Patent ID: 8277763

Claim:
An SBS footprint portable incubator apparatus comprising: a plurality of cavities, each configured to receive an analyte to be incubated; wherein the portable incubator apparatus has an SBS format footprint in accordance with ANSI/SBS 1-2004 and is configured to control temperatures of analyte contained in the plurality of cavities independently of each other; and the portable incubator apparatus is further configured to maintain desired incubation conditions, independently of a supply of electrical power and external apparatus, while the portable incubator apparatus is moved from a first location to a second location, the portable incubator apparatus comprising at least one heat sink thermally coupled to at least one of the plurality of cavities, the heat sink comprising a lower part of a casing of the portable incubator apparatus, wherein the plurality of cavities are disposed in the portable incubator apparatus in a two-dimensional array and each row of the array is associated with two Peltier heat pumps, and wherein the two Peltier heat pumps on each row are independent from the two Peltier heat pumps on adjacent rows to provide independent control of temperatures of analyte contained in cavities in each row.