Apparatus for insulated isothermal polymerase chain reaction
AssigneeGenereach Biotechnology Corp.
InventorsPing-Hua Teng, Cheng Su
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Abstract
An apparatus for holding a test tube in which insulated isothermal polymerase chain reaction is performed includes a heat sink and a tube rack. The heat sink has a main body with a through hole for insertion of the test tube. The through hole has a relatively big diameter section and a relatively small diameter section located below the relatively big diameter section. The tube rack is mounted on the heat sink for insertion of the test tube. The apparatus can ensure that the temperature at the liquid level of the reaction mixture is lower than the temperature suitable for conducting the primer annealing step in the polymerase chain reaction process.
Claims5
An apparatus for holding a test tube in which insulated isothermal polymerase chain reaction is performed, the apparatus comprising:
- a heat sink having a main body provided with a through hole for insertion of an upper section and a middle section of the test tube;
- the heat sink being adapted to transit the heat energy at the upper section and the middle section of the test tube to ambient atmosphere while a bottom section of the test tube is heated;
- wherein the through hole has a relatively big diameter section and a relatively small diameter section located below the relatively big diameter section;
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- a tube rack mounted on the heat sink and provided with a receiving hole for insertion of the test tube such that an outer wall of the test tube is prevented from contacting a wall surface of the through hole of the heat sink.
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