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US 8,409,522 B2Granted
Analyzing instrument, temperature control method for liquid in analyzing instrument, and analyzing apparatus
AssigneeARKRAY, Inc.
InventorShigeru Kitamura
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Abstract
This invention relates to a technique for adjusting the temperature of a liquid held on an analyzing instrument (1) to a target value. The invention provides a temperature control method wherein thermal energy is supplied to liquid (10) by passing a magnetic flux across an analyzing instrument (1) for raising the temperature of the liquid. The invention also provides an analyzing instrument (1) and analyzing apparatus (X) which are suited to raising the temperature of a liquid (10) using a magnetic flux.
Claims4
A combination comprising an analyzing instrument and a temperature detecting analyzing apparatus;
- the analyzing instrument comprising a substrate, a cover laminated over the substrate, a sample channel formed between the substrate and the cover for allowing flow of a sample liquid, a heating layer formed over the cover for heating a sample liquid in the sample channel to a target temperature, the sample channel including a measurement zone, the heating layer having a through-hole corresponding to the measurement zone;
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- the temperature detecting analyzing apparatus comprising a magnetic generating coil for electromagnetically generating heat in the heating layer,
- wherein the temperature detecting analyzing apparatus further comprises a mount for supporting the analyzing instrument, a temperature detector provided in the mount for detecting a temperature of the sample liquid or an environmental temperature, a voltage applier for supplying electric energy to the magnetics generating coil, a control calculator for calculating an amount of electrical energy needed for heating the sample liquid to the target temperature based on a detection result of the temperature detector, and a controller for causing the voltage applier to supply the calculated amount of electric energy to the magnetic generating coil.
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