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External material accession systems and methods

  • US 6,447,661 B1
  • Filed: 10/12/1999
  • Issued: 09/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of sampling a first fluid, comprising:

  • (a) dipping an open end of an open ended fluid-filled capillary element into a source of the first fluid;

    (b) withdrawing the capillary element from the first fluid;

    (c) permitting an amount of the first fluid remaining on the open ended capillary to spontaneously inject into the capillary channel, thereby injecting the first fluid into the capillary channel;

    (d) dipping the capillary element into a second fluid after a first selected time period, the first selected time period being controlled to control the amount of the first fluid permitted to spontaneously inject into the open ended capillary channel.

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