Fraction collection and identification system
AssigneeAnalogix, Inc.
InventorNicholas DeMarco
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Abstract
An apparatus to perform a chromatography process includes a fraction collection system with a rack adapted to support at least one receptacle and a reader coupled to the fraction collection system. The reader is operable to detect a first identification coupled to the rack. The apparatus also includes a chromatography system connected to the fraction collection system to supply a fraction to the receptacle, and a RFID system. The RFID system communicates with the reader and generates data identifying a first location of the receptacle with respect to the rack and a second location of the rack with respect to the fraction collection system.
Claims15
An apparatus to perform a chromatography process, the apparatus comprising:
- a fraction collection system including a rack adapted to support at least one receptacle;
- a reader coupled to the fraction collection system and operable to detect a first identification coupled to the rack;
- a chromatography system connected to the fraction collection system to supply a fraction to the receptacle;
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- a RFID system operable to communicate with the reader, the RFID system operable to generate data identifying a first location of the receptacle with respect to the rack, and a second location of the rack with respect to the fraction collection system.
A method of conducting a chromatography process, the method comprising:
- partially filling a receptacle with a fraction, the receptacle supported by a rack;
- positioning the rack in a fraction collection system;
- detecting a label on the rack with a reader coupled to the fraction collection system;
- transmitting a signal to a RFID system, the signal including data related to the label;
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- generating a set of data with the RFID system, the set of data including at least one characteristic of the chromatography process, a position of the receptacle with respect to the rack, and a position of the rack with respect to the fraction collection system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.