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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1982
Francis R Nordmeyer, Orem, UT (US);
Lee D Hansen, Orem, UT (US);
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to apparatus for and a method of instrumental detection. The apparatus comprises in combination (a) an instrumental detector such as a chromatographic, spectrophotometric, fluorimetric, electrometric determination detector, and the like for analyzing an analyte and (b) a hollow dialysis fiber for eliminating such materials as insoluble and soluble polymeric materials and polymer bonded portions from the sample to be detected that would foul the instrumental detector so that the material delivered to the eluent stream flowing to the instrumental detection means is essentially free of such contaminating materials. The method comprises purifying the sample to be subjected to instrumental detection by any of the detectors mentioned above in a preliminary equilibrium dialysis which strips from that portion of the sample which enters the analyte essentially all such contaminating materials, delivering the essentially polymer-free analyte to the eluent stream flowing to the instrumental detector and subjecting it to instrumental detection. The dialysis chambers may be rinsed after each cycle and the operations are preferably completely automated.