Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of identifying precursor ions
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Application No.: US15283863Application Date: 2016-10-03
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Publication No.: US10068754B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Jason Lee Wildgoose
- Applicant: MICROMASS UK LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Wilmslow
- Assignee: MICROMASS UK LIMITED
- Current Assignee: MICROMASS UK LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Wilmslow
- Priority: GB1208961.1 20120518
- Main IPC: H01J49/00
- IPC: H01J49/00 ; H01J49/40

Abstract:
A method of mass spectrometry is disclosed comprising mass selectively transmitting precursor ions from a mass analyzer into a fragmentation or reaction device, wherein the mass to charge ratios of the ions transmitted varies with time; fragmenting the precursor ions in the fragmentation or reaction device so as to produce fragment or product ions; mass analyzing the fragment or product ions; determining the start and end times at which a first fragment or product ion is detected; using said start and end times to determine the start and end times at which a precursor ion of said first fragment or product ion is transmitted by said mass analyzer; and using the start and end times at which the precursor ion is transmitted by said mass analyzer to determine a mass to charge ratio of said precursor ion. The present invention enables precursor ion peaks to be resolved from the fragment data even when a low resolution mass analyzer is used to analyze the precursor ions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170125224A1 Method of Identifying Precursor Ions Public/Granted day:2017-05-04
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