Incubator system provided with a temperature control system

• US 20030004394A1
• Filed: 03/12/2002
• Published: 01/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: PamGene B.V. (VitrOmics Healthcare Holding BV)
• Original Assignee: PamGene B.V. (VitrOmics Healthcare Holding BV)
• Inventors: Carpay, Wilhelmus Marinus
• Application Number:
  US10/096,545
• Publication Number:
  US 20030004394A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/22
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 3/5025 for parallel transport of multiple samples
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 7/00 Heating or cooling apparatus autoclaves B01J3/04; Heat insulating devices

Abstract

The invention pertains to an incubator system provided with a temperature control system comprising a chamber that is suitable for housing a substrate, and at least one wall that is partially or wholly transparent, characterized in that the incubator system comprises a heater, a system for providing a thermal flow, and a thermal resistance barrier that provides at least some insulation between the chamber and the partially or wholly transparent wall.

Claims

1. An incubator system provided with a temperature control system comprising a chamber that is suitable for housing a substrate, and at least one wall that is partially or wholly transparent, characterized in that the incubator system comprises a heater, a system for providing a thermal flow, and a thermal resistance barrier that thermally separates the chamber and the partially or wholly transparent wall.

2. The incubator system of claim 1, wherein the system for providing a thermal flow comprises a second heater, a heat pump, a heat exchanger, or a Peltier element.

3. The incubator system of claim 1, wherein the array-membrane holder is made of polycarbonate.

4. The incubator system of claim 2, wherein the array-membrane holder is made of polycarbonate.

5. The incubator system of claim 1, wherein the thermal resistance barrier has a single-layer structure.

6. The incubator system of claim 2, wherein the thermal resistance barrier has a single-layer structure.

7. The incubator system claim 1, wherein the thermal resistance barrier has a multi-layer structure.

8. The incubator system claim 2, wherein the thermal resistance barrier has a multi-layer structure.

9. The incubator system of claim 1, wherein the thermal resistance barrier is made of polyvinylchloride, polycarbonate, or a combination thereof.

10. The incubator system of claim 2, wherein the thermal resistance barrier is made of polyvinylchloride, polycarbonate, or a combination thereof.

11. The incubator system of claim 1, wherein the heater and the system for providing the thermal flow are positioned together in a heating system.

12. The incubator system of claim 2, wherein the heater and the system for providing the thermal flow are positioned together in a heating system.

13. The incubator system of claim 1, wherein the heater and the system for providing the thermal flow are thermally isolated from the array-membrane holder and the thermal resistance barrier.

14. The incubator system of claim 2, wherein the heater and the system for providing the thermal flow are thermally isolated from the array-membrane holder and the thermal resistance barrier.

15. The incubator system of claim 1, wherein the transparent wall is made of glass.

16. The incubator system of claim 2, wherein the transparent wall is made of glass.

17. The incubator system of claim 1, wherein the thermal flow is a circulating flow.

18. The incubator system of claim 2, wherein the thermal flow is a circulating flow.

19. The incubator system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a heat sink and an additional heat pump, a heat exchanger, or a Peltier element.

20. The incubator system of claim 2, wherein the system further comprises a heat sink and an additional heat pump, a heat exchanger, or a Peltier element.