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AssigneeEppendorf AG
InventorsLutz TIMMANN, Vinh Duong, Stefan Roth, Thomas Uschkureit, Jürgen Koeppel, Thomas Buck, Michael Wild
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The invention relates to a tempering apparatus for the execution of a tempering program for at least one sample, in particular PCR-sample, comprising: at least one tempering block, which is configured for the reception of at least one sample, at least one tempering device, which is arranged for tempering said at least one tempering block, at least one temperature measurement device, which is assigned to said tempering device, at least one control loop for the regulation of a temperature, to which at least one tempering device and at least one temperature measurement device, which is assigned to said at least one tempering device, are assigned to, at least one control device, which is configured for the control of the tempering of the at least one tempering block, wherein the tempering apparatus comprises at least two temperature measurement devices, which are assigned to at least one control loop, and that to the tempering apparatus a testing device for performing a test method is assigned to, wherein said testing device comprises a signal-connection to at least one of said at least two temperature measurement devices, such that by means of said signal-connection at least one testing quantity of the tempering apparatus is detectable, which characterizes the operational status of the tempering apparatus. The invention further relates to a method for testing of a tempering apparatus, wherein the method comprises the following steps: starting of the method; operation of at least said first tempering device for the duration of at least one first period from at least one first time; detection of at least one measurement temperature from said at least one first temperature measurement device, which is assigned to said first tempering device, at least at a second time; determining at least one first testing quantity of the tempering apparatus by using said at least one measurement temperature; and comparison of said first testing quantity with one reference quantity.
Tempering apparatus (1;
Tempering apparatus according to at least one of the previous claims, characterized in that it comprises a starting device (18) for the starting of a testing method, wherein said starting device is in signal-connection with said testing device.
Tempering apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that said starting device is configured for the manual starting of a testing method.
Tempering apparatus according to at least one of the previous claims, characterized in that it provides the function of a thermocycler, which is appropriate for the performance of a PCR-reaction in at least one PCR-sample.
Method for testing at least a first testing quantity of a tempering apparatus, which serves the tempering of at least one sample, in particular a PCR-sample, wherein said tempering apparatus comprises at least one tempering block, which is configured for the reception of at least one sample, at least one first tempering device, which is arranged for tempering said at least one tempering block, at least one first temperature measurement device and at least one second temperature measurement device, wherein to each tempering device at least one temperature measurement device is assigned to, at least one control device, which is configured for the control of the tempering of the at least one tempering block, and at least a first control loop, to which said at least one first tempering device and said at least one first temperature measurement device, which is assigned to said at least one first tempering device, are assigned to, and wherein the method comprises the following steps:
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