VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM AUFBRINGEN KLEINER FLÜSSIGKEITSMENGEN

• Main Authors: WEISHAAR, WALTER, EMIG, STEFAN, EIPEL, HEINZ, HAUER, SIEGFRIED
• Format: Patent
• Language: German
• Published: 15.10.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; ENZYMOLOGY; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; LIBRARIES, e.g. CHEMICAL LIBRARIES, IN SILICOLIBRARIES; LINING MACHINES; MEASURING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; SPIRITS; STAMPS; TESTING; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention relates to a method of depositing small amounts of liquid on a substrate (13) by using a pipette tip (1), which is connected to a flexible delivery line (2). Liquid is taken up by expanding the volume in the delivery line (2), and liquid is ejected by exposing the line to an im...