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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2002
Gary L. Bordenkircher, Livermore, CA (US);
Gary Lim, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jacob Koppel Freudenthal, Alameda, CA (US);
Gary L. Bordenkircher, Livermore, CA (US);
Gary Lim, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jacob Koppel Freudenthal, Alameda, CA (US);
Applera Corporation, Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
A device for handling PCR microcards, each having an array of sample chambers closed by a transparent material on one side thereof, in relation to a PCR instrument, the device including a carrier having an apertured region with an array of holes corresponding in number and relative location with the array of sample chambers in each of the microcards, and a provision for retaining a microcard on the carrier so that the transparent material faces the apertured region with the reagent sample chambers aligned, respectively, with the holes in the apertured region, and so that the side of the microcard opposite the transparent material is unobstructed at least throughout the array of sample chambers. The device cooperates with the PCR instrument to ensure accurate positioning of the carrier and the microcard retained thereon for real time PCR processing.