APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ALIQUOTTING FROZEN SAMPLES
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    发明申请
    APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ALIQUOTTING FROZEN SAMPLES 审中-公开
    用于冷冻冷冻样品的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140335554A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-11-13

    申请号:US13991103

    申请日:2011-11-17

    IPC分类号: G01N1/08 G01N33/487

    摘要: A method of obtaining an aliquot of a frozen sample contained in a container includes moving a coring device into the sample and then withdrawing it to obtain a frozen sample core. The location from which the core is taken is selected to be at a radial position where the concentration of at least one substance of interest in the frozen sample core is representative of the overall concentration of that substance in the sample notwithstanding any concentration gradients that may exist in the frozen sample. Another method includes taking two different frozen sample cores from the same sample from radial positions selected such that the concentration of one or more substances of interest in the combined sample cores is representative of the overall concentration of said at least one substance in the sample notwithstanding any radial concentration gradients. A robotic system is programmed or hardwired to implement the methods.

    摘要翻译: 获得包含在容器中的冷冻样品的等分试样的方法包括将取芯装置移动到样品中,然后取出,以获得冷冻样品芯。 选择芯的位置选择在径向位置,其中冷冻样品核心中至少一种目标物质的浓度代表该样品中该物质的总浓度,尽管可能存在任何浓度梯度 在冷冻样品中。 另一种方法包括从所选择的径向位置取两个来自相同样品的不同冷冻样品核心,使得组合样品核心中一种或多种感兴趣的物质的浓度代表样品中所述至少一种物质的总浓度,尽管任何 径向浓度梯度。 机器人系统被编程或硬连线以实现这些方法。