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Claims for Patent: 6,100,094


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Summary for Patent: 6,100,094
Title:Method for sucking/determining liquid and pipetting device driven and controlled according to method
Abstract:In the present invention, a disposable tip or a tip of a cleaning system is attached to a lower edge section of a nozzle, and the nozzle detects a liquid level by receiving fluctuation of a light close to the disposable tip or to an opening section at a lower end of the tip in the cleaning system, for instance, a light reflected from the liquid surface. In the present invention, not only the liquid level is detected, but also a liquid is filled in the disposable tip or the tip of a cleaning system detachably attached to the nozzle, a light is passed through the liquid in the disposable tip or the tip of a cleaning system, and a change of a light amount of the sucked liquid is detected, so that, for instance, a suction rate of the liquid, transparency thereof, contaminated by bubbles therein, clogging and a state wherein water has been exhausted are determined.
Inventor(s):Hideji Tajima
Assignee: Precision System Science Co Ltd
Application Number:US09/273,562

Details for Patent 6,100,094

Applicant Tradename Biologic Ingredient Dosage Form BLA Approval Date Patent No. Expiredate
Amgen Inc. ARANESP darbepoetin alpha Injection 103951 September 17, 2001 6,100,094 2019-03-22
Amgen Inc. ARANESP darbepoetin alpha Injection 103951 July 19, 2002 6,100,094 2019-03-22
Amgen Inc. ARANESP darbepoetin alpha Injection 103951 December 17, 2002 6,100,094 2019-03-22
Amgen Inc. ARANESP darbepoetin alpha Injection 103951 December 12, 2003 6,100,094 2019-03-22
Amgen Inc. ARANESP darbepoetin alpha Injection 103951 June 29, 2006 6,100,094 2019-03-22
Amgen Inc. ARANESP darbepoetin alpha Injection 103951 6,100,094 2019-03-22
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