US Patent Issued to ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS on May 13 for "Pipetting unit and pipetting method for closed liquid containers" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,330, issued on May 13, was assigned to ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS INC. (Indianapolis).

"Pipetting unit and pipetting method for closed liquid containers" was invented by Ronald Egli (Aarau, Switzerland), Mirko Klingauf (Schlieren, Switzerland), Daniel Ott (Baar, Switzerland) and Jerome Wiss (Meierskappel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-vitro diagnostic device including a pipetting unit and a pipetting method, which allow for a more reproducible and more precise pipetting of liquids, when piercing through a lid of a closed liquid container is required. The pipetting unit is controlled to repeat penetration of the l...