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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2010
Kevin J. Knopp, Newburyport, MA (US);
Daryoosh Vakhshoori, Cambridge, MA (US);
Peidong Wang, Carlisle, MA (US);
Masud Azimi, Belmont, MA (US);
Scott E. Miller, Somerville, MA (US);
Jason Goldstein, Salem, NH (US);
Stephen Mclaughlin, Andover, MA (US);
Kevin J. Knopp, Newburyport, MA (US);
Daryoosh Vakhshoori, Cambridge, MA (US);
Peidong Wang, Carlisle, MA (US);
Masud Azimi, Belmont, MA (US);
Scott E. Miller, Somerville, MA (US);
Jason Goldstein, Salem, NH (US);
Stephen McLaughlin, Andover, MA (US);
Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc., Tewksbury, MA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods disclosed include: a support apparatus configured to detachably receive a chip; movable pins extendible from a first position to a second position, where, in the first position, the movable pins do not contact a chip positioned on the support apparatus, and in the second position, the movable pins contact electrical terminals of a heating element within a chip positioned on the support apparatus; a radiation source configured to direct radiation to be incident on a chip positioned on the support apparatus; a detector; and an electronic processor, the electronic processor being configured to detect molecules in a sample positioned within the chip, and to determine a temperature of the chip by measuring an electrical resistance between two of the multiple pins connected to the electrical terminals.