Patent ID: 6426047
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: B01L

Abstract:
For use in an automated pipetting system having a pipetting chamber with a generally U-shaped ledge, a pipette tip magazine adapted for insertion into and removal from an operative position in said chamber supported on said ledge, said magazine comprising a generally rectangular plate having an undercut edge bordering an inner region, said edge being configured to be supported on said ledge, and said inner region having an array of through openings for vertically receiving and retaining pipette tips, said plate being molded from a polycarbonate resin filled with glass fiber and having an inherent stiffness such that when supported on said ledge, a downward force of up to about 1000 Newtons applied to the inner region will produce a downward deflection of said plate at the point of force application of not more than 0.51 mm.