Tempering apparatus with testing device and method for testing a tempering apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US20100150203A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-17

    申请号:US12534619

    申请日:2009-08-03

    IPC分类号: G01N25/00

    摘要: The invention relates to a tempering apparatus for the execution of a tempering program for at least one sample, in particular PCR-sample, comprising: at least one tempering block, which is configured for the reception of at least one sample, at least one tempering device, which is arranged for tempering said at least one tempering block, at least one temperature measurement device, which is assigned to said tempering device, at least one control loop for the regulation of a temperature, to which at least one tempering device and at least one temperature measurement device, which is assigned to said at least one tempering device, are assigned to, at least one control device, which is configured for the control of the tempering of the at least one tempering block, wherein the tempering apparatus comprises at least two temperature measurement devices, which are assigned to at least one control loop, and that to the tempering apparatus a testing device for performing a test method is assigned to, wherein said testing device comprises a signal-connection to at least one of said at least two temperature measurement devices, such that by means of said signal-connection at least one testing quantity of the tempering apparatus is detectable, which characterizes the operational status of the tempering apparatus. The invention further relates to a method for testing of a tempering apparatus, wherein the method comprises the following steps: starting of the method; operation of at least said first tempering device for the duration of at least one first period from at least one first time; detection of at least one measurement temperature from said at least one first temperature measurement device, which is assigned to said first tempering device, at least at a second time; determining at least one first testing quantity of the tempering apparatus by using said at least one measurement temperature; and comparison of said first testing quantity with one reference quantity.

    Method and Device for Recognition of Objects Having a Confusingly Similar Appearance
    4.
    发明申请
    Method and Device for Recognition of Objects Having a Confusingly Similar Appearance 审中-公开
    用于识别具有混淆相似外观的物体的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120138673A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-07

    申请号:US13197204

    申请日:2011-08-03

    IPC分类号: G06K5/00 G06F17/00

    CPC分类号: G06K9/00577

    摘要: Objects having a confusingly similar appearance, e.g., laboratory vessels, are provided with a random or pseudo-random pattern. The pattern can be provided during the manufacture of the object and is formed in a part or on a surface of the object, By way of example, the pattern can be a two-dimensional black/white pattern, an N-dimensional color or gray scale pattern, a one-dimensional emission spectrum with peaks of variable heights or a two-dimensional excitation spectrum with peaks of variable height. At least one section of the pattern is identified, for example, by a photographed imagine of the pattern. The so-identified section is then electronically saved and labeled as a representative of the pattern. The object is then capable of automated recognition by matching the pattern with the previously saved representative section of the identified pattern, Also disclosed is a device configured to translate the identified pattern into an electronic code and then recognize the object by the saved code.

    摘要翻译: 具有混淆相似外观的物体,例如实验室血管,被提供有随机或伪随机图案。 该图案可以在物体的制造过程中提供并且形成在物体的一部分或表面上。作为示例,图案可以是二维黑/白图案,N维颜色或灰色 尺度模式,具有可变高度峰值的一维发射光谱或具有可变高度峰值的二维激发光谱。 图案的至少一个部分例如通过拍摄的图案的想像被识别。 然后将所识别的部分电子地保存并标记为图案的代表。 该物体然后能够通过将图案与先前保存的识别图案的代表部分匹配来自动识别。还公开了被配置为将所识别的图案转换为电子代码然后通过保存的代码识别对象的设备。

    COVER FOR AN ARRAY OF REACTION VESSELS FOR ONE-STEP OPERATION MODUS
    6.
    发明申请
    COVER FOR AN ARRAY OF REACTION VESSELS FOR ONE-STEP OPERATION MODUS 审中-公开
    用于一步操作模式的反应容器阵列的盖子

    公开(公告)号:US20080318280A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-25

    申请号:US12030128

    申请日:2008-02-12

    IPC分类号: C12P19/34 C12M1/02 B23P11/00

    摘要: The present invention relates to means for covering one or more sample(s) that are suitable to avoid or minimize evaporation and/or condensation of any vaporizable substance that may be present in the sample(s) or reaction mixture(s), in particular evaporation of substance at the fringes of a vessel or an array of vessels or condensation of said substance on the lid of a reaction vessel or a plate/block containing the sample(s) and/or the means for covering. This is achieved by providing a device comprising, among others, a means for positioning a covering means and a means for guiding at least one lid of the covering means.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及用于覆盖一种或多种样品的装置,其适于避免或最小化可能存在于样品或反应混合物中的任何可蒸发物质的蒸发和/或冷凝,特别是 在容器的边缘或容器阵列中的物质的蒸发或所述物质在反应容器的盖子上的冷凝或含有样品的板/块和/或用于覆盖的装置。 这通过提供一种装置来实现,该装置尤其包括用于定位覆盖装置的装置和用于引导覆盖装置的至少一个盖的装置。