Patent ID: 8716025

Claim:
A control device for a sample separation apparatus for separating a fluidic sample, the sample separation apparatus comprising: a first separation unit supplyable with the fluidic sample to be separated and a second separation unit downstream of the first separation unit and supplyable with the fluidic sample after treatment by the first separation unit, wherein the control device is configured for: controlling the first separation unit to execute a primary separation sequence within a measurement time interval for separating the fluidic sample into a plurality of fractions; controlling the second separation unit to execute a plurality of secondary separation sequences within the measurement time interval for further separating at least a part of the separated plurality of fractions into a plurality of sub-fractions, wherein the secondary separation sequences form part of a common sample separation method defined by a common specification of the sample separation involving a set of parameters; and adjusting, over a progress of the primary separation sequence, at least one parameter according to which at least one of the plurality of secondary separation sequences is executed.