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US 6,267,884 B1Granted
Capillary columns employing monodispersed particles
AssigneeWaters Investments Limited
InventorPeter Myers
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Abstract
A capillary column comprising monodispersed particles. The capillary is formed using a suitable substrate, wherein two plates are bonded together. At least one of the plates comprises a channel where particle beads are housed. Particle bead positions are of defined and equivalent diameter are arranged along the longitudinal axis of the housing structure. These positions are used to position packing material used to occupy the column. The particle beads themselves are of equivalent diameter.
Claims9
A liquid chromatography column for capillary chromatographic analysis, comprising
- a housing structure, wherein said housing structure comprises a first plate and a second plate, wherein said first plate further comprises an interior channel having a first and second ends and a longitudinal axis;
- one or more indentations aligned along said longitudinal axis of said interior channel;
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- a packing material disposed within said interior channel, wherein said packing material comprises particle beads having approximately equivalent dimensions, and wherein a diameter of said one or more indentations approximates half that of said particle beads.
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An axial gradient capillary column, comprising:
- a housing structure, wherein said housing structure comprises a first plate and a second plate, wherein said first plate further comprises an interior channel having a first and second ends and a longitudinal axis;
- one or more particle bead positions aligned along said longitudinal axis of said interior channel defined by one or more indentations;
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- a heterogenous packing material disposed within one or more positions, wherein said heterogenous packing material comprises particle beads having an equivalent diameter but different surface chemistries, wherein said particle beads are disposed within said one or more particle bead positions in such a manner as to facilitate a gradient of said surface chemistry along said longitudinal axis of said interior channel, and wherein a diameter of said one or more indentations approximates half of said known diameter of said particle beads.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.