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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2010
Thomas Beumer, Oss, NL;
Bas Fleskens, Eindhoven, NL;
Thomas Beumer, Oss, NL;
Bas Fleskens, Eindhoven, NL;
bioMérieux S.A., Marcy l'Etoile, FR;
Abstract
Pipetting errors are detected by: (a) during pipetting, measuring the pressure in the tip of a pipetting device and determining an earlier rate of change of the pressure in the tip; (b) based on the earlier rate of pressure change and a previous pressure value p, determining an expectation range for the pressure pat a further moment in time and/or an expectation range for the rate of pressure change δbased on the pressure at the further moment in time t; (c) at the further moment in time tmeasuring the pressure pin the tip; and (d) determining the occurrence of a pipetting error by comparing the measured pressure pat the further moment tin time and/or a rate of pressure change δcalculated on the basis of the pressure pat the further moment tin time.