Polymer synthesizer
AssigneeThird Wave Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRaymond F. Cracauer, Zbigniev Skrzypczynski, Ned D. Reimer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to polymer synthesizers and methods of using polymer synthesizers. For example, the present invention provides highly efficient, reliable, and safe synthesizers that find use, for example, in high throughput and automated nucleic acid synthesis. The present invention also relates to synthesizer arrays for efficient, safe, and automated processes for the production of large quantities of polymers.
Claims12
A system comprising:
- a. a closed system nucleic acid synthesizer;
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- b. a cleavage and deprotect component.
A system comprising a reaction support, wherein said system is configured to carry out a plurality of reactions at said reaction support, said plurality of reaction comprising two or more reactions selected from the group consisting of nucleic acid synthesis, nucleic acid cleave and deprotect, and nucleic acid purification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.