US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics on March 17 for "Vibrating pipette tips and methods of preventing pipette tip stiction" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,354, issued on March 17, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Vibrating pipette tips and methods of preventing pipette tip stiction" was invented by Simin Yao (Boonton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipette assembly configured to aspirate liquid from a well having a cover includes: a pipette including a terminal end; a pipette tip detachably coupled to the terminal end; and a vibration inducer configured to vibrate the pipette tip when at least a portion of the pipette tip is located in the well thus reducing stiction between the cover and the pipette tip. This minimizes the pipette tip fro...