Patent ID: 11926811
Assignee: AMINO LABS NORTH INCORPORATED
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  G | IPC C  G

Claim 3:
4. A kit for genetically engineering bacteria or yeast, the kit comprising:
a personal laboratory apparatus having multiple multi-use devices comprising:
a common housing having the multiple multi-use devices disposed on or in the common housing, including:
a tube cooling station comprising a plurality of test tube holders each to receive a respective test tube, the tube cooling station maintained at a temperature between about 0° C. and about 17° C.;
a tube heating station comprising a plurality of test tube holders each to receive a respective test tube, the tube heating station maintained at a temperature between about room temperature and about 50° C.;
an incubator, the incubator maintained at a temperature between about room temperature and about 50° C.;
a bioreactor; and
a microcontroller in electrical communication with and for receiving temperature data from the tube cooling station, the tube heating station, the incubator, and the bioreactor and for sending said temperature data as output signals: and

a touch screen disposed on the common housing, the touch screen in electrical communication with the microcontroller for receiving the output signals and to display the output signals as the current temperature of each of at the least one of the tube cooling station, the tube heating station, the incubator, and the bioreactor, and operative to receive user input as feedback control to the microcontroller for adjusting the current temperature of at least one of the tube cooling station, the tube heating station, the incubator, and the bioreactor by feedback to the microcontroller: and wherein each of the multi-use devices for genetic engineering are operable to grow and engineer bacteria or yeast on; and
a wetware kit comprising laboratory hardware and ingredients for growing and engineering bacteria or yeast on or in the common housing, the wetware kit comprising:
a plurality of test tubes; and
a pre-measured volume or mass of a plurality of bacteria or yeast each pre-measured volume or mass disposed in a corresponding test tube.