Apparatus for sample preparation
US7677120B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 31, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2001/2866
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention, in various embodiments, provides systems, methods and devices relating to processing a sample. Aspects presented herein relate to collecting, stabilizing, pulverizing, fragmenting, and/or analyzing biological and non-biological sample specimens. Before constituents of sample specimens are analyzed, the sample specimens may be fragmented into a plurality of smaller specimens. Such smaller specimens may then be stored, analyzed, or further processed.
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