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Handheld fluid transfer apparatus, laboratory system comprising the handheld fluid transfer apparatus, and method for operating a handheld fluid transfer apparatus or the laboratory system

US11980882B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

EPPENDORF SE · DE

Inventors

Jens Gerken · Hamburg, DE
Christian Eggert · Lübeck, DE
Tobias David · Bargteheide, DE
Wolfgang Goemann-Thoss · Hamburg, DE
Peter Schmidt · Haderslev, DK
Uwe Dunker · Hamburg, DE
Philip Muller · Mercerville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 2, 2018
Grant date	May 14, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 6, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01L2400/0478
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a handheld fluid transfer apparatus, more particularly a pipette or repeater pipette, and a laboratory system comprising the handheld fluid transfer apparatus, which comprises: a control apparatus, which comprises a data processor capable to execute a control program for controlling at least one electronically controllable function of the handheld fluid transfer apparatus using input data, a user interface device for receiving a user input, the user interface device comprising a motion sensor device for measuring motion data of the handheld fluid transfer apparatus and for providing at least one motion data sequence, which contains subsequently measured motion data, a motion data memory for storing the at least one motion data sequence, an evaluation device being configured to determine the input data in dependence on the evaluation of the at least one motion data sequence. A method is provided for operating the fluid transfer apparatus or the laboratory system.

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