Patent ID: 8986982
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A thermal cycle system for facilitating a chemical reaction, comprising: a temperature control body having an exterior surface and at least two sectors forming at least a portion of the exterior surface, with each said sector including a means for changing temperature and each said sector acting as an independent temperature sink; a path cyclically passing through said sectors and defined by a grooved channel having a cross section with a substantially triangular shape on the exterior surface of said temperature control body, the grooved channel extending around said temperature control body from a top edge of said temperature control body to a bottom edge of said temperature control body; a tubing for continuously receiving and conveying a reaction mixture along the path, said tubing having a length that extends along the path, said tubing further including a first end and a second end, said tubing further defining a volume, said tubing configured to convey the reaction mixture through said tubing without impediment, and said tubing being substantially contained within the grooved channel such that less than half of the circumference of the tubing is in contact with the grooved channel; and a fluid moving means in communication with said tubing and adapted for continuously moving the reaction mixture through said tubing from the second end to the first end, wherein, said fluid moving means causes the reaction mixture to fill the volume of said tubing along the length of said tubing from the second end to the first end, while continuously conveying the reaction mixture through said tubing from the second end to the first end, so that the reaction mixture is conveyed without impediment from the second end to the first end.