US 11,808,741 B2
Low thermal mass GC module
Edgar D. Lee, Shelton, CT (US); Nathan L. Porter, Shelton, CT (US); Anthony D. Rands, Shelton, CT (US); and Randall W. Waite, Shelton, CT (US)
Assigned to PERKINELMER U.S. LLC, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by PERKINELMER U.S. LLC, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/150,969.
Application 18/150,969 is a continuation of application No. 15/636,362, filed on Jun. 28, 2017, granted, now 11,567,041.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/355,761, filed on Jun. 28, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0152282 A1, May 18, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01N 30/30 (2006.01); G01N 30/54 (2006.01); G01N 30/00 (2006.01); G01N 30/72 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 30/30 (2013.01) [G01N 30/54 (2013.01); G01N 30/7206 (2013.01); G01N 2030/0095 (2013.01); G01N 2030/3053 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating system for a chromatography system, the heating system comprising:
an inner ring;
a heating wire wound circumferentially around the inner ring;
a middle ring disposed around the heating wire and the inner ring, wherein the heating wire is in contact with an inner surface of the middle ring, wherein the heating wire is enclosed between the inner ring and the middle ring;
a chromatography column disposed circumferentially and in a single layer around and in contact with an outer surface of the middle ring; and
an outer ring disposed circumferentially around the chromatography column and the middle ring.