The invention relates to quantitative dosing of small amounts of liquids
having a volume of microliter or nanoliter order. Such a dosing technique
is useful for instance for productive serial dosing in applications of
clinical chemistry. In dosing device of the invention, flexible bellows
(5) attached to a body (1) define a liquid space (15) filled with a
liquid to be dosed and communicate with a dosing tip (19). The bellows
(5) are provided with an actuator (7) for operation thereof, constricting
the liquid space to cause a liquid dose to be discharged from the dosing
tip. The invention is further directed to a dosing method based on
movements of bellows moved by a magnetic actuator, and to a method
wherein liquid is dosed as individual small droplets from the dosing tip
by first accelerating and then by slowing down the motion of the bellows
by means of the actuator.