Automatic thermal desorption apparatus and method
AssigneeMarkes International Limited
InventorAlun Cole
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Abstract
An analytical apparatus for automatically carrying out a plurality of analytical steps, which apparatus includes: a releasing device for releasing a sample from a sampling tube; device for analysing a first portion of the released sample; a collecting device for collecting a second portion of the released sample; a device for re-released the collected said second portion of the sample; and a device for analysing the re-released portion of the sample.
Claims21
An analytical apparatus for automatically carrying out a plurality of analytical steps, which apparatus includes:
- a releasing device for releasing a sample from a sampling tube;
- a device for analysing a first portion of the released sample;
- a collecting device for collecting a second portion of the released sample;
- a device for re-releasing the collected said second portion of the sample;
- and
- a device for analysing the re-released portion of the sample.
An analytical apparatus comprising means for automatically carrying out, for each of a plurality of sampling tubes stored in an autosampler, the steps of:
- selecting a sampling tube from said plurality of tubes;
- releasing a sample from the sampling tube;
- analysing a first portion of the released sample;
- collecting a second portion of the released sample, either in the sampling tube or in a collecting tube selected from said plurality of tubes, with which said first tube is replaced in the autosampler.
An automated analytical method which includes:
- releasing a sample from a sample tube;
- analysing a first portion of the released sample;
- collecting a second portion of the released sample;
- re-releasing the collected second portion of the sample;
- and
- analysing the re-released portion of the sample.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.