ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,694, issued on March 18, was assigned to South East Technological University (Waterford, Ireland).
"Liquid handling device" was invented by Lee Coffey (Waterford, Ireland) and Triona Marie Dooley-Cullinane (Waterford, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide a liquid handling device that enables a user to more easily and efficiently perform sample dilutions, without requiring the user to perform any calculations or be in a controlled environment (e.g. a laboratory or sterile/aseptic environment). Advantageously, this may enable a user to perform sample dilutions and subse...