Patent ID: 11971421
Assignee: ELEMENTAL SCIENTIFIC, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. A method for detecting contamination of a sample in a remote sampling system, comprising:
drawing a first sample from one of a plurality of sample sources via a first sample collection device of a plurality of sample collection devices, the plurality of sample collection devices being selectively fluidically coupled to any of the plurality of sample sources for receiving the sample therefrom;
directing the first sample from the first sample collection device through a first connection path to at least one analyzer;
detecting, via the at least one analyzer, whether a contaminant is present in the first sample;
based upon the detection of a contaminant present in the first sample, drawing a second sample from the same one of the plurality of sample sources via a second sample collection device of the plurality of sample collection devices and directing the second sample through a second connection path to the at least one analyzer; and
detecting, via the at least one analyzer, whether the contaminant is present in the second sample.