Controlling Sample Loading of a Specimen
AssigneeAgilent Technologies, Inc.
InventorsAndreas Ruefer, Martin Seifried, Martin Kratzmeier
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Abstract
A sample loading device for loading and injecting a sample of a specimen is provided. The device comprises an injection channel having a sample injection spot, the injection channel adapted for feeding a fluid comprising a specimen. It further comprises an injector for injecting the specimen into the fluid along the injection channel and a separation device adapted for separating a sample from the specimen at the sample injection spot. Furthermore it comprises a control unit adapted for controlling the separation device in response to a detected physical parameter of the fluid.
Claims33
Sample loading device for loading and injecting a sample of a specimen, comprising:
- an injection channel (I) having a sample injection spot (INJ), the injection channel (I) adopted for feeding a fluid comprising a specimen;
- an injector (Uinj, UIN) for injecting the specimen into the fluid along the injection channel (I);
- a separation device (S, SG, Sep+, Sep−) adopted for separating a sample from the specimen at the sample injection spot (INJ);
- a control unit (RD) adopted for controlling the separation device (S, SG, Sep+, Sep−) in response to a detected physical parameter of the fluid.
Method for extracting a sample of a specimen, comprising the steps of:
- providing the specimen;
- measuring a physical parameter of the specimen;
- extracting the sample of the specimen dependant of the measured physical parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.