ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,541, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to TECAN TRADING AG (Mannedorf, Switzerland).
"Multi-channel pipetting head" was invented by Lukas Fritschi (Schmerikon, Switzerland) and Andrea Marending (Zurich, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-channel head of a liquid handling apparatus for aspirating and dispensing a metered amount of liquid is configured to attach an array of disposable tips in a pick-up action, in which the multi-channel head is lowered relative to the disposable tips so as to insert each connector into an internal passageway of a corresponding disposable tip by an amount sufficient to bring an upper col...