Patent ID: 9352320
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: B01L,C12Q,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A device for thermal cycling a plurality of samples, comprising: a chamber for housing a plurality of sample containers, the chamber having a selectively openable port, a controller configured to control the chamber to provide denaturing and annealing heating stages of a thermal cycle to the plurality of sample containers housed in said chamber, and a gripping device, wherein the port comprises a closed or open position, wherein the port in the open position defines an aperture, the aperture being smaller than an internal surface area of the chamber, wherein the port has a circular opening, wherein the gripping device is used to introduce, or withdraw, one or more selected sample containers to or from the chamber through the port during thermal cycling, and wherein the gripping device is sized and shaped such that the gripping device fits through the aperture defined by the port in the open position.