Patent ID: 11966086
Assignee: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. The method of claim 1, wherein
the first thermal cycling process is at least partially effected by one or more first thermal elements coupled to a side surface of the first receptacle holder, such that each first thermal element provides thermal energy through the side surface of the first receptacle holder to each receptacle well of the first receptacle holder, thereby altering a temperature of the contents of each receptacle of the first set of receptacles held in a receptacle well of the first receptacle holder, and
the second thermal cycling process is at least partially effected by one or more second thermal elements coupled to a side surface of the second receptacle holder, such that each second thermal element provides thermal energy through the side surface of the second receptacle holder to each receptacle well of the second receptacle holder, thereby altering a temperature of the contents of each receptacle of the second set of receptacles held in a receptacle well of the second receptacle holder.