Apparatus for controlling and monitoring reactions

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9316590
APP PUB NO 20140093430A1
SERIAL NO

13632945

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The present invention provides a reaction vessel and apparatus for performing heat-exchanging reactions. The vessel has a chamber for holding a sample, the chamber being defined by a plurality of walls, at least two of the walls being light transmissive to provide optical windows to the chamber. The apparatus comprises at least one heating surface for contacting at least one of the plurality of walls, at least one heat source for heating the surface, and optics positioned to optically interrogate the chamber while the heating surface is in contact with at least one of the plurality of walls.

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Chang, Ronald Redwood City, US 98 6580
Dority, Douglas Mill Valley, US 7 67

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