Patent ID: 9206385
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: B01L,C12M

Abstract:
1. A thermal cycler comprising: a first mounting unit and a second mounting unit; a temperature gradient forming unit which forms a temperature gradient along mounting directions of the first mounting unit and the second mounting unit; a shaft having a rotational axis that is perpendicular to a direction in which gravity is applied and a mounting component intersecting the mounting directions of the first mounting unit and the second mounting unit; and a driving mechanism which rotates the shaft about the rotational axis such that the first mounting unit, the second mounting unit, and the temperature gradient forming unit rotate around the shaft about the rotational axis, wherein the first mounting unit and the second mounting unit are disposed on opposite sides to each other with the shaft interposed therebetween, the first mounting unit and the second mounting unit are each configured to receive a plurality of parallel reaction containers, and the mounting direction of the first mounting unit and the mounting direction of the second mounting unit are in the same direction and on the same straight line.