| Matrix Technologies Corporation Patent applications |
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| 20120100047 | AUTOMATED LIQUID HANDLING DEVICE - A liquid handling system that is configured to receive an interchangeable pipetting head that is selected from a plurality of interchangeable pipetting heads for automated liquid handling flexibility and scalability. The system includes a housing and at least one pipetting head disposed within that housing for aspirating and dispensing a liquid. A locking mechanism interchangeably receives the at least one pipetting head and includes an adaptor plate and a support block. The adaptor plate is operably coupled to the housing and the support block is operably coupled to the at least one pipetting head. The support block is then, in turn, is configured to be operably coupled to the adaptor plate. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20110289889 | Handheld Tube Capper/Decapper - A tube capper and decapper and method of using the same. The tube capper includes a handheld housing that supports a one-dimensional array of spindles. Each spindle is shaped to receive a cap. A drive mechanism rotates each spindle of the one-dimensional array in unison for capping or decapping a corresponding one-dimensional array of tubes. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20090280033 | Pipette Tip Mounting And Ejection Assembly And Associated Pipette Tip - An air displacement pipette has a tubular pipette tip with an upper section surrounding a locking chamber, and a body section leading from the upper section and tapering downwardly to a reduced diameter end. A tubular mounting shaft on the pipette has a distal end configured and dimensioned for axial insertion into the locking chamber of the pipette tip. Coacting surfaces on the distal end of the mounting shaft and the upper section of the pipette tip establish an axially interengaged relationship between the pipette tip and the mounting shaft in response to insertion of the distal end of the mounting shaft into the locking chamber. A sleeve is axially shiftable on the mounting shaft between a retracted position accommodating the establishment of the axially interengaged relationship, and an advanced position disrupting the axially interengaged relationship to thereby accommodate axial ejection of the pipette tip from the mounting shaft. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090104078 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING SMALL VOLUME LIQUID SAMPLES - A pipettor includes a frame, a syringe carriage coupled to the frame and carrying at least one syringe therein, and an actuator assembly coupled to the frame and to the syringe having a first contact surface coupled to a first drive mechanism and a second contact surface coupled to a second drive mechanism, wherein the first and second contact surfaces cooperate to provide non-contact dispensing of a liquid sample from the syringe. A method of dispensing a liquid sample includes moving a first contact surface disposed beneath a head of a syringe to define a first gap therebetween, moving a second contact surface above the head into contact with the head, and using the second contact surface to drive the head into forceful contact with the first contact surface to dispense the liquid sample from the syringe in a non-contact operation. | 04-23-2009 |
