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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Joel Termaat, Lincoln, NE (US);
Scott E. Whitney, Lincoln, NE (US);
Hendrik J. Viljoen, Lincoln, NE (US);
Matthew R. Kreifels, Omaha, NE (US);
Joel TerMaat, Lincoln, NE (US);
Scott E. Whitney, Lincoln, NE (US);
Hendrik J. Viljoen, Lincoln, NE (US);
Matthew R. Kreifels, Omaha, NE (US);
STRECK, INC., Omaha, NE (US);
Abstract
A thermocycling device and method of operating a thermocycler instrument, the instrument including a sample holder, at least one thermal cycling element, and at least one first and second temperature sensors, for causing the sample holder containing the at least one sample to undergo polymerase chain reaction amplification by repeated cycling between at least a denaturation heating stage and an annealing cooling stage. The first temperature corresponding with the temperature of the sample holder is monitored using the at least one first temperature sensor, and a second temperature corresponding with the temperature external of the sample holder is monitored using the at least one second temperature sensor. Based upon the first temperature and the second temperature, the power that is delivered to the at least one thermal cycling element of the instrument is dynamically controlled.