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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
May. 18, 2009
Applicants:
Daniel Bommer, Winterhur, CH;
Thomas Schlaubitz, Meggen, CH;
Inventors:
Daniel Bommer, Winterhur, CH;
Thomas Schlaubitz, Meggen, CH;
Assignee:
Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01); H01H 67/06 (2006.01); H01F 7/08 (2006.01); F02M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a thermocycler module for heating and/or cooling of a thermocycling device comprising a thermal switch, a heating block and a heat sink. The thermal switch comprises a thermoconducting liquid, e.g. a magnetic fluid or a liquid metal, and a stimulating unit, e.g. a magnetic unit or a Lorentz-force unit, for moving the thermoconducting liquid. The movement of the thermoconducting liquid provides, in an on-state of the thermal switch, a thermal connection between the heating block and the heat sink.