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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2017
Gen-probe Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Gary D. Lair, San Diego, CA (US);
Thanh N. Nguyen, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Haitao Li, San Diego, CA (US);
Florence Li, San Diego, CA (US);
Byron J. Knight, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert E. Heinz, San Diego, CA (US);
Jerzy A. Macioszek, Chevy Chase, MD (US);
Christopher B. Davis, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert F. Scalese, Carlsbad, CA (US);
GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A continuous process for performing multiple nucleic acid amplification assays, where at least a portion of a second subset of reaction mixtures are transferred to a heater while a first subset of reaction mixtures are being subjected to conditions for performing a nucleic acid amplification assay. During the process, a plurality of reaction mixtures from the first and second subsets of reaction mixtures are simultaneously subjected to conditions sufficient to perform multiple nucleic acid amplification assays in the reaction mixtures. The presence or absence of a target nucleic acid in the first subset of reaction mixtures is determined while the reaction mixtures are in the heater.