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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2015
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Ecublens) Sarl, Ecublens, CH;
Romain Farkas, Lausanne, FR;
Tony Maulaz, Champagne, CH;
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Ecublens) SARL, Ecublens, CH;
Abstract
A controller () and method for establishing safe operation of an atomic emission spectrometer (AES) to analyze a sample () arranged on a sample holder () of the AES. The controller () is configured to receive a measurement of at least one test parameter indicative of the arrangement of the sample () on the sample holder (). The at least one test parameter is then compared to a range of target values for that test parameter to determine if the sample () is arranged correctly on the sample holder (). The test parameters may include an electrical parameter dependant on a current between a first and a second terminal at the sample holder (), gas pressure in a gas chamber housing an electrode of the AES, or displacement of a portion of the sample holder.