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Bilaterally symmetrical battery powered microprocessor controlled lightweight hand-holdable electronic pipette

US6299841A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 5, 1999
Grant dateOct 9, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T436/2575
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A bilaterally symmetrical lightweight hand holdable battery powered microprocessor controlled electronic pipette including an axially elongated hollow housing having a vertically extending longitudinal axis. An upper portion of the housing includes a forward compartment containing a forwardly facing alpha-numeric display, a plurality of columns of forwardly facing control keys and plurality of forwardly facing trigger switches arranged in a vertically spaced pattern such that a user in gripping a lower handle portion of the housing in either his or her right or left hand can easily reach with his thumb the control keys, trigger switches as well as a push button of a pipette tip ejector.

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