Disposable pipette tip management
US12332264B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 19, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2035/103
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
After disposable pipette tips are used by an automated pipettor, they are released by the pipettor and fall into a waste container. When the waste container is removed to be emptied, the pipette tips are temporarily sequestered in a pipette tip holding station so that the automated pipettor may operate uninterrupted. After the waste container is replaced, the sequestered pipette tips are released by the holding station into the waste container.
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