US Patent 7861607 Pressurized fluid station

The present invention is directed to a pressurized fluid station. In an exemplary embodiment, the pressurized fluid station includes a vessel for receiving a sample probe. The vessel includes walls contoured to form a seal around the sample probe. Further, a delivery system is coupled to the vessel for delivery of a pressurized fluid to the sample probe while the sample probe is disposed within the vessel. In use, the formation of a seal around the sample probe and delivery of a pressurized fluid into the probe while such probe is disposed within the vessel allows for removal of sample blockage from the probe as well as high speed rinsing of the sample probe in between analyses.