Quantification of previously undetectable quantities

    公开(公告)号:US11728147B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-15

    申请号:US17502906

    申请日:2021-10-15

    申请人: Definitek, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H01J49/00 G01N33/96

    CPC分类号: H01J49/0031 G01N33/96

    摘要: The present invention centers upon a novel “molecular amplification spike,” which is an admixture of two components, namely, an aliquot of a quantity of a molecule, composition, compound or element of interest (an “analyte”) in its natural isotopic state and an aliquot of an isotopically enriched form of the same molecule, composition, compound or element. The molecular amplification spike contains 20% natural-abundance isotope, balance enriched isotope. The molecular amplification spike may optionally contain more than 20% natural-abundance isotope, with concomitantly reduced balance of enriched isotope. Such an admixed spike, when added to a sample prior to mass spectrometric analysis of that sample, creates new and significantly improved percentage of errors and quantification or confirmation of the absence of the molecule, composition, compound or element of interest in the sample.

    Calibration method for photometry

    公开(公告)号:US09952234B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-24

    申请号:US14966804

    申请日:2015-12-11

    摘要: A method for determining a physical property of a biological sample. The method comprises the steps of: acquiring a set of preliminary calibration signals of a first lot of a reagent using an automatic analyzer with a first photometry module; acquiring a reference set of signals of the first lot of the reagent using a calibration analyzer with a second photometry module; determining a set of module specific components by subtracting the reference set of signals from the preliminary calibration signals; acquiring a lot specific set of signals of a second lot of the reagent using the second photometry module; determining a lot calibration for the first photometry module using the set of module specific components and the lot specific set of signals; acquiring a measurement signal of the biological sample using the first photometry module and the second lot of the reagent; and determining a physical property of the biological sample using the measurement signal and the lot calibration.