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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wilhelm Ansorge, Gaiberg, DE;
Holger Erfle, Sandhausen, DE;
Assignee:
Europaisches Laboratorium fur Molekularbiologie (EMBL), Heidelberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02N 2/726 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02N 2/726 ;
Abstract
In the method moving a sample substance by means of a sample feeder ( ) form a sample pickup site to a delivery site ( ) of a sample processor ( ), the invention proposes fitting the sample feeder ( ) with at least one porous material element having a pore size such that the sample substance shall be kept in the liquid phase in the porous material at least during sample pickup by the sample feeder ( ) and during sample delivery to the sample processor ( ).