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Pre-concentration device and method for ion mobility detection apparatus

US8512459B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 25, 2010
Grant dateAug 20, 2013
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Expiry dateJun 25, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2001/022
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a pre-concentration device and method for an ion mobility detection apparatus. According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a pre-concentration device comprising: a collecting passage configured to collect a gas mixture including substances to be detected: a sieve provided, in a deploy state, within the collecting passage and configured to separate the substances from the gas mixture, the separated substances being absorbed to the sieve; at least one desorption unit configured to desorb the substances that have been absorbed to the sieve, the sieve being received in a wound state in the desorption unit; and a driving device configured to drive movement of the sieve between an absorption position in which the substances are absorbed to the sieve in the collecting passage, and a desorption position in which the substances are desorbed from the sieve in the at least one desorption unit.

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