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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2016
Tecan Schweiz Ag, Mannedorf, CH;
Werner Looser, Wetzikon, CH;
Erna Becker, Monchaltdorf, CH;
Pius Fink, Hombrechtikon, CH;
Marcel Aschwanden, Eschenbach, CH;
Fredy Tanner, Stafa, CH;
TECAN SCHWEIZ AG, Mannedorf, CH;
Abstract
A relative humidity control apparatus for control of the relative humidity in a gas space has a nebulizer source with an outlet for nebulized liquid, a frame surrounding an open area and comprising an opening arrangement to the open area and in operational flow connection with the outlet, and a flow drive arrangement generating a gas flow from the outlet to and out of the opening arrangement. A liquid handling robot comprising this apparatus, a method of operating the apparatus, an immunoassay method and methods of controlling the time course of the relative humidity in a gaseous space and of producing a predetermined volume of a liquid are also disclosed.