Patent ID: 8496818

Claim:
A high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) capillary column device for processing a HPLC sample, said device having a cartridge housing, said cartridge housing comprising: a packed capillary column inside said cartridge housing; at least one inlet connection to said capillary column for a sample fluid; at least one outlet connection from said capillary column for the sample fluid, said outlet connection able to accommodate one of a spray tip for atomizing the sample fluid and a transport tube for transporting the sample fluid from a spray tip column to a spray tip; an inlet connection for supplying electrical power to said capillary column through electrical connections disposed within said cartridge housing; an inlet connection for supplying a gas to the at least one outlet connection from said capillary column for the sample fluid through a gas supply line disposed within said cartridge housing, wherein said gas is a heated desolvation gas for evaporating the sample fluid before the sample start to atomize and ionize, said gas supply line fluidically coupled to said outlet connection; and a heat connection enabling a heat supply to be coupled to said capillary column.