Method and system for reaction vessel with multisided energy sources
AssigneeKryptos Biotechnologies, Inc.
InventorJun Ho Son
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Abstract
Embodiments include a reaction vessel having a reaction chamber defined by opposing first and second interior-facing surfaces of the housing; a first light absorbing layer conforming to the first interior-facing surface of the housing component; and a second light absorbing layer conforming to the second interior-facing surface of the housing component; a first energy source configured to direct light through the housing at the first light absorbing layer; and a second energy source configured to direct light through the housing at the second light absorbing layer.
Claims19
A reaction vessel system, comprising:
- a reaction vessel, comprising:
- a housing having a first interior-facing surface and an opposing second interior-facing surface;
- a first reaction chamber defined by the first interior-facing surface and the second interior-facing surface;
- a first light absorbing layer conforming to the first interior-facing surface of the housing;
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- a second light absorbing layer conforming to the second interior-facing surface of the housing;
- a first energy source configured to direct light through the housing at the first light absorbing layer;
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- a second energy source configured to direct light through the housing at the second light absorbing layer;
- wherein the first light absorbing layer and the second light absorbing layer comprise an inner surface that is oriented toward an interior of the first reaction chamber and an outer surface that is oriented away from the interior of the first reaction chamber, and wherein the first energy source and the second energy source are configured to direct light at the outer surfaces of the first light absorbing layer and the second light absorbing layer, respectively.
A method of operating a temperature-controlled reaction vessel system, the method comprising:
- introducing a reagent into a first reaction chamber, wherein the first reaction chamber comprises a first light absorbing layer and a second light absorbing layer, the first and second light absorbing layers having an inner surface that is oriented toward an interior of the first reaction chamber and an outer surface that is oriented away from the interior of the first reaction chamber;
- directing, by a first energy source, a first light toward the outer surface of the first light absorbing layer so as to heat the first light absorbing layer;
- directing, by a second energy source, a second light toward the outer surface of the second light absorbing layer so as to heat the second light absorbing layer;
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- causing heat from the first and second light absorbing layers to be transferred to the reagent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.