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1. An apparatus for solid phase extraction (SPE), the apparatus comprising:
a cartridge housing tray configured to house a plurality of SPE cartridges, each of the plurality of SPE cartridges having an inlet and an outlet; a liquid loading assembly configured to:
introduce a respective amount of an activating solvent into the inlet of each of the plurality of SPE cartridges,transfer into the respective inlets of the plurality of SPE cartridges a corresponding plurality of samples,introduce a respective amount of a washing solution into the inlet of each of the plurality of SPE cartridges, andintroduce a respective amount of an eluting solvent to the inlet each of the plurality of SPE cartridges; anda liquid drawing assembly configured to
selectively apply a drawing driving force to the outlets of the plurality of SPE cartridges to draw out of all the SPE cartridges, from their respective outlets and into a pan, the respective activating solvent and washing solution introduced into the inlets by the liquid loading assembly, and to draw the eluting solvent out of all the plurality of SPE cartridges, through their respective outlets, and to collect the drawn eluting solvent in a corresponding plurality of eluate containers, andevaporate the eluting solvent from the plurality of eluate containers. |