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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2018
Fraunhofer Usa, Inc., Plymouth, MI (US);
The Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Alexis Sauer-Budge, Lincoln, MA (US);
Holger Wirz, Medford, MA (US);
Samuel J. Brookfield, Boston, MA (US);
Nira Pollock, Brookline, MA (US);
Ronald Janzen, Aachen, DE;
FRAUNHOFER USA, INC., Plymouth, MI (US);
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION, Boston, MA (US);
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A pipetting device includes a housing, a valve assembly, and an actuator assembly. The housing includes a tip for receiving a capillary tube. The valve assembly includes a shuttle valve having a filling position and a dispensing position and a valve rod. The actuator assembly includes an actuator, a valve trigger, a piston mount, and an indexing mechanism. The actuator extends from the housing and has a push button coupled to a push rod. The valve trigger being configured to engage the valve assembly and includes an aperture configured to receive the piston mount therein. The indexing mechanism is configured to index a rotated position of the push button to a predefined volume of dispensed fluid.