BRAND Pipette Tips Overview

BRAND® air displacement pipette tips are made in BRAND’s state-of-the-art cleanroom, one of the world’s largest.  All rack-packed tips are DNA-, RNase-, ATP-, and endotoxin-free.  Tips are available in a variety of packaging configurations, depending on your needs:

• Bulk:  Bulk tips are packaged in re-sealable zip-top bags.  200µL and 1,000µL bulk tips are colored yellow and blue respectively with cadmium-free dyes; all other tips are colorless.

• TipBox:  The new BRAND® TipBox is supplied in a hinged configuration; to make it a lift-off type, simply remove the lid, and rotate it 180°.  They feature colorless tips with a replaceable carrier plate for easy reloading.  Carrier plates are tinted for easy tip size identification, and are imprinted with tip characteristics – which are visible through a window on the TipBox. 5mL and 10mL TipBox version hold 28 and 18 tips respectively, and can be refilled with bulk tips.  TipBoxes withstand repeated autoclaving at 121 °C for 20 minutes.

• TipRefill:  Filled carrier plates to refill the tip box.  Tip Refills sealed to ensure cleanliness prior to usage, and are available in standard and BIO-CERT® sterile varieties.  Sterile TipRefills feature a transfer aid to reduce the chance of contact when placing in a TipBox.

• TipStack™:  The TipStack™ is a space-saving package for our 20µL, 200µL and 1000µL tips.  Five filled tip-tray carrier plates are nested to reduce space; spacers prevent the tips from sticking together.  The TipStack™ is available in both non-sterile or BIO-CERT® sterile. 

BRAND® pipette tips are also available in a variety of types: 

• Non-sterile: 
  

• BIO-CERT® Sterile:  BIO-CERT® tips are sterile according to ISO 11 137 and the AAMI guidelines.  A SAL of 10^-6 is obtained.

• Filtered, BIO-CERT® Sterile:  BRAND® filtered pipette tips feature non-sealing filters made of pure polyethylene that allows easy uncontaminated sample recovery if the filter is wetted.  BRAND filter tips can be autoclaved at 121 °C for 20 minutes.

• ULR™ Ultra-Low Retention:  ULR™ tips are treated via a patented physicochemical process that results in a lower surface tension than PTFE. This significantly reduces sample loss – see the video for quantifiable results.  No additives or coatings to wash off or leach into the sample.  ULR™ tips are available non-sterile, BIO-CERT™ sterile, or filtered BIO-CERT® sterile.

BRAND pipette tips are available in a variety of sizes to fit most major manufacturers’ instruments

• Crystal/ultra-micro and nano-cap™ tips for most pipettes 20µL and smaller

• Filtered tips for pipettes using crystal/ultra-micro and nano-cap™ tips

• 200µL (“yellow”) and 300µL pipette tips

• Filtered tips for pipettes that use 200µL (“yellow”) and 300µL tips

• 1,000µL (“blue”) pipette tips

• Filtered tips for pipettes that use 1,000µL (“blue”) tips

• 5mL and 10mL pipette tips