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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1996
Christopher Kelly, Larkspur, CA (US);
David J Lemieux, Middleton, CA (US);
Haakon T Magnussen, Jr, Orinda, CA (US);
James S Petrek, Danville, CA (US);
Kenneth Rainin, Piedmont, CA (US);
Rainin Intstrumental Co., Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
A plurality of large maximized internal volume freely nestable pipette tips for mounting in a standard pipette tip rack or refill pack including a horizontally extending pipette tip support having a plurality of through holes arranged in an array, each hole having a center which is spaced a distance 's' from centers of immediately adjacent through holes, each pipette tip having a substantially cylindrical proximal portion and an elongated generally conical distal portion coaxial with and joined to its proximal portion adjacent a downward facing outwardly extending shoulder and including at a distal end of the tip a relatively small orifice for receiving and dispensing fluid into and from the pipette tip upon operation of a pipette to which the pipette tip is mounted, the proximal portion of each pipette tip having an outer diameter equal to or slightly less than 's' and a slightly conical inner surface for tightly receiving and releasably attaching to a pipette tip mounting shaft of a large volume pipette and the distal portion of each pipette tip in a first array of tips being vertically oriented in a different one of the through holes in the support with its shoulder on a top of the support.