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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2010
Roger Haenggi, Nunningen, CH;
Hanspeter Niklaus, Riken, CH;
Roger Haenggi, Nunningen, CH;
Hanspeter Niklaus, Riken, CH;
Roche Diagnostics International AG, Steinhausen, CH;
Abstract
Methods and devices for micro-dosing a liquid are disclosed herein. According to one embodiment, a method for a time controlled micro-dosing of a liquid from a liquid reservoir includes: receiving the liquid reservoir with a structure wherein the structure is portable; securing the liquid reservoir to the structure; connecting a second end of a drive unit to a piston disposed within the liquid reservoir; activating a drive motor; displacing the drive unit with respect to the structure towards the piston in an axial direction with the drive motor; moving the piston axially within the liquid reservoir; and micro-dosing the liquid from the liquid reservoir.