The patent covers Innovadyne's core technology and the liquid handling design found in most of the company's products
Innovadyne Technologies has been granted US patent number 6,852,291, 'Hybrid Valve Apparatus and Method for Fluid Handling'.
The patent covers Innovadyne's core technology and the liquid handling design found in most of the company's products.
Kevin Barrett, president, commented: "A strong IP position is extremely important - both for us and for our customers.
"This patent, on aspects of our core technology, is the first in a series we expect to be granted in the near future".
Innovadyne says its novel design ensures the isolation of dispense actuators from reagents and samples, greatly enhancing reliability and performance.
The resulting system architecture is described as particularly robust, enabling a variety of fluid types and a wide range of volumes to be dispensed with excellent precision and accuracy.
Using non-contact, solenoid-based dispense technology, Innovadyne platforms can deliver 1ul of reagent to a 1536 format in less than 12 seconds.
Low dead-volume and the aspirate-and-dispense design make the instrument ideal for both screening and assay development.
