Apparatus and method for analyzing a metabolite profile
US8265877B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 29, 2006 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16B50/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method analyzes a metabolic profile in a biological sample. The apparatus includes an input unit for inputting the drugs and/or metabolites to be screened; a controlling unit for determining a parameter set for metabolites preparation and for mass spectrometry analysis depending on the input of the kind of metabolites to be screened; a treatment unit for preparing the metabolites to be screened depending on the determined parameter set; a mass spectrometer for performing mass spectrometry analysis on prepared metabolites depending on the parameter set; a database for storing results of analyzing and parameter sets for metabolite preparation and for mass spectrometry analyses; and an evaluation unit for evaluating the results of mass spectrometry by use of reference results stored in the database to output an analysis of the metabolites profile.
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