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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2008
Shulin Zeng, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Kenton C. Hasson, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Gregory A. Dale, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Shulin Zeng, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Kenton C. Hasson, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Gregory A. Dale, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
A system for amplifying nucleic acids is disclosed which, in one embodiment, includes a fluidic device having a sample channel and a heat exchange channel disposed sufficiently close to the sample channel such that a heat exchange fluid in the heat exchange channel can cause a sample in the sample channel to gain or lose heat at desired levels. In one illustrative embodiment, the system further includes three reservoirs coupled to the heat exchange channel and a temperature control system configured to heat fluids stored in the respective reservoirs at different temperatures. One or more pumps and a controller are configured to cause fluid stored in the reservoirs to enter and flow through the heat exchange channel at different times.