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Temperature control apparatus and method

US5281516A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 23, 1992
Grant dateJan 25, 1994
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Expiry dateMar 23, 2012

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/809
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus and method for performing automated sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which apparatus has heat-sinking, flat carriers for holding specimens and reagents, devices for heating and cooling and maintaining the specimen to or at any given temperature for any given time periods, and a computer to generate signals that control said temperatures and times.

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