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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2002
Haakon T. Magnussen, Jr., Orinda, CA (US);
Phillip Yee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Albert Wang, Orinda, CA (US);
Haakon T. Magnussen, Jr., Orinda, CA (US);
Phillip Yee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Albert Wang, Orinda, CA (US);
Rainin Instrument, LLC, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A pipette for use with a pipette tip to aspirate and dispense a quantity of liquid, comprising a housing, a pipette tip mounting shaft extending from the housing to receive a pipette tip, a pipette tip ejector mechanism for ejecting the pipette tip from the mounting shaft, energy storage means, means for storing energy in the energy storage means and means for releasing energy from the energy storage means to assist the tip ejector mechanism in the ejecting of the pipette tip from the mounting shaft.