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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2020
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Satoru Watanabe, Kyoto, JP;
Takashi Inoue, Kyoto, JP;
SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An autosampler includes a retention path for injecting a sample into a mobile phase that flows through an analysis path to a column, the retention path including a needle at a downstream end and holding the sample, an injection path including a port at an upstream end for injecting into the analysis path, the sample injected from the needle into the port, a low-pressure path having an upstream end connected to a pump, and a valve that can switch between a first state in which an upstream analysis path and a downstream analysis path are connected and a downstream end of the low-pressure path and an upstream end of the retention path are connected and a second state in which the upstream analysis path and the upstream end of the retention path are connected and the downstream end of the injection path and the downstream analysis path are connected.