Patent SG-11201806141V-A (SG)
Title: Hand-held devices
Inventor: TRAU DIETER WILHELM
IPC: G01N35/10
Filed: 2017-05-12
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 16 November 2017 (16.11.2017) WIPO I PCT omit VIII Hot 0 VIII limo oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2017/196262 Al (51) International Patent Classification: BOIL 3/02 (2006.01) G01N 35/10 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/SG2017/050249 (22) International Filing Date: 12 May 2017 (12.05.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 1608340.4 12 May 2016 (12.05.2016) GB (71) Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGA- PORE [SG/SG]; 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119077 (SG). (72) Inventors: TRAU, Dieter Wilhelm; c/o National Univer- sity of Singapore, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Sin- gapore 119077 (SG). JAIN, Abhinav; c/o National Univer- sity of Singapore, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Sin- gapore 119077 (SG). LI, Shihao; c/o National University of Singapore, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bio- medical Engineering, 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singa- pore 119077 (SG). (74) Agent: AMICA LAW LLC; 30 Raffles Place, #14-01 Chevron House, Singapore 048622 (SG). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (54) Title: HAND-HELD DEVICES Figure 2 (57) : The invention concerns a hand-held device with a removable tip for dispensing an agent and/or sampling a fluid; a tip for use in connection therewith; wherein said tip is additionally provided with at least one abutment member located on the outside of said tip, and a container for use therewith which is adapted to facilitate the removal of tips from said device and to receive same for disposal. The invention further includes a method for attaching and ejecting a tip from said hand-held device by rotating the tip with respect to said device to bring about alignment of the alignment guides until a best fit is achieved; and ejecting the tip from the hand- held device by inserting the tip into said container and aligning said abutment member on said tip with the boundary corresponding to N same in said aperture then rotating said tip with respect to said device to eject the tip from the device. O C [Continued on next page] WO 2017/196262 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIROIDEMOMOHEIHOHEIHIMEMOIMIE HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: — of inventorship (Rule 4.17(iv)) Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))