Patent ID: 8315805

Claim:
A system for performing biological assays in a multiplex format, comprising: a) a data acquisition instrument for detecting biopolymers in a sample or samples in a multiplex format, wherein said data acquisition instrument comprises a mass spectrometer; b) a data analysis processor integrated with said data acquisition instrument; wherein said data analysis processor determines the presence or absence of an object biological relationship from said acquired data, provides ultimate results-based control of said data acquisition instrument, wherein the system directs the instrument to obtain further data where the presence or absence of the object biological relationship is not determined, and said data acquisition instrument can be adjusted and directed by the processor based on the ultimate results to retest the sample at a different spot on the sample, or to retest the sample at an adjusted power setting, or to retest the sample at an adjusted measurement filter until the standard deviation of the biological results achieves a desired degree of certainty and the presence or absence of the object biological relationship is determined, or to proceed to another sample.