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OwnerLim Hi Tan, Jew Ngui +6inventors
InventorsLim Hi Tan, Jew Ngui, Hon Shin, Ui Soh, Yang Kee, Hook Khoo, Mark Reed, Wolfgang Heimberg
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The invention relates to a device for carrying out of chemical or biological reactions with a reaction vessel receiving element for receiving a microtiter plate with several reaction vessels, wherein the reaction vessel receiving element has several recesses arranged in a regular pattern to receive the respective reaction vessels, a heating device for heating the reaction vessel receiving element, and a cooling device for cooling the reaction vessel. The invention is characterized by the fact that the reaction vessel receiving element is divided into several segments. The individual segments are thermally decoupled from one another, and each segment is assigned a heating device which may be actuated independently of the others. By means of the segmentation of the reaction vessel receiving element, it is possible for zones to be set and held at different temperatures. Because the reaction vessel receiving element is suitable for receiving standard microtiter plates, the device according to the invention may be integrated in existing process sequences.
A thermocycler for processing biological or chemical samples comprising:
A system for processing biological or chemical samples comprising:
The system of claim 171 wherein the one or more microtiter segments comprise one or more key slots, and wherein the first and the second microtiter plate holders comprise one or more locating keys.
A method for processing biological or chemical samples comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.