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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2021
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A separation channel on which a liquid delivery pump, a separation column, and a detector are provided, the liquid delivering pump being for feeding a mobile phase, the separation column being for separating a component in a sample, and the detector being for detecting peaks of components separated from each other by the separation column, a plurality of liquid handlers each including an injecting part and a collecting part, wherein when one of the plurality of liquid handlers is introduced into the separation channel, the injecting part of the one of the plurality of liquid handlers functions as an injector that executes injection operation of a sample into a mobile phase flowing through the analysis channel upstream of the separation column in the analysis channel and the collecting part of the one the plurality of liquid handlers functions as a fraction collector that executes collection operation of peaks of components separated from each other in the separation column, a selector for selectively switching a liquid handler to be introduced into the separation channel among a plurality of the liquid handlers, and a controller for controlling operation of a plurality of the liquid handlers and the selector.