| US 7,540,205 B2 | ||
| Electronic pipettor | ||
| Gary E. Nelson, Hollis, N.H. (US); George P. Kalmakis, Gloucester, Mass. (US); Joel Novak, Sudbury, Mass. (US); Kenneth Steiner, Sudbury, Mass. (US); Jonathon Finger, Arlington, Mass. (US); and Richard Cote, Bolton, Mass. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Viaflo Corp., Hudson, N.H. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 17, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/856,231. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0071266 A1, Mar. 19, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01N 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 73—864.11 | 7 Claims |
| 1. A hand-held, electronic pipettor comprising:
an elongated body adapted to be held in the hand of the user;
a touch wheel control located on a front side of the body to be operated by the user;
a run button located on the pipettor to be operated by the user;
an ejector button located on the pipettor to be operated by the user;
a dot matrix user interface display located on the front side of the pipettor above the touch wheel control,
a microprocessor; and
menu-driven software for controlling information displayed on the user interface display and for programming the microprocessor
to operate the pipettor wherein at least some of the information is displayed as a menu of options;
wherein the touch wheel control comprises a circular touch pad that translates rotational movement of a thumb or finger into
cursor movements on the display in order to navigate the menu-driven software.
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