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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
May. 29, 2002
JoeBen Bevirt, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Josh Guyot, Fly Creek, NY (US);
Incyte Genomics, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides multichannel pipette heads and autopipettors for loading, measuring, transporting and dispensing, particularly from one micro-plate to another. An exemplary multichannel pipette head comprises a pump housing, pistons, a drive plate, an aspiration drive and bearing rails, wherein the pump housing comprises chambers adapted to receive the pistons, the pistons each comprise a shaft, the drive plate retains the pistons and translocates the piston shafts through the chambers, the aspiration drive translocates the drive plate along the bearing rails which pass through the drive plate and attach to the pump housing.