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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1999
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to the transfer and distribution, notably in a biological or chemical analysis, of a small amount of liquid. The invention relates notably to a method which consists of providing a transfer tool (,) having at least one rod (,) whose lower surface (,) of pre-determined cross section is wettable and of which at least one side surface (,) is non-wettable; immersing the rod (,) into a reservoir containing a liquid, for a pre-determined period of time and at a pre-determined depth; removing the rod (,) from the reservoir so that a liquid drop is retained on the lower surface (,) of the rod (,); positioning the rod (,) over a receptor medium; and placing the drop in contact with a surface of a receptor medium. The invention also relates to the transfer tool (,) which has in its structure at least one rod (,) and to a method for making the transfer tool (,).