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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2018
Abbott Diagnostics Scarborough, Inc., Scarborough, ME (US);
Simon Roderick Grover, Cambridge, GB;
Paul Graham Wilkins, Cambridge, GB;
Nick David Rollings, St. Albans, GB;
Peter Laurence Mayne, London, GB;
Wai Ting Chan, Cambridge, GB;
Natalie Frances Scott, Cambridge, GB;
Olivier Fernand Flick, Cambridge, GB;
Henry Charles Innes, Princeton, NJ (US);
Martyn Gray Darnbrough Beedham, Cambridge, GB;
Nicholas David Long, Harrold, GB;
Richard John Hammond, Foxton, GB;
ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS SCARBOROUGH, INC., Scarborough, ME (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, and methods for liquid transfer and performing reactions. In one aspect, a system includes a liquid transfer device having a housing having a pipette tip and a plunger assembly; and a reaction chamber, wherein the housing of the liquid transfer device is configured to sealably engage with the reaction chamber. In another aspect, a liquid transfer device including a housing having a pipette tip; and a plunger assembly disposed within the housing and the pipette tip, wherein a portion of the plunger assembly is configured to engage a fluid reservoir such that the plunger assembly remains stationary relative to the fluid reservoir and the housing moves relative to the plunger assembly.