US 12,487,213 B2
Mounting device for mounting a sample separation unit
Johnny Ebsen, Pfinztal (DE); Anneke Muehlebach, Waldbronn (DE); Dirk Arheidt, Waldbronn (DE); and Cathrin Sohns, Karlsruhe (DE)
Assigned to Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/265,932
Filed by Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 13, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/061627
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/130166, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020133422.2 (DE), filed on Dec. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0036015 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G01N 30/60 (2006.01); B01D 15/22 (2006.01); G01N 30/16 (2006.01); G01N 30/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 30/6047 (2013.01) [B01D 15/22 (2013.01); G01N 30/16 (2013.01); G01N 2030/027 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mounting device for mounting a sample separation unit for separating a fluidic sample in a sample separation device, the mounting device comprising:
a first fluid port for fluidically connecting to a first fluid connection point of the sample separation unit;
an actuation unit actuatable by a user for transferring between an access position that renders the sample separation unit accessible for the user, and a fluid coupling position that fluidically couples the sample separation unit, wherein the actuation unit comprises a drawer; and
a fluid coupling mechanism configured, by a motion of the drawer, to form a force-loaded fluidic coupling between the first fluid port and the first fluid connection point, when the sample separation unit is transferred into the fluid coupling position by the actuation unit.