Pipetting device, pipette tip coupler, and pipette tip: devices and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9999882
SERIAL NO

15793364

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Pipette tip coupler and a disposable pipette tip for a pipette device comprises a stepped coupler shoulder complementary to an axially stepped pipette tip shoulder; a plurality of circumferentially disposed elements or segments carried by the coupler at a location superior to the coupler shoulder; and a distal elastomeric element carried by the coupler at a location distal to the coupler shoulder wherein the plurality of elements or segments have a circumferential, radially translated state that provides an abutment with a first working surface formed in the interior surface of the tip while compressing the distal elastomeric element into sealing abutment with a second working surface formed in the interior surface of the tip and while abutting the proximally facing axial stop surface of the tip with the distally facing axial stop surface of the coupler to define an axial coupling position of the pipette tip on the pipette device.

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  • HAMILTON COMPANY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barresi, Thomas Reno, US 28 161
Belton, Dana A Sparks, US 24 7
Guzman, Jose Eduardo Sparks, US 27 20

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