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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2000
Gino Baron, Tervuren, BE;
Gert Desmet, Elewijt, BE;
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, BE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a new separation method and a device therefor, especially to a device and method for chromatographic chemical analysis. In the method according to the invention, the driving of the mobile phase fluid in, through and out the separation channel, said channel being defined by at least two channel elements, is mainly caused by a relative movement of at least one channel element compared to at least one of the other channel elements preferably the movement of the mobile phase fluid and the sample to be separated through the separation channel is sustained by relief elements, such as one or more protrusions, recesses, holes or irregular porous-like structures, which are arranged on at least one of the channel elements.