Patent ID: 8795606

Claim:
An integrated pipette tip device, comprising: a substantially flat card comprising a first surface and an opposing second surface, which card comprises a plurality of apertures, each aperture defining the opening of a channel traversing the thickness of the card; which card comprises a plurality of pipette tips integrated with and connected to the card, each of which pipette tips comprising a distal region that effectively extends from the second surface of the card and is concentric with one aperture; which card comprises a plurality of bores, each of which bores having an opening on the first surface of the card located at the intersection of four adjacent apertures, and which bores extend through at least a portion of the thickness of the card and about one third of the card thickness in the bore is removed; and a plurality of pipette tip support ribs, each of which pipette tip support ribs is in contact with the distal region of a pipette tip and the second surface of the card.