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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
May. 29, 2009
Applicants:
David Gordon, Manchester, GB;
David Richard Little, Macclesfield, GB;
Amir Farooq, Oldham, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Micromass UK Limited, Manchester, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 59/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of derivina improved data from a mass spectrometer. The method includes operating the mass spectrometer in a mode enabling quantitation; assigning a threshold value for the total ion current (TIC) above which at least MS and/or MSMS data is desired; and triggering the mass spectrometer out of the mode enabling quantitation into at least an MS and/or MSMS mode when said TIC rises above the threshold but triggering only at such time at or after a confirmed TIC maxima has been reached.