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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2009
Siegfried Winkler, Heidelberg, DE;
Christian Conrad, Edingen, DE;
Siegfried Winkler, Heidelberg, DE;
Christian Conrad, Edingen, DE;
EMBL European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
A two-part coaxial needle for a pipetting device, in particular for use in microscopy of cell probes, makes it possible both to inject a liquid into a pipetting container and to remove by suction a liquid from the pipetting container. Both the drive for lowering the coaxial needle into the pipetting container, and injection and removal by suction of the liquid take place pneumatically by way of only one pressure source. The design of the coaxial needle and of the drive systems makes possible fast and reliable pipetting with high metering accuracy and a particularly compact pipetting unit which without mutual interference can be used with a multitude of widely-used microscope types.