Patent ID: 8293471

Claim:
A method for the facilitation of a chemical reaction requiring cyclical temperature changes for production of a product, comprising: activating one or more means for changing temperature on a thermal cycle system, wherein said thermal cycle system comprises a temperature control body comprising an exterior surface, at least two sectors forming a portion of said exterior surface, and a path cyclically passing through said sectors, wherein each sector comprises at least one of said means for changing temperature and is an independent temperature sink, a tubing for conveying a fluid having a length, a first end, and a second end, said tubing further defining a volume and said tubing extending along said path, and a means for moving in communication with said tubing, wherein said means for moving is adapted for moving said fluid through said tubing; introducing a fluid, which is a substantially homogeneous temperature-dependent reaction mixture, into said tubing; activating said means for moving such that said reaction mixture moves through said tubing, and such that said reaction mixture reacts to form a product; continuously replenishing said reaction mixture at the second end of said tubing while said means for moving is activated so that said reaction mixture is continuously conveyed through the length of said tubing, so that said reaction mixture fills the entire volume of said tubing along the length of said tubing from the second end to the first end, and so that said reaction mixture is conveyed without impediment from the second end to the first end; and collecting a continual supply of said product at the first end of said tubing so long as said means for moving is activated.