Patent ID: 9714455
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B01L,C12Q,G01N

Claim:
1. A method for detecting nucleic acid amplification, the method comprising: (a) loading a new reaction container comprising a sample and a reagent for nucleic acid amplification into an empty loading position in a loading unit; (b) simultaneously measuring with a measurement unit a nucleic acid amplification reaction in reaction containers previously loaded into loading positions of the loading unit; (c) performing a rotational movement or linear movement of the measurement unit in a predetermined direction relative to the loading unit to sequentially receive a measurement signal from each sample in reaction containers located in the loading unit in a fixed period; wherein loading the new reaction container does not interrupt measuring the nucleic acid amplification reaction in reaction containers previously loaded into loading positions of the loading unit; wherein the loading unit has a thermoregulation unit; wherein the measurement unit faces the loading unit; wherein each of the loading unit and the measurement unit has an independent movement mechanism; wherein a cover covers the loading unit and comprises a reaction-container loading gate; wherein the measurement unit rotation velocity is fixed while the loading unit is making a stop; and wherein the measurement unit maintains a relative velocity that is constant with respect to a loading unit rotation velocity when an empty position of the loading unit is moved to the reaction-container loading gate.