Patent ID: 8474336
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: B01L,G01N

Abstract:
1. An adapter in combination with a vessel, the adapter comprising: an input having an upper bore for receiving an essentially needle-shaped structure for metering samples, the upper bore in communication with a lower bore, the lower bore opening into an output; a first seal for surrounding in a liquid-tight manner the essentially needle-shaped structure upon entering the adapter; a second seal spaced from the first seal enabling a liquid-tight connection of the output to the vessel, the vessel having a column-like shape and being filled with a stationary porous solid mass; whereby the adapter enables the essentially needle-shaped structure to be received in a liquid-tight manner and seals in a liquid-tight manner with the vessel upon which the adapter is placed; wherein the vessel defines a bore having a countersink upper portion and a reduced diameter lower portion, the second seal surrounding a reduced diameter portion of the adapter and seated within the countersink portion, the reduced diameter portion of the adapter extending into the reduced diameter lower portion of the bore.