Dispensing method

US7380729B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EVOTEC AG · DE

Inventors

• Oliver Wendt · Hamburg, DE
• Hartwig Preckel · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 2004
• Grant date: Jun 3, 2008
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01L2400/0439
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a method for cleaning a liquid delivery device such as a dispensing or pipetting device, the liquid chamber can be flushed in a cleaning step. To remove gas bubbles which might exist in the liquid chamber, for example, the liquid in the liquid chamber is vibrated during the cleaning step.