Tecan Liquid Handling Arm disposable pipette tip

Tecan is simplifying handling of biological fluids with the introduction of a wide bore version of its 1000 μL Liquid Handling Arm (LiHa) disposable tip. Initially available for use with the Air LiHa air displacement pipetting option on Freedom EVO workstations, the filtered tip has been developed to help alleviate some of the issues associated with handling complex liquids for applications such as biobanking and clinical diagnostics.

The wide bore tip option is aimed at users routinely working with viscous or non-homogenous biological fluids. Supplied in Tecan Pure purity in the company’s hanging tray format, the larger diameter aperture of the tip should help to eliminate tip occlusion errors, reducing the need for manual intervention and improving laboratory productivity.

The tip is currently supported for capacitive liquid level detection (cLLD) and Pressure Monitored Pipetting (PMP) in the latest version of Freedom EVOware and will soon be available for use with both the Freedom EVO’s liquid-displacement LiHa and the Fluent Laboratory Automation Solution’s Flexible Channel Arm, allowing it to be easily introduced into existing workflows.