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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8256308 | Method and device for providing blood constituents A metering capillary and method for providing at least one defined volume of a target constituent of a sample is provided, the method comprising providing at least one metering capillary having at least two openings; at least partly filling the metering capillary wi... | 09/04/2012 |
| 7681465 | Method to protect the integrity of small analytical samples This invention provides a method to protect an analytical sample from being diluted or otherwise contaminated during the analytical procedure. ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7438858 | Dispensing assembly for liquid droplets A dispensing assembly for liquid droplets that includes a dispenser connected to a liquid carrying pipe which in turn is connected to a source of pressurized liquid. The dispenser has an elongated body member having a main bore connected to the liquid carrying pipe.... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7416706 | Level sensor apparatus for detecting contact of a pipetting needle with a liquid in a vessel A level sensor apparatus is disclosed for detecting contact of a pipetting needle with a liquid contained in a vessel. The apparatus includes a sensor head made up of a pipetting needle, a needle holder, and an electromechanical transducer. The sensor head also has ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416705 | Spotting device for manufacturing DNA microarray and spotting method using the same A spotting device for manufacturing a DNA microarray and a spotting method using the same are provided. The spotting device for dropping and immobilizing a solution of biomolecules, for example nucleic acids such as probe DNA, mRNA, and peptide nucleic acid (PNA), a... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7374723 | System for collecting and releasing saliva A device, process and system are provided for collecting and releasing a liquid sample, especially saliva. A defined saliva sample, i.e., a filtered, approximately homogeneously mixed saliva sample of a predetermined volume is made available in the simplest possible... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7361312 | Nozzle tip for pipetting apparatus In an improvement of a nozzle tip for a pipetting apparatus which is adapted to be removably attached to a nozzle base of the pipetting apparatus, the nozzle tip includes a head portion having an opening adapted to fit onto the nozzle base, a cylindrical portion ext... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7305896 | Capillary fill test device A device for receiving a sample of liquid, such as a sample of bodily liquid which is to be subjected to further analysis, may include a body having at least a major surface and a minor surface. A sample-receiving chamber may be located in the body and may have an i... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7273749 | Container for carrying out and monitoring biological processes A thermal cycling method and device is disclosed. The device comprises a sample chamber whose temperature can be rapidly and accurately modulated over a range of temperatures needed to carry out a number of biological procedures, such as the DNA polymerase chain rea... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264627 | Wicking methods and structures for use in sampling bodily fluids A sampling member defines a passageway including an inlet opening for reception of a bodily fluid therein, and a wicking member having a first portion coupled with the sampling member adjacent to the inlet opening. The wicking member further includes a second portio... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252988 | Straw for the conservation of small quantities of substances, in particular biological liquids A straw (1) for the conservation of small quantities of substances, in particular biological substances, having a segment of tube provided inside one end with a stopper including gel powder, characterized in that a proportion of the gel powder is replaced wit... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7201880 | Sample dispenser The invention relates to a sample dispenser, for the application of liquid samples on to a sample absorbing area, with a sample dispenser body (1) having at its end a sample pick-up surface (5) bounded by a continuous edge (6), wherein the sampl... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7182915 | Pipette configurations and arrays thereof for measuring cellular electrical properties The present application is directed to pipette configurations, arrays of the same and methods for using such pipettes and arrays to accomplish electrical measurements, including whole cell and on cell measurements. In one aspect of the present invention, a pipette i... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7153386 | Method for manufacturing a device for collecting a blood sample from a plastic segment tube A device for collecting a blood sample from a plastic segment tube into a receptacle uses a cylindrical housing containing a hollow needle to puncture the segment tube as it is inserted into the upper port of the device. A series of ribs with medial edges are arrang... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7146867 | Proportioning device A proportioning device, comprising a manually operable actuating device, a sensor associated with the actuating device for detecting a force manually exerted on the actuating device, an electric driving motor, an electric control connected to the sensor and electric... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7125727 | Sample handling tool with piezoelectric actuator A material handling tool includes a piezoelectric motor that causes actuation of a needle. Actuation of the needle may include aspiration and/or dispensing of a fluid sample and/or movement of the needle to pick or place a material sample. ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7105130 | Adjustable pipette A pipette includes a housing defining a suction chamber. A piston is configured to move in the suction chamber. A first retainer mechanism includes a first threading configured to limit a motion of the piston in the suction chamber. A second retainer mechanism inclu... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7056727 | Straw for the conservation of small quantities of substances, in particular biological liquids A straw (1) for the conservation of small quantities of substances, in particular biological substances, the straw having a segment of tube (2) provided, inside one end, with a stopper (3) including gel powder, characterized in that the straw st... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6989132 | Liquid transfer apparatus and reaction vessel A capillary 1 is moved to a position above a vessel 17 having a solution 15 stored therein. Then, the vessel 17 is raised while the inside of a tube 5 is opened to an ambient pressure until one end 1a of the capillary... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6923938 | Hand-held pipettor A hand-held pipettor comprising a piston received in one end of a cylinder, a pipettor tip removably secured to an opposite end of said cylinder, means for reciprocating said piston through a selected stroke to aspirate fluid into and to expel the thus aspirated flu... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6841129 | Liquid dispensing and/or aspirating device to be operated manually repeatedly A liquid dispensing and/or aspirating device to be operated manually repeatedly, having a controlling device, a motor drive, control electronics, a manually actuatable actuating element, and a programming element, where the quantity of liquid which is conveyed by mo... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6835352 | Spotting pin A spotting pin 10 capable of spotting equal amounts of a solution in a sequential manner comprises a first member 11 having a solution holding portion 13 formed at the tip thereof for holding a predetermined amount of solution, and a second memb... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6773927 | Pipetting apparatus and a method of pipetting a liquid A position of a piston fluid-tightly sliding along an inner surface of a pipette is instantaneously changed by a short distance to jet a portion of a liquid in the pipette through the nozzle of the pipette as a drop. The instantaneously changed position is provided ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6723289 | Fluid transfer device The present invention relates to a cap which can form an essentially leak-proof seal with a vessel capable of receiving fluid specimens for clinical analysis and diagnosis. To minimize potentially contaminating contact between the fluid specimen and humans or the en... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6723569 | Liquid transfer system A dropping tool for transferring drops of a liquid onto a substrate wherein a surface of the dropping tool for contact with the liquid has a first region which exhibits an affinity to the liquid to be transferred directly surrounded by a second region which exhibits... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6713021 | Dispensing method and assembly for liquid droplets A dispensing assembly for liquid droplets that includes a dispenser connected to a liquid carrying pipe which in turn is connected to a source of pressurized liquid. The dispenser has an elongated body member having a main bore connected to the liquid carrying pipe.... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6669909 | Liquid droplet dispensing A dispenser (1) for liquid droplets of the order of 30 μl or less in volume. The dispenser (1) comprises a metering valve body (2) having a main bore (3) connected by a pipe (4) to a pressurised liquid delivery source (not shown). The body (2) comprises ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6627157 | Dual manifold system and method for fluid transfer A dual-manifold assembly is provided for the rapid, parallel transfer of liquid reagents from a microtiter plate to a solid state microelectronic device having biological sensors integrated thereon. The assembly includes aspiration and dispense manifolds ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6589484 | One-piece pipette/dropper assembly and the method of making same The present invention provides a one-piece pipette/dropper assembly that includes a pipette portion, a threaded cap portion, and bulb portion. The cap potion has a top wall including a top and bottom surface and the bulb portion has a first end integrally... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6569687 | Dual manifold system and method for fluid transfer A dual-manifold assembly is provided for the rapid, parallel transfer of liquid reagents from a microtiter plate to a solid state microelectronic device having biological sensors integrated thereon. The assembly includes aspiration and dispense manifolds ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6475444 | Rinsing tray system A rinsing tray system for pipette tips or transfer needles, arranged in the form of a matrix and having a bottom tray and a top tray, protrusions which have through-apertures arranged perpendicular to the base of the top tray and at the same grid spacing ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6455006 | Apparatus for aspirating and discharging a sample quantity It has been hard to suck the high viscosity sample by using the syringe and to stop the suction of the sample. A sample sucking-discharging device in the invention comprises an injector provided with a cylinder and a piston installed in the cylinder so as to ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6447661 | External material accession systems and methods Methods, apparatus and systems are provided for introducing large numbers of different materials into a microfluidic analytical device rapidly, efficiently and reproducibly. In particular, improved integrated pipettor chip configurations, e.g. sippers or ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6296811 | Fluid dispenser and dispensing methods A fluid dispenser comprises a fluid chamber having two actuators coupled thereto. One of the actuators damps a fluid response of the other. The fluid chamber may comprises a cylindrical capillary, and the actuators may comprise spaced cylindrical piezoele... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6232129 | Piezoelectric pipetting device A piezoelectric actuated device for acquiring and dispensing fluid samples is described. Fluid samples are acquired or drawn up into the device by dipping the tip into a fluid and applying an alternating current electrical signal to the piezoelectric elem... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6182517 | Burette tip A burette tip (1) for metering a titrating agent consists essentially of a burette body (10) with a seat (3) for a membrane and with such a membrane (2). The burette tip (1) comprises, for protecting the membrane (2) and the seat (3) against mechanical da... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6123905 | Pipettor including an indicator and method of use A pipettor including a body portion, a cylinder having an interior channel, and a filter plug disposed within the channel is disclosed. The filter plug may include a plurality of pores and may preferably be treated with a first chemical, so as to affect c... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6116297 | Article comprising a refillable capillary tube In one embodiment, the present invention provides an improved liquid dispenser suitable for dispensing a small volume of liquid. The liquid dispenser has a capillary channel suitable for aspirating and retaining a predetermined and repeatable volume of li... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6080366 | Disposable blood tube holder A carrier tube system and method for using the same includes a carrier tube that is configured to receive a capillary blood tube, and a cap which seals the carrier tube to isolate the blood in the capillary tube from the surrounding atmosphere. The carrie... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5957167 | Article for dispensing small volumes of liquid A method for handling and dispensing small volumes of liquid, and apparatus for carrying out the method, are disclosed. A small volume of liquid, which is retained within a fluid-dispensing member, is dispensed therefrom by accelerating, and then abruptly... | 09/28/1999 |
