Method for simultaneously performing a plurality of different amplification reactions

US10563251B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• David A. Buse · San Diego, US
• David H. COMBS · San Diego, US
• Norbert D. Hagen · Carlsbad, US
• David Opalsky · San Diego, US
• Bruce Richardson · Los Gatos, US
• Anita Prasad · Los Gatos, US
• Keith Moravick · Mountain View, US
• Tyler Moore · Los Gatos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 12, 2018
• Grant date: Feb 18, 2020
• Expiry date: Jul 4, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2021/6484
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

First and second sets of receptacles containing reagents for first and second amplification reactions, respectively, are placed in first and second receptacle holders, each associated with a thermal element. The receptacles are subjected to different first and second incubation processes resulting in the first and second amplification reactions in each of the first and second sets of receptacles that contain a first or a second target nucleic acid, respectively. The presence or absence of the first or second target nucleic acid, if any, is determined for each receptacle of the first and second sets of receptacles.