Integrated Sample Processing System with Multiple Detection Capability
AssigneesBeckman Coulter, Inc., DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd.
InventorsAaron Hudson, Takayuki Mizutani, Subhasish Purkayastha, Thomas W. Roscoe
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Abstract
An integrated sample processing system including an analyzer and a mass spectrometer is disclosed. The integrated sample processing system can perform multiple different types of detection, thereby providing improved flexibility and better accuracy in processing samples. The detection systems in the sample processing system may include an optical detection system and a mass spectrometer.
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A method performed by a sample processing system comprising an analyzer, a mass spectrometer, and a control system, the control system operatively coupled to the analyzer and the mass spectrometer:
- performing, by the analyzer, analysis for a drug and/or drug metabolite in a first processed sample aliquot derived from a first sample aliquot of a sample in a reaction vessel;
- determining, whether a concentration of the drug and/or drug metabolite in the first processed sample aliquot is below, above, or equal to a predetermined threshold;
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- performing, by the mass spectrometer, a secondary analysis fora drug and/or drug metabolite in a second processed sample aliquot derived from a second sample aliquot of a sample in a reaction vessel when the concentration is above or equal to a predetermined threshold.
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