Patent ID: 8087283
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: A61B,G01N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a substrate including one or more sockets mounted thereon; a gas chromatograph having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and being mounted to the substrate; a detector array having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and being mounted to the substrate, wherein the fluid inlet of the detector array is fluidly coupled to the fluid outlet of the gas chromatograph; a control circuit coupled to the gas chromatograph and to the detector array, wherein the control circuit can communicate with the gas chromatograph and to the detector array; and a readout circuit coupled to the detector array and to the control circuit, wherein the readout circuit can communicate with the control circuit and the detector array; wherein the gas chromatograph, the detector array, or both, are replaceably mounted to the substrate via the one or more sockets.