ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,411, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to GILSON SAS (Villiers-le-Bel, France).
"Multi-channel pipetting system of improved design" was invented by Bruno Dudek (Orry-la-Ville, France) and Stephane Guichardon (Bougival, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for a multi-channel pipetting system, comprising a piston holder, a guide rod of the piston holder, which guide rod is mounted slidably in a guide member, a plurality of pistons having a bottom end housed slidably in a suction chamber, and a piston head mounted on the piston holder by way of a mechanical connection. The mechanical connection comprises two contact points which ...