Dispensing apparatus and a dispensing method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8808625
APP PUB NO 20090180930A1
SERIAL NO

12201552

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In a dispensing apparatus for dispensing a liquid, such as a sample solution, on a substrate, such as a glass slide, the dispensing apparatus includes a capillary provided with a distal end and a proximal end, a pump unit configured to pump an operating liquid into the capillary and to pump the operating liquid out of the capillary, and a controller configured to control the pump unit so as to change a position of a liquid surface of the operating liquid in the capillary so that a predetermined volume of liquid is suctioned from the distal end into the capillary and the liquid suctioned in the capillary is discharged from the distal end. As a result, it is possible to precisely dispense extremely small volume amounts of liquids such as a nanoliter.

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  • NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aoki, Hiroshi Tsukuba, JP 239 2891
Ikeda, Takashi Tsukuba, JP 395 3562
Tao, Hiroaki Tsukuba, JP 37 202
Torimura, Masaki Tsukuba, JP 11 83

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