US 12,320,820 B2
Sample pretreatment device, analysis system including the device, and autosampler
Kuniaki Kanamaru, Kyoto (JP); Akiko Bamba, Kyoto (JP); Shunsuke Atsumi, Kyoto (JP); Hiroaki Murakami, Kyoto (JP); and Yosuke Iwata, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 17/285,575
Filed by Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/027315
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/090159, PCT Pub. Date May 7, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-207014 (JP), filed on Nov. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0074960 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 35/04 (2006.01); G01N 30/24 (2006.01); G01N 30/72 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 35/04 (2013.01) [G01N 30/24 (2013.01); G01N 30/7233 (2013.01); G01N 35/0099 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0405 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
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1. A sample pretreatment device that performs pretreatment of a sample to be analyzed by an analysis device, the sample pretreatment device comprising:
a housing which forms an outer shape of the sample pretreatment device;
a sample conveyance opening formed on a wall of the housing on a side where the analysis device is positioned;
a sample conveyance unit which includes:
a movable body capable of moving in the housing; and
a grip unit provided on a surface of the movable body on a side where the analysis device is positioned, the grip unit being configured to grip a sample container containing a sample having been pretreated in the housing, wherein the sample conveyance unit moves the grip unit in the housing and moves the grip unit to an inside of a housing of the analysis device through the sample conveyance opening and an opening formed in the housing of the analysis device; and
a dispense unit provided on a surface of the movable body on a side opposite to the side where the analysis device is positioned, the dispense unit being configured to suck and discharge a liquid.