Title:
HEAT EXCHANGING, OPTICALLY INTERROGATED CHEMICAL REACTION ASSEMBLY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1998038487
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An assembly for performing controlled heat exchanging reactions is provided. The assembly has a chemical reaction chamber adapted to receive a sample and allow the sample to chemically react; a thermal sleeve having heating elements for making efficient thermal contact with a reaction chamber; an instrument with a housing comprising an electrical connection, a cooling source, a processing area adapted to receive a thermal sleeve, and an optics assembly in optical communication with a chemical reaction chamber; and a circuit for monitoring and controlling the optics assembly and for collecting the output signal of the optics assembly. Preferably there are a plurality of housings and associated modules, each of which may be independently controlled for heat exchanging operations.
Inventors:
CHANG RONALD (US)
CHRISTEL LEE A (US)
KOVACS GREGORY T A (US)
MCMILLAN WILLIAM A (US)
NORTHRUP M ALLEN (US)
PETERSEN KURT E (US)
POURAHMADI FARZAD (US)
YOUNG STEVEN J (US)
YUAN ROBERT (US)
CHRISTEL LEE A (US)
KOVACS GREGORY T A (US)
MCMILLAN WILLIAM A (US)
NORTHRUP M ALLEN (US)
PETERSEN KURT E (US)
POURAHMADI FARZAD (US)
YOUNG STEVEN J (US)
YUAN ROBERT (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US1998/003962
Publication Date:
November 19, 1998
Filing Date:
March 02, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CEPHEID (US)
CHANG RONALD (US)
CHRISTEL LEE A (US)
KOVACS GREGORY T A (US)
MCMILLAN WILLIAM A (US)
NORTHRUP M ALLEN (US)
PETERSEN KURT E (US)
POURAHMADI FARZAD (US)
YOUNG STEVEN J (US)
YUAN ROBERT (US)
CHANG RONALD (US)
CHRISTEL LEE A (US)
KOVACS GREGORY T A (US)
MCMILLAN WILLIAM A (US)
NORTHRUP M ALLEN (US)
PETERSEN KURT E (US)
POURAHMADI FARZAD (US)
YOUNG STEVEN J (US)
YUAN ROBERT (US)
International Classes:
B01J19/00; C12M1/00; B01L3/00; B01L7/00; C12Q1/68; F28F3/12; F28F21/04; G01N21/03; G01N21/15; G01N21/64; G01N35/00; (IPC1-7): G01N1/31
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1997046712A2 | 1997-12-11 |
Foreign References:
| EP0606961A1 | 1994-07-20 | |||
| EP0662345A1 | 1995-07-12 | |||
| EP0693560A2 | 1996-01-24 | |||
| US5589136A | 1996-12-31 | |||
| EP0436995A2 | 1991-07-17 | |||
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| GB2071354A | 1981-09-16 | |||
| US4021124A | 1977-05-03 | |||
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Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 011, no. 062 (P - 551) 25 February 1987 (1987-02-25)
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