Patent ID: 8713989

Claim:
An inlet liner for use in an inlet assembly of a chromatograph system, said inlet liner comprising: an elongate tube extending along a longitudinal axis and having an input end and an oppositely disposed output end, wherein said elongate tube defines a bore extending along said longitudinal axis and having an inner bore surface; and a plurality of projections comprising a group of first projections and a group of second projections, wherein each projection extends from said inner bore surface into said bore, wherein each said first projection is spaced from a neighboring first projection at a first predetermined distance longitudinally on said inner bore surface, each said second projection is spaced from a neighboring second projection at a second predetermined distance longitudinally on said inner bore surface, and said first group of projections and said group of second projections are in spaced at any angle θ to one another about said longitudinal axis, wherein is from about 10 degrees to about 90 degrees.