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US 9,168,533 B2Granted
Thermal cycler device
AssigneeCrackerBio, Inc.
InventorsChung-Fan Chiou, Yung-Chin Lee
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a thermal cycler device for carrying reaction slides for assays with thermal cycling reactions. The thermal cycler device includes a conveyer with a plurality of slide holders for conveying slide plates through more than one temperature zones for thermal cycling reactions.
Claims15
A thermal cycler device, comprising:
- a conveyer, having a closed continuous loop conveying path;
- a plurality of slide holders, disposed on the conveyer and separated with an equal distance and/or at an angle along the closed continuous loop conveying path of the conveyer for carrying a plurality of slide plates;
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- a plurality of temperature zones, arranged along the closed continuous loop conveying path and partially covering and accommodating the plurality of slide holders, wherein a temperature of at least one of the plurality of temperature zones is different from that of the other one of the plurality of temperature zones, the plurality of temperature zones exchanges heat with the plurality of slide plates at the same time, and wherein the plurality of slide holders carrying the plurality of slide plates moves together and passes through the plurality of temperature zones along the closed continuous loop conveying path and the plurality of slide plates passes through the plurality of temperature zones one by one.
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A thermal cycler device, comprising:
- a conveyer, having a closed continuous loop conveying path;
- a plurality of slide holders, disposed on the conveyer and separated with an equal distance and/or at an angle along the closed continuous loop conveying path of the conveyer for carrying a plurality of slide plates;
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- a plurality of temperature zones, arranged along the closed continuous loop conveying path and partially covering and accommodating the plurality of slide holders, wherein a temperature and a length of at least one of the plurality of temperature zones are different from those of the other one of the plurality of temperature zones, the plurality of temperature zones exchanges heat with the plurality of slide plates at the same time, and wherein the plurality of slide holders carrying the plurality of slide plates moves together and passes through the plurality of temperature zones along the closed continuous loop conveying path and the plurality of slide plates passes through the plurality of temperature zones one by one.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.