LOW RETENTION PIPETTE TIPS, EVERY DROP COUNTS
Low retention tips, also known as low binding tips, are specially designed pipette tips that reduce the adhesion of various materials like DNA, enzymes, proteins, and cells to the tip surface. These tips are made using polymer technology that makes the inner surface of the pipette tip more hydrophobic, resulting in a significant reduction in sample loss due to adhesion. Compared to ordinary pipette tips, low-retention pipette tips reduce sample retention by three to five times. These tips are designed to improve sample accuracy, increase reliability, save expensive reagents, deliver samples precisely, and are 100% inert. Overall, low-retention pipette tips offer improved liquid handling and less liquid retention, making them a valuable tool in the laboratory.
ACCUMAX LOW RETENTION TIPS IMPROVE PIPETTING
Some liquids tend to adhere to the pipette tips and adversely affect the confidence interval of the assay, especially during pipetting application involving serial dilution.
To overcome this issue Accumax has developed a unique diamond finish Swiss Mold produced from pure polymer which creates a superhydrophobic internal surface that prevents any adhesion and ensures maximum recovery of sample yield.
SUPERIOR MANUFACTURING
Our manufacturing process involves no additives of chemicals such as slip agents or biocides and is made from USFDA-approved virgin polypropylene resins without any trace of heavy metals.
HIGH QUALITY
Strict quality testing assures the absolute purity of Accumax low retention tips. Each tip is tested free from DNase, RNase, Pyrogen, Human DNA, and PCR inhibitors. Concentricity of the flow of liquid is homogenous and is produced aseptically with stringent quality standards in an automated facility.
APPLICATIONS:
Accumax Low retention tips are specifically designed to meet the demanding requirements of molecular biology techniques. These techniques often involve highly sensitive detection methods that require extreme reliability and reproducibility in pipetting. In addition, the reagents and samples used in DNA and protein analysis methods often contain detergents. By minimizing sample retention and improving pipetting reproducibility, Accumax Low retention tips ensure accurate and precise results even when working with the most difficult samples. Like
- radioactive compounds
- viscous materials
- fragile cell lines
- whole blood
- viruses
- difficult proteins
- PCR reagents and more
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE LOW RETENTION ACCUMAX TIPS
MATERIALS AND METHOD
In this study liquid retention of various tips was determined from different major manufacturing brands.
1000μl low retention tips from Accumax were compared with three other competitors’ tips and were used for UV-VIS Spectrophotometry analysis for checking the retention of residual liquid in the tip. The green dye solution was prepared as per below standard concentration range. The standards were scanned in the UV-VIS range from 200-800nm to identify the absorbance maxima of the colored dye. Absorbance maximum was observed at 430nm for green color dye.
RESULT
The retain volumes are illustrated in the figure above and are summarised in the table below.
PACKAGING OPTIONS:
Racks | Bulk pack | Individually wrap | Reloading stack
CONCLUSION
Accumax low retention tips show the best retention capacity compared to Competitor E tips which are almost two times more than Accumax tips. whereas tips from Competitor J and Competitor T show a retention capacity of 8x and 3x less respectively compared to Accumax low retention tips.
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