Patent ID: 8835118
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: B01L,C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
1. A thermal cycler apparatus comprising: a housing; a sample unit within the housing, the sample unit having a plurality of sample wells therein; an electronic temperature control subsystem operable to regulate a temperature of the sample unit such that the sample wells are held at a succession of specific temperatures for specific lengths of time to complete a reaction cycle; a heater disposed inside the housing and positioned adjacent to the sample unit, the heater having a plurality of openings therein to permit optical communication with each of the plurality of sample wells; and a fluorometer assembly disposed inside the housing on a side of the heater opposite the sample wells, the fluorometer assembly including a support structure and a movable subassembly movably mounted on the support structure, the movable subassembly including a detection module that includes: wherein, during operation of the thermal cycler apparatus, the detection module is movable to be positioned in optical communication with different sample wells of the plurality of sample wells through the plurality of openings in the heater.