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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sinya Matsuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Yamada, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436 54 ; 436 49 ; 436 50 ; 436 52 ; 436 53 ; 436 55 ; 436180 ; 422 65 ; 422 81 ; 422 82 ; 422100 ; 422105 ; 7386411 ;
Abstract
A syringe is depressurized to suck a slight amount of air into the tip portion of a probe of a probe assembly, forming an air layer. Then, the syringe is depressurized again to suck into the probe assembly a sample to be discharged into a reaction container. Accordingly, the target sample to be discharged, the air layer and extruding water are placed into the probe assembly in the named order from the tip portion of the probe.