Patent ID: 11875981
Assignee: THERMO FINNIGAN LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A mass spectrometer system, comprising:
(a) an ion source;
(b) a mass filtering device configured to receive ions from the ion source;
(c) an ion storage device;
(d) a mass analyzer; and
(f) a computer or electronic controller electrically coupled to the mass filtering device, the ion storage device and the mass analyzer, the computer or electronic controller comprising computer-readable program instructions operable to:
(1) cause the mass analyzer to mass analyze a first discrete batch of ions generated by the ion source, the first discrete batch of ions comprising a first mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) range;
(2) cause the ion storage device to store a second discrete batch of ions therein, wherein said storing of the second discrete batch of ions is concurrent with at least a portion of the mass analyzing of the first discrete batch of ions; and
(3) cause a transmission range of the mass filtering device to slew to a second m/z range from a prior m/z range that is different than the second m/z range in preparation to receive a third batch of ions from the ion source, wherein the clewing of the mass filtering device is concurrent with at least a portion of the mass analysis of the first discrete batch of ions and wherein m/z values of the third batch of ions are within the second m/z range.