ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,361, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TECAN TRADING AG (Mannedorf, Switzerland).
"Pipetting tip scanner" was invented by Max Stumpf (Zurich, Switzerland) and Volfgang Vilaj (Uetikon am See, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of measuring the alignment of one or more pipetting tips in an automated pipetting system where the one or more pipetting tips are mounted on one or more adapters of a pipetting head approximately perpendicular to the pipetting head mounting surface is disclosed. The orifices at the end of the one or more pipetting tips are mapped with an image capture device having a sensor placed in face and ...