Automatic tip changer for automatic multipipettors

US7223369B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cybio AG · DE

Inventors

• Torsten Schoeppe · Jena, DE
• Frank Tempel · Jena, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 19, 2002
• Grant date: May 29, 2007
• Expiry date: Jan 8, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2035/103
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An automatic tip changer for an automatic multichannel pipettor comprises a plurality of pipettes arranged in a pipetting head. Each of the pipettes arranged in the pipetting head is directly connected to a tip. A magazine which is outfitted with tips and lying in a magazine frame is pressed against the pipetting head. A supply carousel is provided for storing a plurality of stacking boxes in which magazines outfitted with tips are deposited. A lifting group which is arranged in a stationary manner relative to the supply carousel and the magazines are positioned successively in a mounting plane which is determined by the position of the magazine frame. A sliding group is included which is arranged in a stationary manner relative to the lifting group and by which the magazines are displaceable back and forth successively between the stacking box and the magazine frame.