Title:
DISPENSING DEVICE AND PROBE STATE CONFIRMATION METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/075437
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a dispensing device and probe state confirmation method which make it possible to ascertain a suitable replacement period for the probe, while suppressing a lowering of dispensing accuracy. In order to achieve this, the present invention provides a dispensing device comprising: a probe that suctions and discharges a liquid; a sensor that detects the contact of a tip of the probe; a drive unit that drives the probe in the vertical direction; and a control unit that controls the drive unit, wherein the control unit performs a confirmation operation for a length change of the probe by lowering the probe via the drive unit until contact with a prescribed reference surface forming a portion of the dispensing device is detected.
Inventors:
HASEGAWA NAOKI (JP)
MORI TAKAMICHI (JP)
WAKUI AKIHITO (JP)
MORI TAKAMICHI (JP)
WAKUI AKIHITO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2023/031390
Publication Date:
April 11, 2024
Filing Date:
August 30, 2023
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HITACHI HIGH TECH CORP (JP)
International Classes:
G01N35/00; G01N35/10
Foreign References:
| JP2021173555A | 2021-11-01 | |||
| JP2020178879A | 2020-11-05 | |||
| JP2015102427A | 2015-06-04 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
POLAIRE I.P.C. (JP)
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