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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2015
Gnubio, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Christopher Possinger, Cambridge, MA (US);
Sepehr Kiani, Cambridge, MA (US);
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention generally pertains to a system which utilizes floating thermal contact to enable PCR, in a thermal management device. Comprised of multiple thermal zones attached to a framework, each zone an individually actuated, isolated sub-assembly. The actuation of each zone ensures physical contact with an uneven, yet flat microfluidic chip to achieve effective, conductive heat transfer. The isolation of each zone serves to insulate the thermal zones from each other and minimize undesired heat transfer between adjacent zones, so that each zone is at a proper, uniform temperature.