Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for handling and spectrophotometry of small liquid samples
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Application No.: US16222851Application Date: 2018-12-17
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Publication No.: US11054364B2Publication Date: 2021-07-06
- Inventor: Greg A. Foster , Daniel Lopez Ferrer
- Applicant: Thermo Finnigan LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Thermo Finnigan LLC
- Current Assignee: Thermo Finnigan LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agent Thomas F. Cooney
- Main IPC: G01N21/25
- IPC: G01N21/25 ; G01N21/31 ; G01N33/68 ; G01N35/00 ; G01N35/10

Abstract:
A system comprises: (a) a robotic arm; (b) a needle capillary coupled to the robotic arm; (c) a cell coupled to the robotic arm comprising: a housing; first and second windows disposed within the housing and defining a width of an internal chamber therebetween; a collimating lens optically coupled to the first window; a focusing lens optically coupled to the second window; an inlet port fluidically coupled to a first end of the internal chamber; and an outlet port fluidically coupled to a second end of the internal chamber; (d) a pump; (e) first and second tubings fluidically coupled, respectively, between the needle capillary and the inlet port and between the pump and the outlet port; (f) a light source; (g) a photodetector; and (h) first and second optical fibers optically coupled, respectively, between the light source and the collimating lens and between the photodetector and the focusing lens.
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