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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:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Abraham Berger, Givataim, IL;
Ben Zion Haim, Holon, IL;
Baruch Meirovich, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Avri Hazan, Givataim, IL;
Assignee:
A.R.T. Medical Instruments Ltd., Hod Hasharon, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/10 ; G01N 3/508 ; G01N 3/348 ; G01N 2/100 ; G01N 1/14 ; C12M 1/36 ; C12M 1/38 ; B01L 3/02 ; B67D 5/00 ; B67D 5/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/10 ; G01N 3/508 ; G01N 3/348 ; G01N 2/100 ; G01N 1/14 ; C12M 1/36 ; C12M 1/38 ; B01L 3/02 ; B67D 5/00 ; B67D 5/40 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for depositing a flattened droplet on a surface. The method includes the steps of providing a tube with a distal end that contains a microvolume of liquid, issuing an outgoing flow of displacement gas for slowly discharging substantially the entire microvolume of liquid as a droplet on the surface, and controllably blowing one or more bubbles into the droplet for flattening the droplet on the surface.