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Sampling system for use in the analysis of biological processes

US6085602A · kind A · utility

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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 3, 1997
Grant dateJul 11, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2001/1436
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a sampling device, in which the site of separation from the microbiologically contaminated environment is constructed as a sterile protective gas current according to the laminar air-flow principle under a housing bell (7), the site of connection of the inner tube (11) to the sample tube (10) being so designed that it occurs inside to just below the housing bell (7), fixedly or with no fixed connection, and for automatic operation occurs just below the housing bell (7), with no fixed connection.

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