ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,162, issued on June 17, was assigned to Avidien Technologies Inc. (Hudson, Mass.).
"Segmented pipette tip adapter" was invented by Richard Cote (Hudson, Mass.) and Brian Gallagher (Natick, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology relates in part to a segmented pipette tip adapter that includes a plurality of plate segments and a junction between adjacent plate segments. Each of the plate segments often includes a proximal surface, a distal surface, edges, one or more nozzles disposed on the proximal surface, and one or more tubular projections disposed on the distal surface. Each of the nozzles often includes a nozzle bore...