MULTI-ELEMENT SCREENING OF TRACE ELEMENTS

Application 1722/KOLNP/2004 published 2006-08-04, filed 2004-11-16
A sample collection device comprising a support bearing an inert absorbing matrix for a fluid sample is described. The device may or may not have a lancet. Also described for a sample device is a method of using a mass spectrometer in a laboratory where the sample in its matrix is ionised and the plurality of elements is detected. The results may or may not be quantised in relation to the original sample and an internal ionised reference sample may also be used. (FIG). 5

Applicant

DIAKYNE PTY LTD.,
C/- PH CAREY & CO, LEVEL 17, 109 PITT STREET, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 2000, AUSTRALIA.

Inventor

WATLING, ROGER JOHN HERBERT, HUGH KEITH

International Info

Classification: G01N 1/10, 30/72, 33/487
Publication Number: WO 03/089908
Application Date: 2003-04-16

Priority Information

PD1772 AUSTRALIA 2002-04-16