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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
John Gilbert, Brookline, MA (US);
John Harley, Sausalito, CA (US);
John Gilbert, Brookline, MA (US);
John Harley, Sausalito, CA (US);
Cytonome, Inc., Watertown, MA (US);
Abstract
A two-pin liquid sample dispensing system is provided. The two-pin dispensing system comprises a pair of separately movable pins for holding a droplet of liquid therebetween. Each pin includes a tip spaced predetermined distance from the other pin to define a sample acquisition region. The pins acquire and hold a droplet of the liquid sample in the sample acquisition region formed in the space between the tips and apply the droplet to a selected sample handing system. The distance between the tips is variable to accommodate different liquid samples having varying physical properties and to vary the volume of the acquired droplet.