Patent ID: 8372356
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: B01L

Abstract:
1. An electronic multi-channel pipetting system comprising: a multi-channel pipetting head having a plurality of pipetting channels arranged in a two-dimensional array of rows and columns; a pipetting motor that drives the multi-channel pipetting head to aspirate and dispense; a deck for holding at least one multi-well plate, tube rack or reservoir, said at least one multi-well plate having a plurality of wells arranged in a two-dimensional array of rows and columns; and a drive mechanism having at least one motor for moving the multi-channel pipetting head with respect to the deck; a control handle that is operated by a user of the electronic multi-channel pipetting system; an electronic motion control system for controlling the motion of the multi-channel pipetting head to move either horizontally, vertically, or both, with respect to the deck in response to the direction of force applied to the control handle by the user.