Metering device and method for operating the metering device
AssigneeAls Automated Lab Solutions GmbH
InventorsGerd Bornmann, Jens Walter
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Abstract
A metering device for controlled receiving and/or dispensing of one or more media, includes one or more pump unit(s) and one or more control units having at least one signal input device configured to record one or more user input(s). The at least one signal input device includes one or more sensor(s) configured to detect the user input(s) and to convert the detected user input(s) into one or more measured value(s). One or more evaluation unit(s) are configured to control the pump unit(s) as a function of the measured value(s). The user input(s) is/are an action of force of a pressure change (Δp) effected by a user. In addition, a method for operating the metering device is provided.
Claims12
A metering device for at least one of receiving and discharging a medium in a controlled manner, the metering device comprising:
- a pump unit;
- and
- a control unit including a signal input device and an evaluation unit, the signal input device including a sensor configured to detect a user input and to convert the user input into a measured value, the evaluation unit being configured to control the pump unit as a function of the measured value, and the user input being an action of a force of a pressure change caused by a user.
A process of suctioning objects with a metering device, the process comprising:
- suctioning the objects onto a manipulation unit;
- and
- holding the objects on the manipulation unit.
A method of operating a metering device, the method comprising:
- generating a user input, the user input being a pressure change at a signal input device of a control unit of the metering device;
- detecting the user input by a sensor of the signal input device;
- converting the user input into a measured value;
- generating a control command as a function of the measured value;
- actuating a pump unit by the control command;
- generating a pressure difference in an manipulation unit by the pump unit;
- and
- at least one of receiving or discharging a medium at least one of in or out of the manipulation unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.