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US 7,597,854 B1Granted
Pipette guide
AssigneeStovall Life Science, Inc.
InventorCedric S. Reynolds
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Abstract
A pipette guide for a standard well plate provides improvements over conventional guides. The improvements include: reference characters to signify a columns of wells exposed, an aperture for viewing those characters, a angled slot and open ended isolator for improved ergonomic function and visibility, a multilevel slide to help prevent contamination and a bi-directional selection assembly for selecting a 96 or 384 well plate.
Claims3
A guide device for a well plate comprising:
- (a) a slide comprising an insertion slot for a tip of a liquid dispensing device;
- said slot comprising opposing rimmed edges at the perimeter of its opening provided on the bottom surface of said slide;
- said opposing rimmed edges comprising a pair of acutely angled and obtusely angled side walls, wherein said side walls defining a slope with respect to the plane of said slide;
- said acutely angled side wall being truncated to provide a perpendicular rimmed edge to increase visualization and liquid dispensing accuracy;
- (b) a flange, said flange attached to said slide, said flange defining an aperture;
- (c) a side rod, said side rod comprising reference characters, said reference characters positioned on said side rod, said flange slidably engaging said side rod, said reference characters viewable through said aperture;
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- (d) a well plate cover, said well plate cover engaging said side rod.
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