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Temperature control apparatus and method

USRE35716E · kind E · reissue

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Filing dateJan 25, 1996
Grant dateJan 20, 1998
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Expiry dateJan 25, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC —)General

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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