Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Claus Lueth

Darijo Zeko

Hans-Peter Zimmermann

A fitting for providing a fluid connection between a capillary and a fluidic conduit of a fluidic component, the fitting comprising a male piece and a female piece for connection with the male piece, wherein the male piece comprises a housing with a capillary reception configured for receiving the capillary, wherein a part of the capillary being received in the capillary reception is circumferentially covered by a sleeve, an elastic biasing mechanism being arranged at least partially within the housing, being configured for biasing the capillary against the female piece and being supported by the sleeve, and a locking mechanism being arranged at least partially within the housing and being configured for locking the capillary to the fitting.

Fitting for elastically-biasing a capillary for a fluidtight connection to a fluidic conduit

A fitting () for providing a fluid connection between a capillary () and a fluidic conduit () of a fluidic component (), the fitting () comprising a male piece () and a female piece () for connection with the male piece (), wherein the male piece () comprises a housing () with a capillary reception () configured for receiving the capillary (), wherein a part of the capillary () being received in the capillary reception () is circumferentially covered by a sleeve (), an elastic biasing mechanism () being arranged at least partially within the housing (), being configured for biasing the capillary () against the female piece () and being supported by the sleeve (), and a locking mechanism () being arranged at least partially within the housing () and being configured for locking the capillary () to the fitting ().

Fitting for elastically-biasing a capillary for a fluid-tight connection to a fluidic conduit

The invention relates to a flow divider and a process for dividing a fluid flow into a number of fluid flows, in particular in analytical and/or preparative fluid measurement technology and/or in micro-fluid systems. The flow divider exhibits at least one working sensor, which is assigned to one of the fluid flows and which comprises a control unit for regulating the pressure of one of the fluid flows and/or for regulating one of the fluid flows. The control unit is coupled to the at least one working sensor and to an actuator for changing the fluid flow. At least a number of working sensors corresponding to the number of divided fluid flows is provided, whereby respectively at least one of the working sensors is assigned to one of the fluid flows and whereby the working sensors enable recording of the respective fluid flow. According to the process of the present invention the control unit regulates the fluid flows such that the ratio between at least two of the fluid flows remains substantially constant.

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Claus Lueth