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US 8,388,901 B2Granted
Non-contact radiant heating and temperature sensing device for a chemical reaction chamber
AssigneeApplied Biosystems, LLC
InventorsJohn S. Shigeura, Janice G. Shigeura
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Abstract
An apparatus and methods are provided for heating and sensing the temperature of a chemical reaction chamber without direct physical contact between a heating device and the reaction chamber, or between a temperature sensor and the reaction chamber. A plurality of chemical reaction chambers can simultaneously or sequentially be heated independently and monitored separately.
Claims10
A thermal cycling system comprising:
- a non-contact radiant heater assembly having at least one non-contact radiant heater;
- a non-contact temperature sensing assembly having at least one non-contact radiant temperature sensor;
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- a rotatable device assembly comprising a plurality of biochemical reactions chambers, wherein the device is positioned between the non-contact rotatable heater assembly and the rotatable temperature sensing assembly;
- wherein the non-contact radiant heater assembly, the temperature sensing assembly, and the rotatable device assembly are aligned.
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