Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing – Optical result – Including reagent preparation
Patent
1989-03-14
1989-10-31
Lusignan, Michael
Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing
Optical result
Including reagent preparation
346 11, 346140R, 422 55, 422 56, 422 58, 422 61, 436180, G01D 900, G01D 1516, G01N 110, G01N 2175
Patent
active
048777455
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a system for printing and dispensing chemical reagents in precisely controlled volumes onto a medium at a precisely controlled location. A jetting tube, comprising an orifice at one end and a fluid receiving aperture at the other end, is concentrically mounted within a cylindrical piezo-electric transducer. The fluid receiving aperture is connected to a reservoir containing a selected reagent by means of a filter. The reservoir may be pressurized by a regulated air supply. An electrical signal of short duration is applied to the transducer. The pulse causes the transducer and the volume defined by the jetting tube to expand, thereby drawing in a small quantity of reagent fluid. The cessation of the pulse causes the transducer and the volume of the jetting tube to de-expand, thereby causing at least a substantially uniformly sized droplet of reagent fluid to be propelled through the orifice. The droplet may be directed to impact a printing medium or collected in a dispensing recepticle.
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Hayes Donald J.
Houseman Kenneth R.
Verlee Donald J.
Wallace David B.
Abbott Laboratories
Brainard Thomas D.
Daniel Rodney A.
Gorman, Jr. Edward H.
Lusignan Michael
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