity, increasing resolution, increasing dynamic mass range, increasing sample support throughput, and decreasing operational downtime.