Patent ID: 7600439

Claim:
A system for collecting and storing an atmospheric sample for eventual analysis, the atmospheric sample comprising a mixture of at least a matrix and an analyte, the system comprising: a housing; a sample cartridge removably attached to the housing, the sample cartridge comprising: a low thermal mass cylinder with a first end and a second end; an inlet port with a gas-tight inlet valve at the first end of the cylinder; an outlet port with a gas-tight outlet valve at the second end of the cylinder; and a sorbent material disposed within the cylinder and adapted to trap the analyte from the atmospheric sample; wherein interior surfaces of the cylinder, inlet valve, and outlet valve upon which sorbent material is not disposed are chemically passive; a pump integrated with the housing and in fluid communication with the sample cartridge, the pump being configured to draw the atmospheric sample through the sample cartridge and to subsequently evacuate the matrix from the sample cartridge.