Patent ID: 6446516
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: B01L

Abstract:
A sample introduction device adapted for introducing a sample from a container into a sample chamber of a sensor, said sample introduction device comprising:a fitting adapted to mate an outlet of the container in fluid communicating relationship with an input aperture of the sample chamber; a probe of substantially tubular construction, having a first end and a second end, said probe adapted to extend in a fluid tight manner through a probe aperture disposed in a wall of the sample chamber, through the input aperture and through the outlet wherein said first end extends into the container, said second end being adapted for connection to a gas supply; said probe being sized and shaped to provide fluid communicating clearance between said probe and each of the input aperture and the outlet; and said probe adapted for communicating a predetermined volume of gas therethrough into the container; wherein said predetermined volume of gas serves to displace a predetermined volume of the sample from the container through the clearance into the sample chamber.