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Electronic pipettor with improved accuracy

US8122779B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

15References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Integra Biosciences AG · US

Inventors

Gary E. Nelson · Hollis, US
George P. Kalmakis · Gloucester, US
R. Laurence Keene · Brookline, US
Joel S. Novak · Sudbury, US
Kenneth Steiner · Sudbury, US
Jonathon Finger · Arlington, US
Gregory Mathus · Concord, US
Richard Cote · Bolton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 13, 2009
Grant date	Feb 28, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 3, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01L2200/148
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A hand-held electronic pipettor is designed particularly to be programmed and operated with one hand for the convenience of the user. It uses a capacitance touchpad control for programming, and a separate run button for the operating mode. Internal components are located so that the center of gravity of the pipettor is located within the palm of the user. Flash memory stores an empirically derived table that correlates aspiration volume to motor steps and a separate empirically derived table the correlates dispensing volumes to motor steps.

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