Tip plate for high throughput screening applications
OwnerJohn M. Brophy, West L. Priceinventors
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Abstract
A pipette tip plate includes individual tips organized in ranks and files to match in pattern the array of wells in a standard well plate and held together by a web structure which permits individual tips to move into registration with individual pins of a robotic head.
Claims15
A pipette tip plate, comprising:
- a plurality of pipette tips arranged in approximately parallel relation in an array of ranks and files corresponding in pattern to a selected portion of a well plate,
- said tips being interconnected by a web member constructed and arranged to permit limited reorientation movement of individual said tips.
A pipette tip plate according to claim 3, wherein said web member is discontinuous.
A pipette tip plate, comprising:
- a plurality of pipette tips, each having an open top, arranged in approximately parallel relation in an array of ranks and files corresponding in pattern to a selected portion of a well plate,
- said tips being interconnected by a web member constructed and arranged to permit limited reorientation movement of individual said tips, while holding said open tops in their relative positions.
A pipette tip plate, comprising:
- a plurality of pipette tips arranged in at least one file corresponding in pattern to a selected portion of a well plate,
- said tips being interconnected by a web member constructed and arranged to permit limited reorientation movement of individual said tips.
11 A pipette tip plate according to claim 7, wherein said web member is contained within a relatively inflexible skirt structure.
A pipette tip plate according to claim 11, wherein the open tops of said tips terminate at a plane offset from the upper surface of said web member.
A pipette tip plate according to claim 11, including two files of 16 tips each.
A pipette tip plate according to claim 11, wherein said web member is discontinuous.
A pipette tip plate according to claim 11, wherein said web member is contained within a relatively inflexible skirt structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.