DISPOSABLE TIP MAGAZINE

摘要

A pipette tip magazine for use in an automated pipetting system. The automated system has a pipetting chamber with a generally U-shaped ledge and a pipette tip magazine adapted for insertion into and removal from an operative position in the chamber supported on the ledge. The magazine includes a generally rectangular plate having an edge surrounding an inner region. The edge is configured to be supported on the ledge. The inner region has an array of through openings for vertically receiving and retaining pipette tips. The plate is molded from a polymeric resin and has an inherent stiffness such that when it is supported on the ledge, a downward force of up to about 1000 Newtons applied to the inner region will produce a downward deflection of the plate at the geometric center of not more than 0.51 mms.