Patent ID: 6556940
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: B01L

Abstract:
A heat block thermocycler for subjecting plurality of samples to rapid thermal cycling, the heat block thermocycler comprising:a means for holding the plurality of samples including: a deformable ultrathin-walled multiwell plate having an array of conically shaped wells with a wall thickness at a thickest part of the wells of not more than 50 &mgr;m; and a low profile, low thermal mass and low thermal capacity sample block having an array of similarly shaped wells, wherein a height of the wells of said deformable ultrathin-walled multiwell plate is not more than a height of said low profile, low thermal mass and low thermal capacity sample block; a means for heating and cooling said low profile, low thermal mass and low thermal capacity sample block including at least one thermoelectric module; and a means for sealing the plurality of samples including a high pressure, moveable, heated lid.