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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Ahram Biosystems, Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Hyun Jin Hwang, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Ahram Biosystems, Inc., , KR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01); B01L 99/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 7/52 (2013.01); B01L 3/50825 (2013.01); B01L 2200/142 (2013.01); B01L 2200/147 (2013.01); B01L 2300/042 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0654 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0861 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1805 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1822 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1838 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1883 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0409 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a multi-stage thermal convection apparatus such as a two-stage thermal convection apparatus and uses thereof. In one embodiment, the two-stage thermal convection apparatus includes a temperature shaping element that assists a thermal convection mediated Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). The invention has a wide variety of applications including amplifying nucleic acid without cumbersome and expensive hardware associated with many prior devices. In a typical embodiment, the apparatus can fit in the palm of a user's hand for use as a portable, simple to operate, and low cost PCR amplification device.