US Patent Issued to Agilent Technologies on Jan. 20 for "Pipette tip washing devices and methods" (California, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,086, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Pipette tip washing devices and methods" was invented by Cyrille Shkolnik (Palo Alto, Calif.), Eric Spence (San Jose, Calif.), Brian M. Sheldon (Katonah, N.Y.), Dennis Garcia (Union City, Calif.) and Andy Wu (Millbrae, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus are provided for washing pipette tips, including the inside and outside of the pipette tip. Pipette wash devices comprise a main body comprising a wash chamber, a liquid channel, a gas channel, and a nozzle cavity, and a nozzle for providing a washing mist is positioned i...