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Sampler transfer

US6428668B1 · kind B1 · utility

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41Claims

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Assignee

Europaeisches Laboratorium Fuer Molekularbiologie (EMBL) · DE

Inventors

Wilhelm Ansorge · Gaiberg, DE
Holger Erfle · Neckarsteinach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 9, 1999
Grant date	Aug 6, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 9, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2035/1037
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In the method moving a sample substance by means of a sample feeder (26) form a sample pickup site to a delivery site (20) of a sample processor (10), the invention proposes fitting the sample feeder (26) with at least one porous material element having a pore size such that the sample substance shall be kept in the liquid phase in the porous material at least during sample pickup by the sample feeder (26) and during sample delivery to the sample processor (10).

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