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US 12,292,423 · App. 17/971,606 · Granted May 6, 2025

Liquid chromatographic system and method of cleaning the same, and computer readable medium

Inventors: Keisuke Ogawa (Columbia, MD); Andy Sasaki (Columbia, MD); Kerry Hill (Columbia, MD); Timothy Lee (Columbia, MD)
Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
G01N30/46B01D15/16B01D15/18G01N30/32G01N30/7233G01N2030/027G01N2030/326
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Patent No.
US 12,292,423
App. No.
17/971,606
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a liquid chromatographic system, a processor is configured to analyze a sample through a first stream which is an analysis flow path including a first column, to obtain at least one of a result of analysis for quality control of the first stream and information that specifies a sample to be analyzed in the first stream, to specify, among two or more combinations of a cleaning method and a cleaning execution condition, a first combination including an execution condition to which at least one of the result of analysis for quality control and the information corresponds, and to drive one or more cleaning pumps in accordance with the cleaning method included in the first combination.

Claims (45)

1. A liquid chromatographic system comprising:

a first column that separates a sample for each component;

a first stream which is an analysis flow path including the first column;

one or more cleaning pumps that supply a cleaning solution to the first stream;

a memory in which two or more combinations of a cleaning method and a cleaning execution condition are stored; and

a processor, wherein

the processor is configured to

analyze a sample through the first stream and obtain at least one of a result of analysis for quality control of the first stream and information that specifies a sample to be analyzed in the first stream,

specify a first combination including an execution condition to which at least one of the result of analysis for quality control and the information corresponds, among the two or more combinations, and

drive the one or more cleaning pumps in accordance with the cleaning method included in the first combination.

2. The liquid chromatographic system according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor obtains the result of analysis for quality control, and

the result of analysis for quality control includes a result of analysis of a remaining amount of a component that has passed through the first stream.

3. The liquid chromatographic system according to claim 2 , wherein

the result of analysis for quality control includes a result of analysis by a mass spectrometry device.

4. The liquid chromatographic system according to claim 1 , wherein

the one or more cleaning pumps include a drive pump that supplies a mobile phase to the first stream, and

the processor has change over time of a pressure of delivery by the drive pump and the result of analysis for quality control shown.

5. The liquid chromatographic system according to claim 1 , further comprising an input device that accepts input of the information.

6. The liquid chromatographic system according to claim 1 , further comprising a second stream provided in parallel to the first stream, wherein

the processor carries out control for cleaning in accordance with the first combination for the second stream in response to specifying of the first combination for the first stream.

7. The liquid chromatographic system according to claim 6 , wherein

the processor has the second stream cleaned with a method identical to the cleaning method for the first combination in response to specifying of the first combination for the first stream.

8. The liquid chromatographic system according to claim 6 , wherein

when a sample is injected into the second stream, after this injection, the processor carries out control for cleaning in accordance with the first combination for the second stream.

9. The liquid chromatographic system according to claim 1 , wherein

in the two or more combinations, the execution condition is combined with the method longer in time period for cleaning as a remaining amount of a compound is larger in the first stream indicated in a corresponding result of analysis for quality control.

10. A liquid chromatographic system comprising:

a first stream including an analysis flow path;

one or more cleaning pumps that supply a cleaning solution to the first stream;

a processor; and

a memory in which one or more analysis conditions and one or more cleaning methods are stored, wherein

in the memory, each of the one or more analysis conditions is combined with any one of the one or more cleaning methods, and

the processor determines to use the first stream for analysis of a sample, and after analysis in accordance with any one analysis condition of the one or more analysis conditions, the processor has the one or more cleaning pumps driven in accordance with one cleaning method combined with the one analysis condition among the one or more cleaning methods.

11. The liquid chromatographic system according to claim 10 , wherein a plurality of cleaning solutions are connected to at least one of the one or more cleaning pumps, and the processor selects one cleaning solution of the plurality of cleaning solutions in accordance with the cleaning method, and has the selected cleaning solution connected to the one or more cleaning pumps.

12. A method of cleaning a liquid chromatographic system, the liquid chromatographic system including a first stream including an analysis flow path including a first analysis column, one or more pumps that supply a liquid to the first stream, and a memory in which two or more combinations of a cleaning method and a cleaning execution condition are stored, the method comprising:

determining to use the first stream for analysis of a sample;

obtaining at least one of a result of analysis for quality control of the first stream and information that specifies a sample to be analyzed in the first stream in response to determination to use the first stream for analysis of the sample;

specifying a first combination including an execution condition to which at least one of the result of analysis for quality control and the information corresponds, among the two or more combinations; and

driving the one or more pumps in accordance with the cleaning method included in the first combination.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium having a program recorded thereon, the program, when executed by a processor of a controller, causing the controller to perform:

determining to use, in a liquid chromatographic system, for analysis of a sample, a first stream including an analysis flow path including a first analysis column;

obtaining at least one of a result of analysis for quality control of the first stream and information that specifies a sample to be analyzed in the first stream in response to determination to use the first stream for analysis of the sample;

specifying, among two or more combinations of a cleaning method and a cleaning execution condition, a first combination including an execution condition to which at least one of the result of analysis for quality control and the information corresponds; and

driving one or more pumps that supply a liquid to the first stream in accordance with the cleaning method included in the first combination.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2022
From: OGAWA, KEISUKE; SASAKI, ANDY; HILL, KERRY; LEE, TIMOTHY
To: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061513/0359 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63273184 · Oct 29, 2021
Related Publication 20230132731A1 · May 4, 2023
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