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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2006
Jurgen H. Daniel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Meng H. Lean, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Robert Matusiak, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Armin R. Volkel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gregory P. Schmitz, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Huangpin B. Hsieh, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ashutosh Kole, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jurgen H. Daniel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Meng H. Lean, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Robert Matusiak, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Armin R. Volkel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gregory P. Schmitz, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Huangpin B. Hsieh, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ashutosh Kole, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and Systems for extracting a concentrated sample of particles include priming a concentrate reservoir by passing a fluid through the concentrate reservoir to remove air. The concentrate reservoir has a first end with an opening and second end with an opening. The second end of the concentrate reservoir is closed off, and particles are accumulated within the concentrate reservoir by use of a particle concentrator. Thereafter, the first end of the concentrate reservoir is closed off, isolating the concentrate reservoir from particle concentrator, from which the particles were obtained. The second end of the concentrate reservoir is thereafter opened, and the particles of the concentrated sample in the concentrate reservoir are extracted to a sample capture reservoir through the second end opening of the concentrate reservoir.