Floating thermal contact enabled PCR

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9683792
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14755941

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The present invention generally pertains to a system which utilizes floating thermal contact to enable PCR, in a thermal management device. Comprised of multiple thermal zones attached to a framework, each zone an individually actuated, isolated sub-assembly. The actuation of each zone ensures physical contact with an uneven, yet flat microfluidic chip to achieve effective, conductive heat transfer. The isolation of each zone serves to insulate the thermal zones from each other and minimize undesired heat transfer between adjacent zones, so that each zone is at a proper, uniform temperature.

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  • BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.

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Kiani, Sepehr Cambridge, US 73 1351
Possinger, Christopher Cambridge, US 2 28

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