Offline solid phase microextraction sampling system

An offline solid phase microextraction (SPME) sampling process comprising:

• providing an offline SPME sampling system comprising:
• a vacuum source;
• a purging fluid source;
• a hollow body surrounding a sampling chamber;
• a first port of said hollow body having a first port connector capable of fluidically connecting a fluid sample container to said first port and a first port valve for controlling fluidic communication between a connected fluid sample container and said sampling chamber;
• a second port of said hollow body having a septum capable of receiving a SPME needle/fiber therethrough for sampling said sampling chamber thereby;
• means for fluidically connecting said vacuum source and said purging fluid source to said hollow body;
• and valve means for controlling fluidic communication between said vacuum source and said sampling chamber and between said purging fluid source and said sampling chamber;
• capturing a fluid sample in the fluid sample container;
• connecting the fluid sample container to said first port;
• controlling said first port valve to release a portion of the fluid sample from the fluid sample container into the sampling chamber;
• inserting the SPME needle/fiber through the septum of the second port and SPME sampling the fluid sample in the sampling chamber;
• removing the SPME needle/fiber from the second port;
• and
• purging and flushing the fluid sample from the sampling chamber.

An offline solid phase microextraction (SPME) sampling process comprising:

• providing an offline SPME sampling system comprising:
• a hollow body surrounding a sampling chamber;
• a first port of said hollow body having a first port connector capable of interchangeably fluidically connecting a fluid sample container, a vacuum source, and a purging gas source to said first port, and a first port valve for interchangeably controlling fluidic communication between said sampling chamber and a fluid sample container, a vacuum source, and a purging gas source;
• a second port of said hollow body having a septum capable of receiving a SPME needle/fiber therethrough for sampling said sampling chamber thereby;
• capturing a fluid sample in the fluid sample container;
• fluidically connecting the fluid sample container to said first port;
• controlling said first port valve to release a portion of the fluid sample from the fluid sample container into the sampling chamber;
• inserting the SPME needle/fiber through the septum of the second port and SPME sampling the fluid sample in the sampling chamber;
• removing the SPME needle/fiber from the second port;
• disconnecting the fluid sample container form from said first port
• fluidically connecting said first port to the purging gas source and the vacuum source;
• and
• purging and flushing the fluid sample from the sampling chamber.

An offline solid phase microextraction (SPME) sampling system, comprising:

• a vacuum source;
• a purging fluid source;
• a hollow body surrounding a sampling chamber;
• a first port of said hollow body having a first port connector adapted to physically and fluidically interconnect an access port of a fluid sample container to said first port so as to enable controlled fluidic communication with said sampling chamber;
• a second port of said hollow body having a septum capable of being pierced by a SPME needle/fiber therethrough for sampling said sampling chamber thereby;
• means for fluidically connecting said vacuum source and said purging fluid source to said hollow body;
• and
• valve means for controlling fluidic communication between said vacuum source and said sampling chamber and between said purging fluid source and said sampling chamber.

An offline solid phase microextraction (SPME) sampling process comprising:

• providing an offline SPME sampling system comprising:
• a vacuum source;
• a purging fluid source;
• a hollow body surrounding a sampling chamber;
• a first port of said hollow body having a first port connector capable of fluidically connecting a fluid sample container to said first port said fluid sample container having an integrated valve for controlling the fluidic communication between said connected fluid sample container and said sampling chamber;
• a second port of said hollow body having a septum capable of receiving a SPMIE needle/fiber therethrough for sampling said sampling chamber thereby;
• means for fluidically connecting said vacuum source and said purging fluid source to said hollow body;
• and valve means for controlling fluidic communication between said vacuum source and said sampling chamber and between said purging fluid source and said sampling chamber;
• capturing a fluid sample in the fluid sample container having the integrated valve;
• connecting the fluid sample container to said first port;
• controlling the integrated valve of said connected fluid sample container to release a portion of the fluid sample therefrom and into the sampling chamber;
• inserting a SPME needle/fiber through the septum of the second port and SPME sampling the fluid sample in the sampling chamber;
• removing the SPME needle/fiber from the second port;
• and
• purging and flushing the fluid sample from the sampling chamber.