US 12,009,193 B2
Bench-top Time of Flight mass spectrometer
Ruth Wamsley, Ruthddlan/Rhyl (GB); William Johnson, Wilmslow (GB); Peter Spreadbury, Liverpool (GB); Paul Doorbar, Sale (GB); and Michael Wilson, Wrexham (GB)
Assigned to Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow (GB)
Appl. No. 17/059,809
Filed by Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow (GB)
PCT Filed May 31, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/051497
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/229456, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1808932 (GB), filed on May 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0054331 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H01J 49/06 (2006.01); H01J 49/24 (2006.01); H01J 49/40 (2006.01)
CPC H01J 49/0022 (2013.01) [H01J 49/062 (2013.01); H01J 49/24 (2013.01); H01J 49/40 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of performing a start-up routine for a mass spectrometer, the start-up routine being performed automatically upon switching ON the mass spectrometer,
wherein the mass spectrometer comprises a plurality of functional modules connected thereto, each module operable to perform a predetermined function of the mass spectrometer in use, and wherein the start-up routine comprises detecting which functional modules are present in the set of a plurality of functional modules connected to the mass spectrometer, and performing one or more steps of the start-up routine based upon the results of the detections,
wherein the method comprises determining whether the detected functional modules correspond to an allowed combination of modules, and, where the detected functional modules do correspond to an allowed combination, continuing with the start-up routine, and, where the detected functional modules do not correspond to an allowed combination of modules, determining a fault state of the spectrometer.