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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2003
Ronald Chang, Redwood City, CA (US);
Lee A. Christel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gregory T. A. Kovacs, Stanford, CA (US);
William A. Mcmillan, Cupertino, CA (US);
M. Allen Northrup, Berkeley, CA (US);
Kurt E. Petersen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Farzad Pourahmadi, Fremont, CA (US);
Steven J. Young, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Robert Yuan, Belmont, CA (US);
Douglas B. Dority, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Ronald Chang, Redwood City, CA (US);
Lee A. Christel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gregory T. A. Kovacs, Stanford, CA (US);
William A. McMillan, Cupertino, CA (US);
M. Allen Northrup, Berkeley, CA (US);
Kurt E. Petersen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Farzad Pourahmadi, Fremont, CA (US);
Steven J. Young, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Robert Yuan, Belmont, CA (US);
Douglas B. Dority, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
This invention provides an apparatus for rapidly heating and/or cooling a sample in a reaction vessel. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes optics for the efficient detection of a reaction product in the vessel. The invention also provides a reaction vessel having a reaction chamber designed for optimal thermal conductance and for efficient optical viewing of reaction products in the chamber.