Pipetting device, fluid processing system and method for operating a fluid processing system
AssigneeTecan Trading AG
InventorPHILIPP OTT
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AssigneeTecan Trading AG
InventorPHILIPP OTT
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A pipetting device having a lube has an opening al one end for suclioning or discharging a sample fluid and can be operatively connected to a pressure generation device at the other end, a first electrode is formed on the pipetting device and forms a measuring capacitor together with a second electrode formed by at least one part of the sample fluid that can be received in the tube and that measuring capacitor is operatively connected to a measuring unit, and the measuring unit is designed to determine a volume of the suctioned or discharged sample fluid according to the capacity of the measuring capacitor, as well as having a first electrical contact that is designed to create an electrical connection with the working fluid, the first electrical contact can be electrically connected to the measuring unit via a low-rcsistancc converter circuit.
Pipetting device having a tube (1), wherein a liquid space of the tube (1) is at least partially filled with a working fluid (7) which can be operatively connected at a first end of the tube (1) to a pressure-generating means, designed for aspirating or dispensing a sample liquid (4′) via an opening (3) provided at a second end of the tube (1), wherein the working fluid (7) and the sample liquid (4′) are electrically insulated from one another via an air gap (8), wherein a first electrode (5) is formed on the pipetting device, which, together with a second electrode (4′) formed by at least a part of the sample liquid (4′) that can be accommodated in the tube, forms a measuring capacitor (6) which can be operatively connected to a measuring unit (CAP) which is designed, as a function of the capacitance of the measuring capacitor (6), to determine a volume of the aspirated or dispensed sample liquid (4′), further comprising a first electrical contact (9′) which is electrically insulated from the first electrode (5) and the second electrode (4′) and adapted to establish an electrical connection with the working fluid (7), wherein the first electrical contact (9′) is electrically connectable to the measuring unit (CAP) via a low-impedance converter circuit (WS).
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