Patent ID: 7767447
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: B01F,B01L,C12N,C12Q,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An instrument for processing a sample in a receptacle having a plurality of interconnected chambers, the instrument being constructed and arranged to support the receptacle in an operative position during the processing and comprising: one or more thermal elements each defining a multiple chamber thermal zone disposed to be in thermal communication with the receptacle and constructed and arranged to transmit thermal energy between each multiple chamber thermal zone and an associated region of the receptacle, wherein the associated region of the receptacle encompasses all or a portion of each of two or more but less than all chambers of the receptacle; and a controller programmed to control operation of the one or more thermal elements defining the multiple chamber thermal zones to selectively heat or cool the chambers encompassed within the regions associated with the multiple chamber thermal zones.