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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
  • G01N1/00—Sampling; Preparing specimens for investigation
  • G01N1/02—Devices for withdrawing samples
  • G01N1/10—Devices for withdrawing samples in the liquid or fluent state
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
  • A61B10/00—Instruments for taking body samples for diagnostic purposes; Other methods or instruments for diagnosis, e.g. for vaccination diagnosis, sex determination or ovulation-period determination; Throat striking implements
  • A61B10/0096—Casings for storing test samples
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D31/00—Bags or like containers made of paper and having structural provision for thickness of contents
  • B65D31/04—Bags or like containers made of paper and having structural provision for thickness of contents with multiple walls
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D31/00—Bags or like containers made of paper and having structural provision for thickness of contents
  • B65D31/14—Valve bags, i.e. with valves for filling
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D31/00—Bags or like containers made of paper and having structural provision for thickness of contents
  • B65D31/16—Bags or like containers made of paper and having structural provision for thickness of contents of special shape
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
  • G01N1/00—Sampling; Preparing specimens for investigation
  • G01N1/02—Devices for withdrawing samples
  • G01N1/22—Devices for withdrawing samples in the gaseous state

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• Embodiments of the invention relate to containers for fluids, and more particularly to fluid containers comprising agile walls.
• the agile walls comprise a component with a shape memory that tends to return the fluid container to an initial shape.
• the sampling bags may be used for environmental sampling for industrial hygiene applications, for example.
• Conventional containers for fluids may have rigid walls or flexible walls. Containers with rigid walls have a defined permanent volume for containing fluids and containers with flexible walls have variable or changeable volumes.
• Conventional containers include, but are not limited to, bottles, canisters and bags. Such containers may be used for a variety of purposes, including obtaining and holding fluid samples and containing standard gas mixtures that may be used for calibration of analytical instruments.
• the term "fluid” includes gases and/or liquids. There are many configurations of such containers that have been developed and specialized for particular uses.
• Gas mixtures under pressure are effective for preparing standard fluid mixtures in industrial quantities and preferably with comparably high concentration of one (or more) components in a carrier fluid.
• Gas mixtures under high pressure are typically stored in containers with rigid walls.
• Such gas mixtures may be diluted with additional carrier fluid to a desired concentration of a specific component in order to prepare a standard mixture.
• Conventional containers for transporting, preserving and use of such standard mixtures may be containers having flexible walls comprised of an inert, low-permeability material. Materials having low sorption on the walls for the components contained are preferred to increase the integrity of the mixture.
• Containers with flexible walls, also referred to as sampling bags are widely used for fluid sampling, air sampling and liquid sampling. Materials such as Kynar and Tedlar are widely used for making such containers.
• the containers In order to obtain a representative sample or prepare an accurate standard, the containers must be properly prepared prior to filling. Typically, the bags are flushed with neutral gas and subjected to high vacuum to substantially remove all the fluid from the container with strong vacuum pumps. The bags should be purged and flushed to cause desorption of any residue and their volume should reduced to substantially zero. Any adsorbed residue or residual gas may contaminate any prepared fluid mixture or sample of fluid put in a poorly prepared bag.
• One method of filling container with rigid walls is to create a vacuum within the container.
• the driving force to get fluid into the container is provided by this vacuum.
• a small sampling pump cannot create a sufficient vacuum within the container; therefore, strong specialized vacuum pumps are needed.
• the first method comprises delivering the fluid or fluid sample, e.g. industrial ambient air, into the bag with an external pump.
• the sampling method includes a bag 40, a pump 50 powered by a battery 52, and tubing 44 connecting pump 50 to bag 40. Typical personal sampling pumps are suitable for this sampling method.
• Bags may be used for preparing standard fluid mixtures or for sampling.
• first the bag is filled with an appropriate measured volume of carrier fluid.
• the clean carrier gas is dosed with a quantity of fluid, typically, added by pump or syringe as shown in FIG. 8.
• a sample of an environment is delivered through the pump and tubing into the bag.
• the bag is then sealed and sent to a laboratory for analysis.
• the disadvantages include the cost, inaccuracy, and potential contamination from using an external pump to deliver and withdraw the fluid mix.
• the contamination or inaccuracy can occur from sorption and desorption of some chemicals or components of gas mixture or sample on the walls of the tubes, internal part of the pumps, filters, tubing and connectors.
• the same problem is caused by sorption of chemical components on the walls of the sampling bag.
• Even with cleaned walls, active adsorbing sites on the walls can reduce the concentration of certain chemicals when the sample gas is subsequently removed and analyzed. This adsorption may decrease the recovery of certain chemical compounds up to 15%.
• the recovery rates of t his method can be improved with the use of expensive stationary pumps and connection tubes, especially for sampling of trace components.
• U.S. Patent 3,866,474 to Hasselman describes a system in which a sample and an inert gas are drawn into a sample bag within a hermetically sealed container.
• U.S. Patent 3,965,946 to D'Alo describes improvements in the construction of the outer container.
• U.S. Patent 5,437,201 to Krueger describes a method of repeatedly purging the sampling bag within the outer container. More sophisticated devices are disclosed in U.S. Patent 5,714,696 to Yemans. The devices attempt to overcome the disadvantages of the system to obtain samples with very low contamination levels.
• U.S. Patent 6,338,282 to Gilbert describes an apparatus for collection of liquids proves the versatility of this approach. More recently U.S. Patent 6,993,985 to Srebro describes using the apparatus combined in single device yet connected to external vacuum source. Despite of cleanliness suggested by this method, it is using comparably heavy, bulky and expensive equipment requiring calibration and battery maintenance.
• U.S. Patent 4,546,659 to Gill et al. discloses a small (10 ml) envelope for the collection of atmospheric air samples for subsequent analysis.
• the envelope is formed of first and second opposed panels of flexible, gas impermeable material which are peripherally sealed to define a collection chamber.
• the envelope contains expandable means such as a spiral spring or foam.
• the expandable means transfer force to the walls via guard plate and large septum.
• sampling bag that is capable of fluid delivery or fluid sampling without an external source of energy such as pressure or vacuum pumps, without outer containers with rigid walls, without tubes, and tube connectors. Further there is a need for a sampling bag that creates it own driving force for sample collection. There is also a need for a sampling bag that reduces external contamination of a standard mixture or a sample.
• sampling bag that allows use of substantially all of the sampled volume.
• sampling bag that is inexpensive, easy to manufacture, designed for multiple uses, may be used with both sampling bags specially designed and conventional sampling bags, light, not bulky, capable of use by hand or may be self operated and easy to transport, and/or intrinsically safe in use.
• Embodiments of the containers comprise flexible, agile walls.
• the flexible, agile walls have a tendency to return the container to initial configuration.
• the initial configuration may be a substantially fully expanded volume configuration, a substantially empty configuration or a partially full volume configuration.
• the agile walls may be deformed from the initial configuration by application of a force external to the sampling bag or a force internal to the sampling bag.
• the force may be a hand or weight pressing against one or both sides of the container to deform the bag from an initial expanded volume configuration (either partially or substantially full configuration) to a reduced volume configuration.
• the force When the force is removed the container has a tendency to return to the initial configuration due to a biasing force applied to the container by the agile walls.
• the agile walls will return the container to the original configuration if the interior volume of the container is capable of equalizing pressure between the interior and exterior of the container.
• the agile walls may comprise one or more component with a shape memory component that biases the sampling bag toward its initial configuration.
• the walls of the container may comprise multiple layers or components.
• a layer may be a complete layer covering the substantially the entire surface area of the bag wall or a partial layer covering only a portion of the bag.
• the layer may be made of [0020]
• the container comprises a composite wall.
• the composite wall may comprise multiple layers.
• the layers may include an interior layer and a shape memory layer.
• the interior layer may be any layer appropriate for the desired application, for a sampling container the interior layer may be flexible, low out- gassing, have very low sorption properties, and/or impermeability.
• the interior layer may comprise at least one of polyolefins polypropylene, polyethylene, polyfluorinated plastics, PTFE, Teflon, and other similar materials.
• a second layer may be less permeable to compound that the interior layer, thus increasing the impermeability of the composite wall.
• Another layer may comprise the shape memory component.
• the shape memory component may comprise at least on material selected from polycarbonates, acrylics, polyesters, metals or metal alloys, as well as other materials with a shape memory.
• the layer comprising a shape memory component may be relatively thick compared to other layers of the composite.
• a further layer or the interior layer may be a layer comprising materials with very or zero low permeability, such as stainless still, nickel, aluminum or other metallic layer that is flexible and sufficiently impermeable.
• the metallic layer may comprise thin surface sub-layer or coating of chemically inert metal oxides. This metal oxide layer may also be siliconized.
• the layers may be in any appropriate order for the application in order to give the composite wall appropriate features.
• a further optional layer may include an outer layer of the composite walls that comprises materials having certain properties, such as static dissipation, good adhesion to different materials, low friction and/or wear resistance, for example.
• Such outer layer may comprise at least one material selected from the group comprising metalized polyester, polyurethane, nylon, for example.
• the shape memory component of the walls defines the main shape of the container in its initial configuration and the soft portion serves to conformably seal the container.
• Embodiments of the container may have one of two typical initial configurations shapes, however, others are possible:
• a container comprising a shape memory component with an initial flat configuration resulting in a container with a substantially zero volume between walls in its initial configuration.
• a container having a flat initial configuration is capable of being expanded by an increase in inner pressure, see FIG.1 -A.
• the shape memory component may be in an initial flat configuration or in an arcuate initial configuration. If the shape memory component is in an initial arcuate configuration, a container having a flat initial configuration may be formed by placing the shape memory components with the convex sides adjacent to each other, see a-1 of FIG. 1 . The edges of the shape memory component are then secured together by the other layers of the container, see a-2 of FIG. 1A.
• the shape memory component would be deformed as shown in a-3 of FIG. 1 -A.
• the container will tend to deflate due to the tendency of the shape memory component to return to the initial flat configuration.
• FIG 1-B Another embodiment of the container having a inflated initial configuration comprising two arcuate shape memory components is shown in FIG 1-B.
• the arcuate shape memory components are placed with the concave side facing each other, see b-1 of FIG 1 -B.
• a force exerted on the exterior of the container may deflate the container as shown in b-2 of FIG. 1 -B.
• the container will have a tendency to expand and draw fluid into the interior volume of the container, see b-3 of FIG 1 -B.
• Embodiments of the containers with walls having an initially flat configuration walls tend to revert to the flat configuration after deformation, the exerting pressurizing forces on a fluid within the internal volume and is capable of expelling the fluid from the internal volume to zero volume.
• Such an embodiment may be used to provide external equipment with needed fluid flow or sample of the fluid within the volume -FIG.1 -A, a-1 ; a-2; a-3.
• Embodiments of the present invention provides sampling bags which permit sampling without any additional devices and designs of sampling bags allowing self sampling.
• self-sampling means sampling that once begun will continue without further assistance form the person taking the sample.
• FIG.1 Schematics of Composite agile walls with their memorized generic shape before and after assembly and the forces exerted by the agile walls
• FIG.1 -A positions a-1 ; a-2; a-3; position a-1 walls before assembly; a-2 position of the walls after assembly and a-3 position of the walls after being pushed out
• FIG.1 -B positions b-1 , b-2, b-3; position of the walls before assembly b- 1 ; after assembly b-2; expanded by agile walls to the permanent volume b-3
• FIG.2 Containers with composite walls
• FIG.2-A Container with composite walls - showing permanent tendency to stay in flattened position creating overpressure in the chamber
• FIG. 2D depicts a sampling bag comprising the shape memory component of FIG. 2C, the sampling bag is shown in a flattened state
• FIG 2E depicts a perspective view of the sampling bag shown in FIG 2D in an expanded or filled state, the design of the shape memory component results in a "pillow' -shaped sampling bag with tightened and less wrinkles on the side walls
• FIG.3 Cross-section of a multilayer agile wall including material with shape memory - Cross-section of seams: 3a - side walls; 3b - agile walls pivotably connected; 3c - agile walls with thinner portion as flexible hinge; 3d- agile walls with edges rotating in a profiled sleeve; 3e- agile walls with edges connected by loop
• FIG.5 Container with connected in line colorimetric tube
• FIG.6 Container with connected in line impingers
• FIG.7 Container hanged on the belt for personal sampling in breathing zone - sampling device on the lapel
• FIG.8 Schematic diagram of direct sampling with pump and sampling bag
• FIG.9 Schematic diagram of indirect sampling with pump and sampling bag
• FIG.10 Schematic diagram of indirect sampling with big hand driven syringe type pump and a sampling bag inside
• FIG.12 Sampling pouch with internal move.
• Embodiments of the sampling bags are shown in FIG. 1A and 1 B.
• the embodiments of the sampling bags comprise agile walls.
• the agile walls may be installed in different configurations in different embodiments to provide different forces.
• the agile walls comprise means for imparting motive forces to the walls of the sampling bag.
• the agile walls may comprise at least one shape memory component.
• the shape memory component may be an component that provides a biasing force toward the initial configuration, such as a panel or leaf spring.
• the shape memory component is incorporated in the walls of the container.
• the shape memory component may be incorporated into the container walls such that the shape memory component will not come in contact with the fluid within the container.
• the shape memory component may be incorporated into the container such that the shape memory component does not prevent the container to be deflated such that the container has substantially zero internal volume.
• substantially zero internal volume means that the internal volume may be compressed to less than 5% of the total volume of the substantially fully expanded volume of the container.
• the motive forces or the shape memory component may bias the walls away from each other or towards each other depending upon the desired initial configuration or "home” configuration of the shape memory component as incorporated into the container.
• the shape memory component may be any component that may be deformed by a force and will returns substantially to its original shape when the force is removed.
• the shape memory component may be used to increase or decrease the volume in the bag as the shape memory component returns substantially to its original shape and the container returns to the initial configuration.
• FIG. 1A An embodiment of a sampling bag is shown in FIG. 1A.
• the shape memory components 15 have an original curved shape and are arranged with the convex sides adjacent to each other.
• the shape memory component may have be any shape including rectangular, square, triangular, circular, oval or other shape.
• the shape memory component may be bowl shaped such that the center of the bowl may be forced flat and upon removal of the force the shape memory component will return substantially to its original bowl shape.
• the embodiment of the sampling bag 8 shown in FIG. 2 comprises two generally rectangular shape memory components 15.
• the shape memory component occupies a substantial portion of the wall of the sampling bag 8.
• the shape memory component may comprise apertures, slats or ribs.
• the shape memory components 10 may be incorporated into the walls of a container with flexible walls such that the shape memory components are pressed flat against each other as shown in FIG. 1A-a2.
• the configuration of the container will keep the shape memory components pressed flat against each other. If container shown on FIG.1 -A is filled with a fluid, the agile composite walls with shape memory will be distorted in a manner opposite of their
• FIG. 1-B Another embodiment of a container or sampling bag is shown in FIG. 1-B.
• the two shape memory components in the agile walls are arranged with their convex sides adjacent to each other.
• the agile walls exert agile forces that tend to open the container, thus creating a moderate underpressure with in the container or sampling bag.
• This moderate underpressure creates a driving force for fluid to fill the container or sampling bag and complete the sampling without needs of external energy source.
• the direction of fluid moved by the forces expressed by agile walls is shown with arrow.
• FIG. 1 demonstrates the versatility and variety of containers and sampling bags that may be designed with agile walls with their unique properties, replacing much more complicated systems for moving fluids.
• the shape of the shape memory component and the restriction of movement of the shape memory components due to the design of the agile walls create a sampling bag or container with a consistent fully filled volume.
• FIG. 2-A shows a perspective view of an embodiment of a sampling bag with shape memory components similar to those shown in FIG.1-B.
• the embodiment with agile walls is in flattened position whereby a force has acted upon the agile walls.
• the agile walls 10 of the sampling bag comprise shape memory components.
• the shape memory components are mounted inside composite material of the agile walls and do not overlap the entire area of the flattened wall. On the drawing two sides of this members are limited by dotted line and other two sides have common seam 12 with the other members of composite walls.
• the shape memory component will be sandwiched in between other layers of the multilayered agile walls.
• the embodiment of the container with agile walls of FIG.2-B is shown in the open state with the shape memory components is the "relaxed" or original shape.
• the method of sampling comprises applying a force against the agile walls. When a force is applied to the agile walls, the sample bag is flattened and the volume inside the sample bag is reduced. Upon application of sufficient force, the volume in the sample bag may be reduced to almost zero and the fluid in the sample bag is substantially flushed out. Upon release of the force, the agile walls will return to their original shape. Repeatedly applying and removing forces to the agile walls allows the sample bag to be substantially completely flattened and then expanded thereby to purge the any contamination from the previous fluid contents.
• FIG. 2 The embodiment of the device of FIG. 2 is shown with generic inlet/outlet 20, but one skilled in the art can understand that any replacement of inlet/outlet 20 may be used.
• the inlet/outlet of embodiments of the container or sampling bags may have any desired design.
• Embodiments of the containers or sampling bags may have multiple inlets/outlets.
• the inlet/outlet may be specialized valves 22 or 24 may be used upon specific needs as shown in the Figures, for example.
• FIG.2E an embodiment of a shape memory component is depicted.
• the member expressing agile forces 15 - FIG.2-C has a shape similar to "pillow" shape with two parallel opposite sides.
• This shape when the bag 40 is completely inflated helps to have the soft side walls 1 1 well tightened without wrinkles thus defining a volume which is highly reproducible.
• the bag with reproducible volume is needed when the bag is intended to serve as a driving force for moderate underpressure.
• This shape may be advantageous and incorporated into the embodiments shown on FIGS. 4, 5, 6 and 7.
• valve 22 or 24 As already mentioned the device is shown with simple inlet/outlet 20 which can be replaced by appropriate valve 22 or 24 and/or connector or connecting line 44, as shown in FIGS. 4-7.
• Replacing the inlet/outlet port 20 with appropriate valve 22 or 24 (constructively not discussed here and after) having preset flow properties or being capable of flow regulation and adjustment may provide important features such as long term sampling - 15, 30, 60 min or 8 hrs, for example, and ability to withdraw sample by a septum mounted directly into the valve or into its cap.
• Such valves are envisioned as having open/close functionality and/or the means to regulate the fluid flow. Such valves may be integral to the valve or interchangeable for different flow rates.
• FIG. 3-a of the agile wall upon present invention comprising a flat shape memory component 15 as well as a side seam 12 between two opposite sides of the opposite walls 10 including member 15.
• the other sides may have the same type of seam or may involve a direct connection between shape memory components 15.
• the embodiments of the portions of the agile walls shown in FIGS. 3b and 3c have a direct connection between the shape memory components.
• Such direct connection may comprise a thinner portion of the same flexible material shown on FIG. 3-c, may provide pivoted connection of edges of the material with shape memory shown on FIG 3-b, another connection means, or a combination of connection means etc .
• the shape memory component 15 is sandwiched between other members of composite agile wall 10.
• the shape memory component may also be a either an inner layer or an outer layer of a composite agile wall or the agile wall may consist entirely of the shape memory component.
• Embodiments of the containers or sample bags may be used for sampling over an extended period of time.
• the embodiments of the containers such as, but not limited to the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1-B and FIG.2 may provide a source of moderate underpressure in conjunction with other sampling devices. Some sampling devices require an especially small pressure difference for extended time period. As such a variety of long term sampling devices are given as example here and after.
• the embodiments depicted on FIG.4, FIG.5 and FIG.6 comprise a sampling bag with agile walls.
• the sampling bag with agile walls comprise a certain volume when in the open or relaxed state in which no substantial forces are applied to the agile walls. In this open or relaxed position, the sampling bag with agile walls may comprise shape memory components that are not in their original positions.
• the agile walls prevent the shape memory components from completely returning to their original shape.
• the sampling bag in this position comprise side walls 1 1 that are tightly stretched and thus keeping the volume of the opened bag limited to a specific volume which may be reproducible.
• the shape of the shape memory component and the sampling bag walls may be modified to work together to produce a sampling bag may be flattened to reduce the volume and inflated to a reproducible volume.
• the embodiment of the sampling bag shown on FIG.2-E comprises rectangular walls and a shape memory component combination capable of inflating to a structure having tightened side walls 1 1 , therefore providing better reproducibility of the sampled volume.
• a sorbent containing sampling tube 32 such as one with charcoal or silica gel is coupled on the inlet 24 of the sampling bag.
• a flow restrictor 27 is installed in the tubing 44 after the sampling tube 27.
• Flow restrictors are available that only allow a specific flow rate of fluid through them.
• the type of flow restrictor may adjust the appropriate sampling rate.
• Flow restrictor may be, for example, one of a group involving particulates flow resistor (filled with glass or ceramic powders), filter or membrane with known flow rate per unit area, or limited or critical orifices mounted conveniently in a tube 27 or directly in the valve 22 or 24. Sampling volumes from one up to several liters are easily achievable using this scheme.
• the use of flow restrictors 27 can serve the needs of medium (minutes to hrs) to long term sampling more than one working shift, one week or even one month.
• Embodiments of the sampling devices may be self sampling devices.
• a self sampling device may be placed in a location and allowed to "self inflate" over a period of time. The sampling bag may be subsequently collected and sent for analysis.
• sampling may be set to predetermined volume, predetermined time of sampling, or when necessary to predetermined air flow using different flow restrictors. No flowmeter and pumps are needed.
• Embodiments of the air sampling containers of both basic types upon present invention may have many unique features and consequently advantages compare to conventional sampling bags, for example, some embodiments have some or all of the features listed below:
• recovery when sampling - in some applications, recovery may be close to 100%
• the container can be used as primary sampling volume to store the sampled air, gas or gas mixture;
• the container can be used as a primary source of driving force in conjunction with sorption sampling tubes at fixed sampling volume (sampling volumes from 10ml to 5,000 even 10,000 ml are achievable);
• the container can be used as a source of driving force in conjunction with colorimetric tubes, given the system container/tube is calibrated together at fixed sampling volume. Any restricted time 15 min STEL sampling or 30 min. Ceiling concentration or 480min (all shift length ) TWA or TLV sampling with predetermined volumes of 100, 200, 500 to >10000 ml/sample are achievable;
• the container upon present invention can be calibrated in conjunction with filter cassettes for aerosols or liquid impingers for a predetermined sampled volume.

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