US 11,733,159 B2
Analysis system and method employing thermal desorption and spectrometric analysis
Martin L. Spartz, Ellington, CT (US); Charles M. Phillips, Sicklerville, NJ (US); Peter P. Behnke, Vernon, CT (US); and Anthony S. Bonanno, Ellington, CT (US)
Assigned to MLS ACQ, INC., East Windsor, CO (US)
Filed by MLS ACQ, INC., East Windsor, CT (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/528,414.
Application 17/528,414 is a continuation of application No. 16/306,291, granted, now 11,181,471, previously published as PCT/US2017/035685, filed on Jun. 2, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/344,630, filed on Jun. 2, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0074852 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01N 21/3504 (2014.01); G01N 1/40 (2006.01); G01N 30/00 (2006.01); G01N 30/74 (2006.01); G01N 21/35 (2014.01)
CPC G01N 21/3504 (2013.01) [G01N 1/405 (2013.01); G01N 30/00 (2013.01); G01N 30/74 (2013.01); G01N 2021/3595 (2013.01); G01N 2030/008 (2013.01); G01N 2030/743 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
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1. A sample analysis system, comprising:
a thermal desorption separator that provides components of a sample over time;
a sample cell in which the components are at least partially integrated;
a Fourier transform infrared spectrometry system for obtaining a spectral response of the components in the sample cell;
a temperature ramp driver and a heater for raising the temperature of the thermal desorption separator over time to release components that are separated or partially separated temporally.