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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2009
Harold E. Ayliffe, Hailey, ID (US);
Michael E. Mcginnis, Duvall, WA (US);
Curts S. King, Kirkland, WA (US);
Harold E. Ayliffe, Hailey, ID (US);
Michael E. McGinnis, Duvall, WA (US);
Curts S. King, Kirkland, WA (US);
E.I. SPECTRA, LLC, Ketchum, ID (US);
Abstract
A pipette instrumentcarrying interrogation circuitryadapted to interrogate a data signal received from a removable instrumented pipette tip. The pipetteincludes a microprocessor and memorythat can be programmed to perform data collection procedures. User controls typically include a start button, and a track wheel. A display devicecan present device options through one or more menu, and show data resulting from one or more test result. The pipette can interrogate particles carried by a fluid flowing through a tipby detecting either of or both of Coulter principle phenomena, and Stokes-shift phenomena.