US Patent Issued to Avidien Technologies on Feb. 17 for "Multichannel air displacement pipettor" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,881, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Avidien Technologies Inc. (Hudson, Mass.).

"Multichannel air displacement pipettor" was invented by Richard Cote (Hudson, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipetting system is disclosed that includes a pipette head including a multichannel air displacement system for aspirating and dispensing liquids, a pipetting system base that includes a linear guide system along which the pipette head may be moved vertically with respect to the pipetting system base, and counterbalance means for counterbalancing at least a portion of a weight of the pipette head."

The patent was filed on Sept. 22, 202...