Patent ID: 8030093
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: B01L,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for dispensing a liquid to be dispensed that includes a microspherical body, wherein the microspherical body is one with such property that it may be damaged when being contacted with a liquid having an osmotic pressure different from that of the liquid in the microspherical body, comprising the steps of sequentially sucking a gas not having a bad effect on measurement for forming a first gas layer, a solution exhibiting an osmotic pressure that does not damage the microspherical body in the liquid to be dispensed and not having a bad effect on the measurement, the gas again for forming a second gas layer, and the liquid to be dispensed into a pipette that is filled with a prime liquid, and discharging the sucked liquid to be dispensed into a vessel, wherein the solution differs in content from the liquid to be dispensed.