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Analytical instrument and processes

  • US 6,946,842 B2
  • Filed: 05/28/2004
  • Issued: 09/20/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An imaging or spectroscopic analytical instrument comprising:

  • a sample chamber surrounded by a clean environment and in communication with a containment area capable of enclosing Biosafety Level 3 and/or 4 material as defined by the Center for Disease Control;

    means for connecting the sample chamber with a containment area for exposing only the sample chamber to the containment area wherein the connection means permits placement of an analytical sample into the sample chamber and wherein the connection means is hermetically sealed against contamination of the clean environment; and

    means for hermetically sealing the sample chamber from the clean environment.

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