Instrumented pipette

A pipette component for use in performing an experimental procedure with a fluid sample and a pipette, the pipette component including:

• a pipette interface configured to engage sealingly and separably with a body of the pipette;
• a tip interface configured to engage sealingly and separably with a replaceable tip;
• and
• an experiment region configured to receive at least part of the fluid sample by operation of the pipette, and configured to perform at least part of the experimental procedure in the experiment region using the at least part of the fluid sample.

A method of performing an experimental procedure with a fluid sample and a pipette including:

• fitting a pipette component to the pipette;
• fitting a replaceable tip to the pipette component;
• drawing at least part of the fluid sample into contact with the pipette component by operating the pipette;
• and
• performing at least part of the experimental procedure in the pipette component using the at least part of the fluid sample.

A method of performing an experimental procedure with a fluid sample and a pipette including:

• fitting a pipette component to the pipette;
• drawing at least part of the fluid sample into contact with the pipette component by operating the pipette;
• and
• performing at least part of the experimental procedure using at least one stored substance in the pipette component and the at least part of the fluid sample.

A pipette component for use in performing an experimental procedure with a fluid sample and a pipette, the pipette component including:

• a pipette interface configured to engage sealingly and separably with a body of the pipette;
• an experiment region configured to receive at least part of the fluid sample by operation of the pipette, and configured to perform at least part of the experimental procedure in the experiment region using the at least part of the fluid sample to generate one or more measurement signals;
• and
• a transmitter configured to receive the measurement signals, and to transmit corresponding signals to an external receiver system.

A method of performing an experimental procedure with a fluid sample and a pipette including:

• fitting a pipette component to the pipette;
• drawing at least part of the fluid sample into the pipette component by operating the pipette;
• performing at least part of the experimental procedure using at least part of the fluid sample in the pipette component, including generating one or more measurement signals by measuring a sample property in the experimental procedure;
• and
• transmitting signals, corresponding to the measurement signals, to an external receiver system using a transmitter in the experimental component.

A pipette adapter including:

• a pipette interface portion configured to fit sealingly and separably to a pipette;
• a tip interface portion configured to receive a replaceable tip;
• and
• an experiment portion configured to receive at least a part of the fluid sample drawn through the replaceable tip by operation of the pipette.

A pipette component including:

• a pipette interface configured to engage sealingly and separably with a pipette;
• a tip interface configured to engage sealingly and separably with a replaceable tip;
• and
• an experiment portion configured to perform at least part of an experimental procedure by interacting with at least a part of a fluid sample in contact with the experiment portion and drawn into the replaceable tip by the pipette.