Loading a fluidic element
AssigneeDionex Softron GmbH
InventorsChristoph Hollnagel, Hermann Hochgräber, Martin Rendl, Anne Morgenstern
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of loading a fluid into a fluidic element, wherein the method is performed in a fluidic system comprising the fluidic element, wherein the method comprises determining a volume that has flown into the fluidic element since a start time tstart, and at a switching time tswitch, switching the fluidic system to an operating state to stop flow into the fluidic element. The present invention also relates to a fluidic system configured for performing the method, and to a corresponding computer program product.
Claims15
A method of loading a fluid into a fluidic element of a fluidic system comprising the fluidic element and a loading pump, wherein the method comprises determining a volume that has flown into the fluidic element since a start time tstart;
- at a switching time tswitch, switching the fluidic system to an operating state to stop fluid flow into the fluidic element;
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- operating the loading pump in a loading state from the start time tstart to the switching time tswitch, with the pressure between the loading pump and the fluidic element exceeding atmospheric pressure, and with the loading pump causing fluid to flow into the fluidic element in the loading state.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed on a control unit of a fluidic system, cause the fluidic system to
- determine a volume flown into the fluidic element since a start time tstart;
- at a switching time tswitch, switch the fluidic system to an operating state to stop fluid flow into the fluidic element;
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- operate the loading pump in a loading state from the start time tstart to the switching time tswitch, with the pressure between the loading pump and the fluidic element exceeding atmospheric pressure, and with the loading pump causing fluid to flow into the fluidic element in the loading state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.