Innovadyne Patents

Innovadyne Technologies, Inc. is a technology leader and innovator in the high-precision non-contact dispensing field. We hold three issued patents and several additional published patent applications with the U.S. Government for our inventions in this field. An overview of these patents and patent applications is provided below. Additionally, Innovadyne incorporates licensed technology developed under a collaborative research agreement with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the US Department of Energy research laboratory. The Oak Ridge patents that Innovadyne uses under license are described in the "Licensed Oak Ridge Laboratory Patents" section.

Issued Innovadyne Patents


Tube Sealing Assembly
6,585,296 - Tube Sealing Assembly A high pressure seating assembly adapted for liquid sealing against a rigid surface having a connecting conduit.
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Rotary Wash Valve
6,453,929 - Rotary Wash Valve A wash system for a fluid handling system that permits simultaneous washing of a plurality of parallel fluid channels.
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Hybrid Valve Apparatus and Method for Fluid Handling
6,852,291 - Hybrid Valve Apparatus and Method for Fluid Handling A hybrid valve apparatus for use with an aspiration actuator and a dispensing actuator to transfer fluid from a reservoir to a test site on a substrate surface.
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Univeral Calibration System and Method for a High Performance, Low Volume, Non-Contact Liquid Dispensing Apparatus
2003/0167822 - Univeral Calibration System and Method for a High Performance, Low Volume, Non-Contact Liquid Dispensing Apparatus A universal calibration apparatus and method to estimate the dispense output from a low volume, non-contact, liquid dispensing systems that may be applied for every hardware configuration (e.g., tube length, orifice diameter, tip design, etc), reagent solution property and environmental condition.
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High Performance, Low Volume, Non-Contact Liquid Dispensing Apparatus and Method
2003/0170903 - High Performance, Low Volume, Non-Contact Liquid Dispensing Apparatus and Method An apparatus and method for delivering repetitive, precision, low volume liquid dispensing from a dispensing orifice of a non-contact liquid dispensing apparatus.
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Licensed Oak Ridge Laboratory Patents


Dual Manifold System and Method for Fluid Transfer
6,569,687 - Dual Manifold System and Method for Fluid Transfer A dual-manifold assembly is provided for the rapid, parallel transfer of liquid reagents from a microtiter plate to a solid state microelectronic device having biological sensors integrated thereon. The assembly includes aspiration and dispense manifolds connected by a plurality of conduits.
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Dual Manifold System and Method for Fluid Transfer
6,627,157 - Dual Manifold System and Method for Fluid Transfer A dual-manifold assembly is provided for the rapid, parallel transfer of liquid reagents from a microtiter plate to a solid state microelectronic device having biological sensors integrated thereon. The assembly includes aspiration and dispense manifolds connected by a plurality of conduits.
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Licensed Oak Ridge Laboratory Patent Applications


Dual Manifold System and Method for Fluid Transfer
2001/0053337 - Dual Manifold System and Method for Fluid Transfer A dual-manifold assembly is provided for the rapid, parallel transfer of liquid reagents from a microtiter plate to a solid state microelectronic device having biological sensors integrated thereon. The assembly includes aspiration and dispense manifolds connected by a plurality of conduits.
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