Chemical detection method and system
First Claim
1. A method for detecting an analyte of interest in a sample, the method comprising:
- passing a set of ions obtained from the sample through an ion mobility spectrometer to filter out ions that are not ions of interest and to generate an ion mobility spectrum;
generating a mass spectrum of at least some of the ions using a mass spectrometer;
determining that the analyte of interest is in the sample when peaks of interest are found in one or more of the ion mobility spectrum and the mass spectrum, and the peaks of interest follow a predetermined pattern of peaks associated with the analyte of interest; and
confirming a presence of at least one of the peaks of interest by obtaining an initial portion of the at least one of the peaks of interest using a first dispersion voltage and a first compensation voltage in the ion mobility spectrometer and obtaining an additional portion of the at least one of the peaks of interest using at least one of a different, second dispersion voltage or a different, second compensation voltage in the ion mobility spectrometer.
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Abstract
A system and method for detecting an analyte of interest in a sample is provided. The method includes passing a set of ions obtained from the sample through an ion mobility spectrometer to filter out ions that are not ions of interest and to generate an ion mobility spectrum. A mass spectrum of at least some of the ions is generated using a mass spectrometer. The method also includes determining that the analyte of interest is in the sample when peaks of interest are found in one or more of the ion mobility spectrum and the mass spectrum, and the peaks of interest follow a predetermined pattern of peaks associated with the analyte of interest or are confirmed by ion mobility spectrometry.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for detecting an analyte of interest in a sample, the method comprising:
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passing a set of ions obtained from the sample through an ion mobility spectrometer to filter out ions that are not ions of interest and to generate an ion mobility spectrum; generating a mass spectrum of at least some of the ions using a mass spectrometer; determining that the analyte of interest is in the sample when peaks of interest are found in one or more of the ion mobility spectrum and the mass spectrum, and the peaks of interest follow a predetermined pattern of peaks associated with the analyte of interest; and confirming a presence of at least one of the peaks of interest by obtaining an initial portion of the at least one of the peaks of interest using a first dispersion voltage and a first compensation voltage in the ion mobility spectrometer and obtaining an additional portion of the at least one of the peaks of interest using at least one of a different, second dispersion voltage or a different, second compensation voltage in the ion mobility spectrometer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for detecting an analyte of interest in a sample, the system comprising:
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an ion mobility spectrometer configured to receive a set of ions obtained from the sample to filter out ions that are not ions of interest and to generate an ion mobility spectrum; a mass spectrometer connected in series with the ion mobility spectrometer to receive at least some of the ions from the ion mobility spectrometer and to generate a mass spectrum of the ions received from the ion mobility spectrometer; and a computing device for determining that the analyte of interest is in the sample when peaks of interest are found in one or more of the ion mobility spectrum and the mass spectrum and the peaks of interest follow a predetermined pattern of peaks associated with the analyte of interest, wherein the ion mobility spectrometer is configured to confirm a presence of at least one of the peaks of interest by obtaining an initial portion of the at least one of the peaks of interest using a first dispersion voltage and a first compensation voltage and obtaining an additional portion of the peak of interest using at least one of a different, second dispersion voltage or a different, second compensation voltage. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-readable storage medium for a computing device configured to determine if an analyte of interest is in a sample, the computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions to direct the computing device to:
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generate one or more of an ion mobility spectrum and a mass spectrum of ions obtained from the sample; detect peaks of interest in one or more of the ion mobility spectrum and the mass spectrum; determine if the peaks of interest follow a predetermined pattern of peaks associated with the analyte of interest; confirm the presence of the peak of interest by obtaining a portion of the peak of interest at a first dispersion voltage and a first compensation voltage in an ion mobility spectrometer and obtaining an additional portion of the peak of interest using one or more of a different, second dispersion voltage or a different, second compensation voltage in the ion mobility spectrometer; and provide a notification that the analyte of interest is in the sample when the peaks of interest follow the predetermined pattern of peaks. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for detecting an analyte of interest in a sample, the system comprising:
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a first field compensation ion mobility spectrometer (“
first FCIMS”
) configured to receive a set of ions generated from the sample and filtering filter out ions from the set that are not ions of interest and generating a first ion mobility spectrum;a second field compensation ion mobility spectrometer (“
second FCIMS”
) connected with the first FCIMS, the second FCIMS receiving ions from the first FCIMS to generate a second ion mobility spectrum; anda computing device for analyzing the first and second ion mobility spectra to determine a presence of the analyte of interest in the sample when peaks of interest are in the first and second ion mobility spectra. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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