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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale DE Lausanne (Epfl), Lausanne, CH;
Inventors:
David Vincent Bonzon, Mont-Pélerin, CH;
Georges Henri Muller, Lausanne, CH;
Philippe Renaud, Switzerland, CH;
Yann Barrandon, Echandens-Denges, CH;
Assignee:
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), Lausanne, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/10 (2006.01); G01N 15/02 (2006.01); B01L 3/02 (2006.01); G01N 15/12 (2006.01); G01N 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/10 (2013.01); B01L 3/021 (2013.01); B01L 3/0275 (2013.01); G01N 15/0266 (2013.01); G01N 15/1218 (2013.01); B01L 2200/10 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0636 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0645 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1087 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1254 (2013.01); G01N 2035/1048 (2013.01); G01N 2035/1062 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensing tip including a pipette tip having a cavity which communicates with an external environment of the pipette tip through an aperture located at a distal end of the pipette tip, and an impedance sensor having a sensing area including at least two electrodes located respectively outside and inside the pipette tip, wherein the sensing area is arranged within the aperture.