US Patent 7585467 Pipette tip

Pipette tip made from plastics with an elongate, tubular body which comprises at a lower end a pipetting aperture, at an upper end a placement aperture (6) for placement on a receiving shank of a pipetting device, in the vicinity of the upper end a circumferential rib along a closed curve comprising different spacings from the lower end in different contour positions, a circumferential contact region on a surface of revolution on the inner face of the circumferential rib and at least one further rib extended from at least one position of the circumferential rib at a maximum distance from the lower end as far as the upper end.