IP Library Patent Application 12341444
Patent Application
App. No. 12/341,444

DISPENSING APPARATUS AND ANALYZER

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12/341,444
Abstract

A dispensing apparatus includes a syringe that houses a liquid thereinside; and a plunger that moves forward and backward inside the syringe to thus discharge the liquid from an outlet formed in the syringe to the outside of the syringe. A hydrophilic film is formed on at least either of an inner wall of the syringe and a surface of the plunger.

Claims (20)

1 . A dispensing apparatus, comprising:

a syringe that houses a liquid thereinside; and

a plunger that moves forward and backward inside the syringe to thus discharge the liquid from an outlet formed in the syringe to the outside of the syringe, a hydrophilic film being formed on at least either of an inner wall of the syringe and a surface of the plunger.

2 . The dispensing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hydrophilic film formed on the surface of the plunger is a ceramic film.

3 . The dispensing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the ceramic film is formed on a sliding surface which is the surface of the plunger where the plunger and the syringe contact to each other during forward and backward movements of the plunger.

4 . The dispensing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plunger discharges a liquid of the same volume as the volume that the plunger is elongated inside the syringe, to the outside.

5 . The dispensing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hydrophilic film is formed using a vapor phase synthetic method.

6 . A dispensing apparatus, comprising:

a syringe that houses a liquid thereinside;

a nozzle that discharges the liquid housed in the syringe to the outside; and

a pipe conduit that connects between the syringe and the nozzle, in which a hydrophilic film is formed in at least a part of the area where the liquid moves forward and backward.

7 . The dispensing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the hydrophilic film is formed on an inner wall of the pipe conduit.

8 . The dispensing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the hydrophilic film is formed using a vapor phase synthetic method.

9 . An analyzer comprising a dispensing apparatus, the dispensing apparatus including:

a syringe that houses a liquid thereinside; and

a plunger that moves forward and backward inside the syringe to thus discharge the liquid from an outlet formed in the syringe to the outside of the syringe, a hydrophilic film being formed on at least either of an inner wall of the syringe and a surface of the plunger.

10 . An analyzer comprising a dispensing apparatus, the dispensing apparatus including:

a syringe that houses a liquid thereinside;

a nozzle that discharges the liquid housed in the syringe to the outside; and

a pipe conduit that connects between the syringe and the nozzle, in which a hydrophilic film is formed in at least a part of the area where the liquid moves forward and backward.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2010
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
Reel/Frame 023778/0141 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2008
From: FUKUSHIMA, NORICHIKA
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022017/0386 →