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Beyond the box. Beyond the bottleneck.

Built to perform, the advanced Thermo Scientific TSQ Certis Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (MS) helps deliver streamlined, connected, and ready-to-run triple quadrupole workflows that keep your lab productive, profitable, and worry-free—no matter who’s at the bench.

 

With latest hardware for higher sensitivity and software for a compliant-ready solution, TSQ Certis Mass Spectrometer delivers greater uptime and improved performance for routine biopharmaceutical, clinical research, toxicology, environmental, and food safety testing laboratories.


TSQ Certis Mass Spectrometer

Next-gen productivity

Maximize throughput and efficiency in high-performance laboratories

  • Exceptional scan speed of 900 SRM/s for high-throughput quantitation
  • Faster acquisition speed enables shorter chromatographic runs and greater productivity
  • Proactive alerts in the early warning system provide calibration-time and run-time warnings, thereby helping facilitate planned downtime of the instrument

Rugged and built to run

Advanced ion optics lead to increased uptime, delivering high profitability for fee-for-service customers

  • Improved front-end ion vector extends performance and helps reduce maintenance
  • Prolonged intervals between instrument cleanings, enabling tens of thousands of injections
  • Mass filtering capabilities minimize contamination of quadrupoles

Improved performance

Newly engineered OptaMax Plus Ion Source maintains stability and precision of measurement across a vast range of methods and sample types

  • Vaporizer temperatures up to 650oC
  • Unlock greater sensitivities with elevated vaporizer temperatures

Software solutions for productivity and compliance

Go from sample to results with speed, confidence and compliance

Environmentally friendly dry pumps

Decrease both energy usage and instrument maintenance with an environmentally-friendly dry pump option

  • Dry pump minimizes production of oil vapors and need for oil checks and changes
  • ACT Ecolabel review underway for informed decision-making to meet sustainability objectives

Outstanding service and support

Obtain world-class service solutions for all your service and support needs

  • Instrument service plans for standardized or tailored services that prioritize your needs
  • On-demand services include compliance services, preventative maintenance, installation and education

One platform, endless applications

The TSQ Certis Mass Spectrometer delivers accuracy you can defend, traceability you can audit, and reproducibility you can trust—across biopharmaceutical, clinical research, toxicology environmental analysis, and food safety testing high-throughput routine labs who must make critical, compliance-driven health decisions. 

Clinical research application: long-term instrument stability even with contaminant-heavy matrices

Analyzing human whole blood by LC-MS presents persistent challenges: matrix contaminants can accumulate within the ion source and API stack, compromising signal integrity and reproducibility. Restoring data quality demands time-consuming maintenance. The TSQ Certis Mass Spectrometer proves its durability by maintaining stable, precise performance through tens of thousands of injections—minimizing downtime and maximizing throughput.

Peak area for Ascomycin

Raw peak area of 15pg Ascomycin on column was determined in whole blood for 10,209 injections. The experiment was run over a 5-week period, and the system delivered an RSD of 13.8% with no cleaning of the ion transfer tube or the sweep cone.

Biopharmaceutical application: GLP-1 peptides and oligonucleotide bioanalysis

Demand for highly sensitive, specific, and stable methods for the bioanalysis of GLP-1 peptides and oligonucleotides is increasing. The development of LC-MS assays for GLP-1 peptides and oligonucleotide therapeutics has advanced rapidly as biopharmaceutical programs increasingly demand highly selective, quantitative methods for pharmacokinetic (PK) and biomarker studies. Both molecule classes present complex analytical challenges—GLP-1 analogs due to their size, instability, and endogenous background; oligonucleotides due to their polarity, charge, and susceptibility to degradation.

High sensitivity for challenging GLP-1 peptide analysis

By combining the Thermo Scientific Solaμ SAX SPE Extraction Plate with the TSQ Certis Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer, laboratories can achieve exceptional sensitivity and specificity for GLP-1 peptides—reaching assay detection limits with greater confidence in target biomarker quantitation.

Accurate measurement of oligonucleotides

Liquid-liquid extraction of human plasma was used for quantitative bioanalysis of antisense oligonucleotides such as Fomivirsen and Nusinersen. The TSQ Certis Mass Spectrometer enables accurate measurement of oligonucleotides in challenging matrices such as plasma down to an LOQ of 0.1ng/mL.

Endocrinology application: superior performance for steroid quantitation

Liquid chromatography coupled with triple quadrupole (LC–QqQ) mass spectrometry has become the industry standard for the quantitative determination of steroids in biological matrices. Compared to immunoassays, LC–QqQ MS offers superior analytical specificity, lower detection limits, and improved reproducibility, making it ideal for regulated pharmacokinetic, endocrinological, and clinical research applications. The TSQ Certis Mass Spectrometer provides the speed, specificity, and ultra-high sensitivity necessary for reliable steroid quantitation. 

LC SRM chromatogram of 18 steroids in BSA

LC SRM chromatogram of 18 steroids in BSA run using the Thermo Scientific Vanquish Flex UHPLC System and TSQ Certis Mass Spectrometer. This is an 8-minute chromatography run utilizing the Thermo Scientific Hypersil Gold C18 Column for separation. The samples were protein crashed from 0.05% BSA in PBS, and injecting 5µL.

DHT quantitation peak and calibration curve

Highly sensitive triple quadrupole instrumentation, often with advanced ion optics, is needed for Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) quantitation. The DHT quantitation peak and calibration curve of DHT run at 0.4pg on column with an RSD of 8.2%.


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