Temperature control apparatus and method
US5281516A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 23, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 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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