Rigidified pipette tip tray
AssigneeBiotix, Inc.
InventorsArta Motadel, Peter Paul Blaszcak, Kyle Richard Briggs
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Abstract
Provided herein is a pipette tip tray that includes a base and a connected pipette tip receptacle plate, where the base includes a plurality of axially-disposed base ribs disposed on two or more internal wall surfaces, the pipette receptacle plate includes a plurality of plate ribs disposed on the distal surface of the plate, and a portion of at least a subset of the plate ribs is in contact with at least a portion of an end of at least a subset of the base ribs.
Claims19
A pipette tip tray, comprising a base, a pipette tip receptacle plate associated with the base, a sheet and an array of pipette tips,
- the base comprising a base bottom, walls, and a base interior, wherein:
- each of the walls comprises a proximal terminus and an interior surface,
- the base comprises a plurality of axially-disposed base ribs disposed on the interior surface of two or more of the walls,
- each of the base ribs comprises a proximal terminus,
- ribs in the base interior consist of the base ribs disposed on the interior surface of the two or more walls, and
- each of the base ribs does not contact another of the base ribs;
- the pipette tip receptacle plate comprising a proximal surface, a distal surface, an array of bores traversing the plate from the proximal surface to the distal surface, and a plurality of plate ribs disposed on the distal surface of the plate, wherein:
- each of the plate ribs comprises a distal edge and two opposing side edges, and
- at least a portion of the proximal terminus of each of at least a subset of the base ribs contacts a portion of the distal edge of a plate rib, whereby the pipette tip receptacle plate is supported and rigidified;
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- the sheet comprising a proximal surface, a distal surface and an array of holes concentric with bores in the array of bores in the plate, wherein:
- the distal surface of the sheet contacts the proximal surface of the plate;
- and
- each of the pipette tips in the array of pipette tips comprises an exterior surface, is disposed in a hole in the array of holes of the sheet and is disposed in a bore of the array of bores of the plate.
A pipette tip tray, comprising a base, a pipette tip receptacle plate associated with the base, a sheet and an array of pipette tips,
- the base comprising a base bottom, walls, and a base interior, wherein:
- each of the walls comprises a proximal terminus and an interior surface,
- the base comprises a plurality of axially-disposed base ribs disposed on the interior surface of two or more of the walls,
- each of the base ribs comprises a proximal terminus,
- ribs in the base interior consist of the base ribs disposed on the interior surface of the two or more walls, and
- each of the base ribs does not contact another of the base ribs;
- the pipette tip receptacle plate comprising a proximal surface, a distal surface, an array of bores traversing the plate from the proximal surface to the distal surface, and a plurality of plate ribs disposed on the distal surface of the plate, wherein:
- each of the plate ribs comprises a distal edge and two opposing side edges, and
- at least a portion of the proximal terminus of each of at least a subset of the base ribs contacts a portion of the distal edge of a plate rib, whereby the pipette tip receptacle plate is supported and rigidified;
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- the sheet comprising a proximal surface, a distal surface and an array of holes concentric with the bores in the array of bores in the plate, wherein:
- each of the pipette tips in the array of pipette tips comprising a proximal terminus,
- a proximal terminus interior diameter and an exterior surface;
- each of the pipette tips in the array of pipette tips is disposed in a bore of the array of bores of the plate;
- the distal surface of the sheet contacts the proximal terminus of the pipette tips;
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- each of the holes of the array of holes of the sheet is concentric with the proximal terminus interior diameter of a pipette tip of the array of pipette tips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.