Patent ID: 7712385

Claim:
A method for the preparation of samples for an analyzer whereby a sample container provided with a septum is brought into an extraction position of a sampling station comprising a sampler, the sampler is arranged in an extraction position above the sample container, the sampler comprising, a sample tube, a reception tube movable in the direction of the sample container and detainable in an end position in a holder, and a syringe needle, which terminates in the reception tube, being movable by means of the reception tube, the sample tube open on both sides, in which there is a packing for the uptake of analytes is inserted into the reception tube and, together with the latter, is moved within the holder in the direction of the sample container and detained, with the septum being pierced by the needle, an inert-gas stream is led from an inert-gas source through the sample container, the needle and the packing in the sample tube, and the sample tube, together with the packing laden with analytes, is removed from the reception tube.