Patent ID: 8222048

Claim:
A method for performing immunoassays and clinical chemistry assays in a laboratory automation system, the method comprising: adding samples to one or more micro-wells in a micro-well plate using an aspirating and dispensing device that includes at least a first pipette and a second pipette; adding reagents to one or more micro-wells in the micro-well plate using the aspirating and dispensing device; mixing of contents of one or more micro-wells in the micro-well plate, incubating contents content of one or more micro-wells in the micro-well plate; washing contents of one or more micro-wells in the micro-well plate; and moving at least one of a sample container, a reagent container or the micro-well plate from one position in the system to another position in the system using the aspirating and dispensing device that includes at least the first pipette having a first gripping device and the second pipette having a second gripping device, which together grip the at least one of a sample container, a reagent container or the micro-well plate.