EP1958695A3 - Cover for an array of reaction containers for a single-step operational mode - Google Patents

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EP1958695A3
EP1958695A3 EP08002670.1A EP08002670A EP1958695A3 EP 1958695 A3 EP1958695 A3 EP 1958695A3 EP 08002670 A EP08002670 A EP 08002670A EP 1958695 A3 EP1958695 A3 EP 1958695A3
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Arne Schafrinski
Henner Tasch
Lutz Timmann
Stefan Roth
Rüdiger HUHN
Thomas Uschkureit
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L7/00—Heating or cooling apparatus; Heat insulating devices
    • B01L7/52—Heating or cooling apparatus; Heat insulating devices with provision for submitting samples to a predetermined sequence of different temperatures, e.g. for treating nucleic acid samples
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L2200/00—Solutions for specific problems relating to chemical or physical laboratory apparatus
    • B01L2200/02—Adapting objects or devices to another
    • B01L2200/025—Align devices or objects to ensure defined positions relative to each other
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L2200/00—Solutions for specific problems relating to chemical or physical laboratory apparatus
    • B01L2200/14—Process control and prevention of errors
    • B01L2200/142—Preventing evaporation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L2300/00—Additional constructional details
    • B01L2300/04—Closures and closing means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L2300/00—Additional constructional details
    • B01L2300/14—Means for pressure control
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
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Abstract

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum Steuern der Temperatur mindestens einer Probe, wobei die Probe mindestens die folgenden Komponenten umfasst: mindestens ein Mittel zum Aufnehmen mindestens einer Probe; mindestens ein Mittel zum Heizen und/oder Kühlen mindestens einer Probe; mindestens ein Mittel zum Abdecken mindestens eines Reaktionsgefäßes oder einer Probe, wobei die Mittel zum Abdecken mindestens einen Deckel umfassen; mindestens ein Mittel zum Positionieren der Mittel zum Abdecken relativ zur mindestens einen Probe oder relativ zu mindestens einem Reaktionsgefäß; mindestens ein Mittel zum Führen des mindestens einen Deckels der Mittel zum Abdecken aus einer Position, in der kein thermischer und/oder physischer Kontakt mit mindestens einer Probe oder mindestens einem Reaktionsgefäß besteht, in eine Position, in welcher thermischer und/oder physischer Kontakt mit mindestens einer Probe oder mindestens einem Reaktionsgefäß besteht, wobei die Mittel zum Positionieren und die Mittel zum Führen so aufeinander abgestimmt sind, dass sie eine Bewegung des Deckels relativ zur Probe bewirken, welche innerhalb der gleichen Zeitspanne eine horizontale Komponente und eine vertikale Komponente aufweist.

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The invention relates to a device for controlling the temperature of at least one sample, the sample comprising at least the following components: at least one means for receiving at least one sample; at least one means for heating and / or cooling at least one sample; at least one means for covering at least one reaction vessel or sample, the means for covering comprising at least one lid; at least one means for positioning the means for covering relative to the at least one sample or relative to at least one reaction vessel; at least one means for guiding the at least one lid of the means for covering from a position in which there is no thermal and / or physical contact with at least one sample or at least one reaction vessel to a position in which thermal and / or physical contact with at least a sample or at least one reaction vessel, wherein the means for positioning and the means for guiding are coordinated so that they cause a movement of the lid relative to the sample, which has a horizontal component and a vertical component within the same period of time.
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EP08002670.1A 2007-02-13 2008-02-13 Cover for an array of reaction containers for a single-step operational mode Withdrawn EP1958695A3 (en)

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EP0955097A1 (en) * 1998-05-04 1999-11-10 F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ag Thermal cycler having an automatically positionable cover
DE20117661U1 (en) * 2001-10-29 2003-03-13 MWG-BIOTECH AG, 85560 Ebersberg Apparatus for heating reaction vessel wells in micro-titration plate has base body to hold them, containing temperature control block which is moved up and down through movements of swing lid
US20040112969A1 (en) * 2002-12-09 2004-06-17 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Incubator
DE102005027555B3 (en) * 2005-06-14 2006-10-05 Eppendorf Ag Thermocycler for carrying out polymerase chain reactions, has thermostatically controlled area, in which reaction vessel is placed, lid being placed over this incorporating an optical unit adjusted using pins on base and sleeves on lid

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CN101288855B (en) 2012-09-12

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