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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2010
John Heden, Hollis, NH (US);
John Lamoureux, Franklin, MA (US);
Miguel Soares, Norton, MA (US);
Guo-zhong LI, Westborough, MA (US);
John Heden, Hollis, NH (US);
John Lamoureux, Franklin, MA (US);
Miguel Soares, Norton, MA (US);
Guo-Zhong Li, Westborough, MA (US);
WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Milford, MA (US);
Abstract
A liquid chromatography system includes an autosampler that prepares a sample for introduction to a solvent stream and a solvent delivery system that delivers a solvent stream to the autosampler. Delivery of the solvent stream occurs in parallel with the autosampler's pre-injection operations. The autosampler starts pre-injection operations to make the sample ready for injection into the mixture stream, and the solvent delivery system starts delivery of a solvent stream to the autosampler. The start of the solvent stream delivery is coordinated with the start of the pre-injection operations such that the solvent stream arrives at the autosampler approximately coincident with when the autosampler completes the pre-injection operations, making the sample ready for injection.