US Patent 11709154 Liquid chromatograph including passage switch valve

A liquid chromatograph includes: an analysis column; a sample loop that temporarily contains a mixed liquid of a sample and a mixture solvent; and a passage switch valve capable of switching a passage between a load position where the mixed liquid is temporarily held in the sample loop and an injection position where the mixed liquid held in the sample loop is sent to the analysis column. In the liquid chromatograph, a specific passage is formed in each of the load position and the injection position.