Apparatus for controlling fluid-heating using polymer disk
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsKwang Hyo Chung, Se Ho Park, Dae Sik Lee, Hyeon Bong Pyo, Chang Auck Choi
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Abstract
Provided is an apparatus for controlling fluid-heating using a polymer disk, which includes: a pump for discharging fluid at a uniform flow rate; a fluid-heating module including a polymer disk to convey the fluid discharged from the pump to allow a temperature of the fluid to periodically vary; and a controller for controlling the temperature of the fluid-heating module, whereby it is possible to be adapted to a fluid device for biochemical reaction such as DNA amplification, and simply used as a disposable device, which is low cost and readily manufactured in a multiple manner.
Claims10
An apparatus for controlling fluid-heating using a polymer disk, comprising:
- a pump for discharging fluid at a uniform flow rate;
- a fluid-heating module including a polymer disk to convey the fluid discharged from the pump to allow a temperature of the fluid to periodically vary;
- heat blocks disposed at upper and lower parts of the polymer disk to be maintained at a uniform temperature;
- heater plates disposed on surfaces of the heat blocks to be heated to a certain temperature depending on a control signal from the controller;
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- support plates for supporting the heat blocks and the heater plates to be adhered to each other through the medium of the polymer disk
- wherein the heater plates and the heat blocks are formed in a plurality of sector shapes and separated to be thermally isolated from each other, and
- a controller for controlling the temperature of the fluid-heating module.
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