Automatic Analyzer Shared Solvent Routing for Continuous Operation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional liquid chromatography-mass spectrometers face challenges in managing solvents stored in duplicate containers for the pretreatment and analysis sections, leading to potential interruptions in measurements due to solvent depletion in one container.
Innovation Solution
An automatic analyzer with a shared solvent storage system, where a single container supplies solvents to both the pretreatment and analysis sections, allowing independent adjustment of solvent amounts and continuous operation during bottle replacement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If duplicate solvent containers are used for pretreatment and analysis sections, then each section has dedicated solvent supply, but solvent management becomes complex and measurements may be interrupted when one container is depleted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the solvent storage function by allowing a single solvent container to supply both the pretreatment section and the analysis section. The solvent supply system includes a solvent container, a solvent pump, and flow paths that can be switched to deliver solvent to either the pretreatment section or the analysis section, eliminating the need for duplicate solvent containers and simplifying solvent management while ensuring continuous operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If duplicate solvent containers are stored, then each treatment section has its own solvent supply, but the physical space required increases and layout becomes restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The solvent container is designed to serve multiple functions by supplying solvent to both the pretreatment section and the analysis section. The system includes switching mechanisms that enable the single solvent container to be connected to different treatment sections as needed, providing layout flexibility and reducing the volume required for solvent storage compared to using separate containers for each section.
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AI summary
The subject disclosure has as its object the facilitation of management of a liquid to be supplied to individual treatment sections in an automatic analyzer (1) having two or more treatment sections. The automatic analyzer according to the subject disclosure includes a first container (131) that contains a first liquid, and the first container is configured such that the first liquid can be supplied to each of a first treatment section (11) and a second treatment section (12), by connection of the first container to each of the first treatment section and the second treatment section.