PIPETTE TIP RACK AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

摘要

Described is a pipette tip rack (100) and methods of making the same. The pipette tip rack is constructed of biodegradable material so that it can be disposed of in a landfill without significant environmental impact. The rack may be structured from folded sheet material, generally in the manner of a cardboard box, such that it is sufficiently rigid for practical use in pipetting procedures. The rack may be fashioned in various other configurations, such as any of the known arrangements used to hold test tubes or pipettes (300) in a specified orientation. The tip racks are sufficiently robust to withstand the loads inherently encountered as a pipette probe engages tips stored in them and are biodegradable within a practical time frame. Pipette tip racks of the type conventionally constructed and arranged to hold a plurality of pipette tips in a specified arrangement for engagement by a probe is improved by constructing the rack from a biodegradable material selected and configured to resist forces applied by that probe during a tip-mounting operation.