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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2012
Applicant:
Shuqi Chen, Framingham, MA (US);
Inventor:
Shuqi Chen, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Chen & Chen, LLC, Framingham, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 7/00 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 7/52 (2013.01); B01L 3/5027 (2013.01); B01L 3/5082 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01); B01L 2200/10 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0832 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0874 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1822 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1861 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0421 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0481 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0655 (2013.01); G01N 35/1002 (2013.01); Y10T 436/2575 (2015.01);
Abstract
Provided herein is a sample processing apparatus including a sample-containing vessel and a thermal cycling apparatus, wherein the vessel has at least 3 fluidically isolated segments that are each thermally conductive, compressible, and expandable. The thermal cycling unit is capable of amplifying extracted nucleic acid and has at least a first processing station and a second processing station, each processing station defining a temperature zone, wherein thermal cycling is performed by alternatively transferring the contents of the sample vessel between the at least two processing stations.