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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:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Phillip P Franciskovich, Brown Deer, WI (US);
Assignee:
Pharmacia Biotech, INc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L / ; G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422100 ; 422 61 ; 137615 ;
Abstract
A device is able to simultaneously transport a plurality of biological samples. The device has a plurality of strips of bibulous material extending from a body of the device with a regular spacing between the strips. By manipulating the device the effective spacing between the extremities of the strips changes. This enables the strips to pick up fluid biological samples from a laboratory appliance in which the samples are located at a first spacing and then deposit the biological samples onto another laboratory appliance which accepts the samples at a different spacing. A version of the device for robotic manipulation also is disclosed.