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News Release from: Perkin Elmer LAS (UK) | Subject: Clarus 600
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 19 October 2006
Enhancing evaluation of complex GC/MS
samples
PerkinElmer has announced a new partnership with Ion Signature Technology (IST) to harness high-throughput performance of Clarus 600 GC/MS with fast and easy-to-understand deconvolution software
Users of the new PerkinElmer Clarus 600 GC/MS now have the option to incorporate Ion Signature quantitative deconvolution software customised for the Clarus family during data processing for fast and accurate data review and evaluation "The Clarus GC/MS and Ion Signature quantitative deconvolution software work in concert to enable users to rapidly quantify target compounds and identify unknowns in complex GC/MS samples," said Jonathan Rennert, vice president and general manager, analytical sciences, for PerkinElmer's Life and Analytical Sciences division
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 31 Aug 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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"This partnership supports our overall goal to provide solutions that help advance the pace and precision of scientists' research and testing".
The recently launched family of Clarus 600 GC/MS systems delivers high performance and increased sample throughput.
For many laboratories, adding the Ion Signature option further enhances the Clarus system's ability to deliver faster results on unknowns.
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"It provides a tool for laboratories to more efficiently identify target compounds present in even difficult and complex samples," Rennert said.
"By combining this powerful deconvolution capability with the fastest analytical cycle time capabilities delivered by the Clarus 600 GC/MS, customers can significantly increase their analysis and identification of organic compounds.
"Consequently, it is anticipated that scientists will reap an even greater return on their GC/MS investment".
The Ion Signature FileConvert software package, designed specifically for use with the PerkinElmer Clarus GC/MS series, is described as the most powerful deconvolution tool in the marketplace.
It addresses the needs of the full spectrum of GC/MS users, including environmental contract, forensics, food and beverage, flavor and fragrance, petrochemical and chemical quality-control (QC) laboratories.
In these market segments, users face unique co-eluting challenges when multiple components or contaminants overlap at the results stage, which make the clear interpretation of data difficult.
To avoid such challenges, the PerkinElmer TurboMass GC/MS software first performs the data acquisition.
The IST deconvolution software then comes into play to simplify the complex compounds before the data processing stage to ensure accurate identification.
"We leverage proprietary, advanced algorithms that make it easy to analyze even the most difficult and complex samples," said John Moore, president and CEO of Rhode Island-based Ion Signature Technology.
"Our technology enables users to untangle co-eluting peaks and examine each uniquely, providing a one-of-a-kind 'fingerprint' of the unknown".
"For complex samples with many compounds, conventional analysis would take significantly longer and the end result may yield questionable results.".
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