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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Beckman Coulter, Inc., Brea, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kiyotaka Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Mizutani, Edina, MN (US);
Hitoshi Narita, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuki Umebara, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Beckman Coulter, Inc., Brea, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/1016 (2013.01); G01N 2035/1025 (2013.01); G01N 2035/1032 (2013.01);
Abstract
A substance dispense system is provided for a biological sample analysis instrument. The substance dispense system can operate to prepare a fluidic substance, such as a sample, using a dispense tip in different operational modes based on the volume of the fluid substance to be prepared. The substance dispense system thereby improves accuracy and/or precision in pipetting with the dispense tip.