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(11) EP 1 540 305 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
15.06.2005 Bulletin 2005/24

(21) Application number: 03787896.4

(22) Date of filing: 14.08.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7G01N 1/38, G01N 1/00, G01N 35/08
(86) International application number:
PCT/GB2003/003564
(87) International publication number:
WO 2004/017045 (26.02.2004 Gazette 2004/09)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 14.08.2002 GB 0218949

(71) Applicant: THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION
Waltham, MA 02254-9046 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Shaw, Philip Neil
    Winsford, Cheshire, CW7 5BX (GB)
  • Marriott, Philip
    Winsford, Cheshire CW7 5BX (GB)

(74) Representative: Frost, Alex John et al
Boult Wade Tennant,Verulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT
London WC1X 8BT (GB)

   


(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PUMPING AND DILUTING A SAMPLE