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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:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard E. Pelc, Libertyville, IL (US);
Nicholas S. Chibucos, Blomingdale, IL (US);
Roeland F. Papen, Guilford, CT (US);
Wilhelm Meyer, Tostedt, DE;
Assignee:
Packard Instrument Company, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/02 ;
Abstract
In a microvolume liquid handling system, a system reservoir is connected with tubing to a pressure control system for controlling the liquid system pressure in the system reservoir. The system reservoir is coupled to one or more microdispensers through a distribution tube having a branched section for each microdispenser. In this embodiment, each microdispenser is coupled to its own flow sensor and to enable a system controller to respectively measure and control the flow of liquid in the each microdispenser.