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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2000
Charles G. Butts, Weaverville, NC (US);
Kendro Laboratory Products, Inc., Ashville, NC (US);
Abstract
A laboratory microplate incubator ( ) including a housing ( ) having a specially-sized, enclosed incubation chamber ( ) therein and a temperature control assembly ( ) that uniformly maintains the temperature within the incubator in a desired range. The temperature control assembly includes a heater ( ) positioned within the housing for heating the chamber, a temperature sensor ( ) and a controller ( ). Multiple incubation chambers can be electrically controlled by the temperature control assembly in a master incubator. Multiple incubation chambers can be stacked to conserve laboratory space. An externally fillable water reservoir is provided inside the chamber.