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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2009
James H. Lipscomb, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Peter Blacklin, Columbia, MD (US);
Michael Keating, Hardwick, NJ (US);
Robert Bernstine, Chesapeake City, MD (US);
Richard Raffauf, Jr., Reading, PA (US);
James H. Lipscomb, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Richard Raffauf, Sr., Reading, PA (US);
Peter Blacklin, Columbia, MD (US);
Michael Keating, Hardwick, NJ (US);
Robert Bernstine, Chesapeake City, MD (US);
X-Bar Diagnostic Systems, Inc., Kennett Square, PA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Provided herein is a portable thermocycler, comprising: (i) a case; (ii) a rotary plate in the case; (iii) a plurality of heating blocks arranged in a geometric pattern disposed on the rotary plate; and (iv) at least one vessel adapted to move and contact at least two of the plurality of heating blocks; wherein each of the heating blocks comprises a heating plate maintained at a set temperature over a thermally insulating material; wherein the geometric pattern comprises a number of center heating blocks arranged in a shape defining a polygon and a number of outside heating blocks disposed around the periphery of the rotary plate; and wherein the rotary plate includes a plurality of rotating wheels adapted to rotate at least one of the vessels into contact with each of the heating blocks.