G01N30/8651

CHROMATOGRAPH MASS SPECTROMETER
20220196614 · 2022-06-23 · ·

A chromatograph mass spectrometer according to an aspect of the present invention is a chromatograph mass spectrometer including: a chromatograph unit (LC unit 1) configured to separate components in a sample; and a mass spectrometer (MS unit 2) configured to execute mass spectrometry on ions having a specific mass-to-charge ratio derived from a compound for each compound temporally separated by the chromatograph unit, the chromatograph mass spectrometer further including: an analysis condition setting unit (30) configured to allow a user to input a width of a peak on a chromatogram as one of analysis parameters; a data point number storage (311) configured to store information on an appropriate number of data points corresponding to one peak; a sampling time interval calculator (312) configured to calculate a sampling time interval, which is a timing for acquiring data for creating the chromatogram, from the inputted peak width and data point number; and an analysis control unit (32) configured to control an operation of the mass spectrometer so as to acquire ion intensity data in the mass spectrometer according to the sampling time interval.

ANALYZING DEVICE
20220170892 · 2022-06-02 · ·

An object of the present invention is to provide a highly versatile analyzing device that widens a range of analysable samples. There is provided an analyzing device 10 including: a splitting part 110 for causing fluid containing a sample component to flow separately in a first flow passage and a second flow passage; an analyzing column 109 provided on the first flow passage for separating the sample component from the fluid; a first back pressure regulating valve 111 corresponding to a first pressure controlling unit for controlling a pressure in the first flow passage; and a second back pressure regulating valve 112 corresponding to a second pressure controlling unit for controlling a pressure in the second flow passage, wherein flow rate of the fluid in the first flow passage and flow rate of the fluid in the second flow passage are controlled based on a ratio of the pressure in the first flow passage to the pressure in the second flow passage.

A CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEM

Disclosed is a chromatography system arranged to perform automated chromatography column efficiency testing for a specific column to determine efficiency parameters such as h and As and optionally to further provide guidance to the user with respect to column efficiency, the system having a controller arranged to automatically access data to enable the calculation of a column compression plate height, said data being derived from at least stored parameters of the specific column and the resin to be used in that column, thereby to calculate the efficiency of the column.

Preparative Liquid Chromatograph Apparatus and Method for Assisting Determination of Preparative Separation Conditions
20230273162 · 2023-08-31 ·

In a preparative liquid chromatograph apparatus where a sample containing compounds temporally separated from each other by LC is introduced into a detector and a fraction collector to collect fractions of the sample each containing one or more compounds. A result storage section stores analysis results obtained for a plurality of samples by performing, for each identical sample, LC analyses under different separation conditions. A display-target selection receiver displays an analysis result display screen having a plurality of result display areas for individually displaying results of different LC analyses and a selection indication area for allowing a user operation for selecting one sample from a plurality of samples, and receives the user operation in the selection indication area. An analysis result display processor retrieves, from the result storage section, a plurality of analysis results corresponding to the selected sample, and displays the analysis results in the result display areas.

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYZER AND PROGRAM FOR CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS

In a chromatographic analyzer which performs a measurement on multiple compounds for each of the multiple samples, a data-analysis processor calculates, for each sample, multiple pieces of numerical information obtained by data analysis on multiple compounds, based on measurement data. A table creator creates a two-dimensional table by arranging sample identifier in one direction of the table and compound identifier in the other direction, and assigning numerical information obtained for a combination of one sample and one compound to a cell of the table corresponding to the combination. A cell selection receiver displays the table on a display screen and receives a selection of a cell or cells according to a user operation on the displayed table. A selected information outputter outputs or displays the numerical information in the selected cell(s) in a predetermined format along with the sample and compound identifiers corresponding to the cell(s).

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH
20220146472 · 2022-05-12 ·

A liquid chromatograph includes a liquid sender (2) that sends a plurality of solvents, a mixer (6) that has an internal capacity for mixing the plurality of solvents sent by the liquid sender (2), a sample injector (10) that injects a sample into an analysis flow path (8) through which the solvents mixed in the mixer (6) flow as a mobile phase, a separation column (12) provided on the analysis flow path (10) for separating the sample injected by the sample injector (10) to each component, a detector (14) provided downstream of the separation column (12) on the analysis flow path (8) for detecting the components of the sample separated in the separation column (12), a capacity information storage medium (16) that is attached to the mixer (6) to store information as to the internal capacity of the mixer (6), and a capacity specifier (18) configured to read the information stored in the capacity information storage medium (16) to specify the internal capacity of the mixer (6).

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH
20220146469 · 2022-05-12 ·

A liquid chromatograph including a spectroscopic analysis unit (40) that performs spectroscopic analysis by irradiating a flow cell (90) through which an eluent eluted from a column (31) flows with light is provided with a cell information reading unit (49) that is provided in the spectroscopic analysis unit and accesses a storage device (91) attached to the flow cell to acquire cell information that is information unique to a type or an individual of the flow cell; a wavelength check control unit (51) that causes the spectroscopic analysis unit to execute wavelength check; a wavelength check information storage unit (53) in which a result of the wavelength check is stored in association with the cell information acquired at a time of executing the wavelength check; and a system check report creation unit (74) that creates a system check report in which the result of the wavelength check and the cell information acquired at the time of executing the wavelength check are described by referring to the wavelength check information storage unit. This makes it possible to sufficiently secure the reliability of the analysis result.

COMPONENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ANALYSIS DEVICE AND COMPONENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
20220137013 · 2022-05-05 ·

A component management system for an analysis device, includes a plurality of analysis devices, and a server connected to the plurality of devices via a network, wherein each analysis device includes an acquirer that acquires a behavior information piece associated with a use amount of a component attached to each analysis device, and a transferer that transfers the behavior information piece acquired by the acquirer to the server, and the server includes a registrar that registers the behavior information pieces received from the plurality of analysis devices in a database, and a comparison information provider that provides comparison information, of a same type of components that are used in the plurality of analysis devices, produced based on the behavior information pieces registered in the database.

Chromatographic mass analysis device and control method
11320410 · 2022-05-03 · ·

In the present invention, an analysis schedule is pre-created such that streams of a plurality of liquid chromatograms can operate in parallel and a mass spectrometer can collect data at the timing of each component elution. A control unit controls so as to: divide the time required to analyze each sample in a plurality of liquid chromatogram systems into pre-collection time, time during collection, and post-collection time; search and allocate time positions in which the time during collection in the liquid chromatogram units do not overlap; determine start times for the plurality of liquid chromatogram units to thereby create an analysis schedule; and thereafter perform analysis. The control unit further stores parameter sets for varying component elution times, adjusts analysis parameters so as to make data collection timings appropriate for creating an analysis schedule, and changes the component elution times.

METHOD FOR CREATING DISCRIMINATOR
20220128532 · 2022-04-28 ·

An object is to accurately detect peaks of various compositions, even in a case of unseparated peaks in which peaks of a plurality of compositions are superimposed. A computer acquires waveform data D1 having a peak P1 in a composition A measured by a data analysis device (S10). Next, the computer acquires waveform data D2 having a peak P2 in a composition B measured by the data analysis device (S20). Next, waveform data D12 including unseparated peaks by superimposing the waveform data D1 including the acquired peak P1 and the waveform data D2 including the acquired peak P2 (S30) is generated. Next, the generated waveform data D12 of the unseparated peaks is input as learning data, and the waveform data D1 and D2 corresponding to the waveform data D12 are input as training data in Step S40. Next, machine learning is performed using the waveform data D12, D1, and D2, and a learned model for estimating an accurate separation method of unseparated peaks is constructed based on the trained result (S50).