Biofire Defense, LLC

Varex Imaging Corporation

Anson Cole Chamberlain

David E Jones

Aaron D Wernerehl

Kirk M Ririe

Christopher Paul Pasko

Jonathan Allen Bruns

Derek David

Owen D Brimhall

Gregory C Andrews

Michael A Bills

David Craig Smith

Instruments, methods, and kits are disclosed for performing fast thermocycling.

Devices and methods for rapid PCR

System, heaters, and heat transfer devices are disclosed. For example, a system for performing polymerase chain reaction includes a support member configured to receive a sample vessel and a heater that is positioned to affect a temperature of the sample vessel. The system additionally includes a heat transfer device disposed between the heater and the sample vessel. The heat transfer device illustratively includes anisotropic fibers axially aligned parallel to one another and positioned to conduct heat from the at least one heater toward the sample vessel in the axial direction of the anisotropic fibers. An exemplary heater includes a body defining one or more channels, a heating element positioned in the one or more channels, and retention members adjacent the one or more channels. At least a portion of the heating element is mechanically interlocked with the channel by deforming the retention members into a closed position.

Resistive heaters and anisotropic thermal transfer

An x-ray housing can include: a finned housing member having a tubular body with an external fin array on a finned external surface and an internal fin array on a finned internal surface, the finned internal surface defining a finned housing lumen, the internal fin array and external fin array cooperatively forming a heat exchanger; and an apertured housing member having a tubular body with an x-ray window aperture extending therethrough from an external surface to an internal surface, the internal surface defining an apertured housing lumen, the finned housing member having an annular end integrally coupled with an annular end of the apertured housing member to form a tubular x-ray housing having an x-ray housing lumen.

High power X-ray tube housing

Growing community of inventors

American Fork, UT, United States of America

Anson Cole Chamberlain