Refill pack for pipette tip racks and improved pipette tip support plate for use in such packs and racks

摘要

A refill pack of light weight low mass material containing an array of replacement pipette tips for a reusable tip rack. The refill pack comprises a support plate with an array of holes containing pipette tips arranged in an organized manner and including a guide for centering and guiding the support plate onto the tip rack with distal end portions of the pipette tips aligned with corresponding holes in an organizing tray in the tip rack, the support plate including vertically extending lateral support means adjacent at least some of the holes in the plate to engage sides of the pipette tips to laterally support such tips against lateral rocking on the plate.