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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2009
Manfred Berndt, Waldbronn, DE;
Manfred Berndt, Waldbronn, DE;
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A shear valve, for use in a high performance liquid chromatography system, comprises a first shear valve member and a second shear valve member. At least one of the first and second shear valve members is adapted to be moved with respect to the other. One of the first and second shear valve members comprises a plurality of ports, and the other comprises at least one fluid path for fluidly coupling respective ones of the ports in dependency on a relative movement position of the first and second shear valve members with respect to each other. The first shear valve member is at least partially coated with or comprised of silicon carbide.