Patent ID: 8602644
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: B82Y,C23C,G01K,G01N,G01Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A micropipette thermal sensor comprising: a multibarrel capillary tube; one or more glass micropipettes, wherein each of the one or more micropipettes is enclosed within the multibarrel capillary tube; a first metal that fills a hollow central portion of each of the one or more micropipettes wherein the first metal is a low melting-temperature alloy that has a melting point that is lower than a melting point of glass in the one or more glass micropipettes; a second metal that is coated on an outer surface of each of the one or more micropipettes; and a metal junction between the first metal and the second metal at the tip of each of the one or more micropipettes.