ATE372166T1 - Testgerät zur durchführung von nukleinsäure- amplifikationsreaktionen - Google Patents

Testgerät zur durchführung von nukleinsäure- amplifikationsreaktionen

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ATE372166T1
ATE372166T1 AT00967055T AT00967055T ATE372166T1 AT E372166 T1 ATE372166 T1 AT E372166T1 AT 00967055 T AT00967055 T AT 00967055T AT 00967055 T AT00967055 T AT 00967055T AT E372166 T1 ATE372166 T1 AT E372166T1
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nucleic acid
acid amplification
test device
amplification reactions
performing nucleic
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Brian Kluttz
Lawrence Burg
Garry Tegeler
Louis Graziano
Christopher Cotter
Michel Guy
James Greer
Geoff Mckinley
Luigi Catanzariti
Robert Glassford
James Bishop
Bruno Colin
Cecile Paris
Thomas Wang
Michael Morin
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Bio Merieux Inc
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    • C12Q—MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES
    • C12Q1/00—Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms; Compositions therefor; Processes of preparing such compositions
    • C12Q1/68—Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms; Compositions therefor; Processes of preparing such compositions involving nucleic acids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L7/00—Heating or cooling apparatus; Heat insulating devices
    • B01L7/52—Heating or cooling apparatus; Heat insulating devices with provision for submitting samples to a predetermined sequence of different temperatures, e.g. for treating nucleic acid samples
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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    • B01L3/00—Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
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    • B01L3/502—Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes with fluid transport, e.g. in multi-compartment structures
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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    • B01L2300/0825—Test strips
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    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L2400/00—Moving or stopping fluids
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    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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    • B01L2400/00—Moving or stopping fluids
    • B01L2400/06—Valves, specific forms thereof
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    • B01L2400/0655—Valves, specific forms thereof with moving parts pinch valves
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N35/00—Automatic analysis not limited to methods or materials provided for in any single one of groups G01N1/00 - G01N33/00; Handling materials therefor
    • G01N2035/00346—Heating or cooling arrangements
    • G01N2035/00356—Holding samples at elevated temperature (incubation)
    • G01N2035/00366—Several different temperatures used

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AT00967055T 1999-10-18 2000-09-29 Testgerät zur durchführung von nukleinsäure- amplifikationsreaktionen ATE372166T1 (de)

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US09/420,139 US6410275B1 (en) 1997-05-02 1999-10-18 Disposable test devices for performing nucleic acid amplification reactions

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US (1) US6410275B1 (de)
EP (1) EP1146961B1 (de)
JP (1) JP2003512032A (de)
KR (1) KR20010093850A (de)
AT (1) ATE372166T1 (de)
AU (1) AU753903B2 (de)
BR (1) BR0007223A (de)
CA (1) CA2348691A1 (de)
DE (1) DE60036277T2 (de)
ES (1) ES2292473T3 (de)
IL (1) IL141985A0 (de)
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US6410275B1 (en) 2002-06-25
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BR0007223A (pt) 2001-12-04
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