Electrically conductive pipette tip

US9346045B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Eppendorf AG · DE

Inventors

• Michael Blumentritt · Hamburg, DE
• Nico Gülzow · Hamburg, DE
• Thomas Reimann · Geesthacht, DE
• Christian Ziegmann · Ahrensburg, DE
• Matthias Haak · Oldenburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 25, 2010
• Grant date: May 24, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01L2300/168
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An electrically conductive pipette tip having an elongated tubular body that has a bottom opening at the bottom end for the passage of liquid, and a top opening at the top end for the passage of air, and a passageway between the bottom opening and the top opening, wherein the body has at least one electrically-conductive region extending from the bottom opening to the top opening, and at least one transparent region consisting of plastic that extends from the passageway to the outside of the body.