Method for analyzing small molecule components of a complex mixture, and associated apparatus and computer program product

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11387087
APP PUB NO 20200312642A1
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16900308

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A method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium for analyzing component separation/mass spectrometer data for a sample having known characteristic includes analyzing reference ion data for a relationship between ion mass, retention time, and intensity. The analyzed data is added to a repository, wherein each ion therein has an intensity maxima within a characteristic retention time range for a characteristic ion mass. If the reference ion is in the repository, the range is modified according to the characteristic retention time of the reference ion intensity maxima. Based on the known characteristic, an ion expected in the sample is selected from the repository, and sample data is compared to data for the ion selected from the repository to determine whether the ion is present in the sample. The range in the repository is then modified according to the characteristic retention time of the intensity maxima for the ion present in the sample.

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METABOLON INCMORRISVILLE NC 27560

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Dwyer, Rex A Raleigh, US 2 0
Foster, David V Durham, US 5 4
Heiser, Michael Cary, US 1 0
Humphrey, Michael Durham, US 3 0
Lefew, William Cary, US 2 2
Matlock, Shelby S Durham, US 1 0
Stallings, Casson Chapel Hill, US 1 0

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