WO2002072266A1 - Incubator system provided with a temperature control system - Google Patents
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- WO2002072266A1 WO2002072266A1 PCT/EP2002/002448 EP0202448W WO02072266A1 WO 2002072266 A1 WO2002072266 A1 WO 2002072266A1 EP 0202448 W EP0202448 W EP 0202448W WO 02072266 A1 WO02072266 A1 WO 02072266A1
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- the invention pertains to an incubator system provided with a temperature control system.
- Incubation systems are known in the art. For instance, in PCT/USOO/24885 an incubator system was disclosed suitable for comprising a substrate such as a metal oxide membrane having through-going oriented channels that can be manufactured cheaply through electrochemical etching of a metal sheet . Such membranes have oriented channels with well controlled diameter and advantageous chemical surface properties . When used in an assay the channels in at least one area of the surface of the electrochemically manufactured metal oxide membrane are provided with a first binding substance capable of binding to an analyte .
- a substrate such as a metal oxide membrane having through-going oriented channels that can be manufactured cheaply through electrochemical etching of a metal sheet .
- Such membranes have oriented channels with well controlled diameter and advantageous chemical surface properties .
- the channels in at least one area of the surface of the electrochemically manufactured metal oxide membrane are provided with a first binding substance capable of binding to an analyte .
- the metal oxide membrane is comprised of aluminum oxide. Reagents used in these assays are immobilized in the channels of the substrate and the sample fluid will be forced through the channels to be contacted with the reagents.
- the device comprises one or more round wells with a certain diameter, said wells exposing a substrate of a specific thickness, said substrate having oriented through-going channels, and the area of the substrate exposed in the well being provided with at least one binding substance specific for at least one of said analytes .
- An amount of sample fluid is added to one or more of the wells of the device, the amount of added sample fluid being calculated on the basis of the dimensions of the wells and the substrate.
- An alternating flow is generated through the substrate in the wells whereby the liquid volume of sample fluid is forced to pass through the channels in the substrate from the upper side of the substrate to the lower side of the substrate and back at least one time, under conditions that are favorable to a reaction between an analyte present in the sample and the binding substances .
- any signal generated in any of the wells is read and from said signals the presence, amount, and/or identity of said one or more analytes are determined.
- a transparent material such as a glass cover
- the wells can be analyzed and the reading signal can be determined through the glass.
- the present invention therefore provides 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 .
- Fig. 1 shows a cross-section of an embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 2 shows in more detail the incubator system of the embodiment of Fig . 1.
- the incubator system comprises a casing 1 made of a metal or another heat-conducting material and a wall 2 that is partially or wholly transparent. These transparent parts are made of glass or transparent plastics, such as Plexiglass ® , and the like. The transparent parts are at least situated above the wells, so that the sample signal can be determined.
- the system comprises a chamber 14, which in this embodiment contains as a substrate an array-membrane holder system with an array- membrane 3 and a holder 4 comprising wells 5, having for instance a cylindrical structure wherein the sample can be introduced.
- the array-membranes are known as such, for instance from EP 0 975 427.
- the array-membrane holder comprising the wells can be made of any material, for instance, metals or plastics.
- the incubator system may further comprise one or more switching means 10, in order to select the array cuvettes in which the sample flow is to be driven by a pressure control system (not further shown) .
- At least one heater 6 is required to keep the temperature within well defined narrow ranges. The temperature is measured by one or more temperature sensors 11.
- the heater 6 can be any sort of heater, but usually it is electrically driven, such as by means of a spiral filament.
- the heater 6 and the temperature sensor (s) 11 are connected to a controller (not shown) , so that a temperature control system with feedback loop is obtained.
- the incubator system further comprises a thermal resistance barrier.8 that is provided between the transparent wall 2 and the array-membrane holder 4.
- This thermal resistance barrier completely separates the array-membrane holder from the transparent wall.
- a thermal flow is generated for keeping the temperature constant within the array-membrane holder system.
- a circulating thermal flow is generated.
- This thermal flow results in a heat flow in the direction from the thermal resistance barrier 8 to the array-membrane holder 4.
- a thermal flow system 7 which may comprise a heat pump, a heat exchanger, or preferably, a Peltier element.
- the thermal flow system can be made with two separate heating elements.
- the space between the thermal resistance barrier and the array-membrane holder is filled by a metal or another heat-conducting material 13, which may be different or the same as the metal or the heat- conducting material 1.
- the thermal resistance barrier can have a single- layered structure or a multi-layered structure, each layer being made of any well chosen heat-resistant material that has suitable heat capacitance characteristics such that the instrument can be controlled in two ways, i.e., the temperature height at sample level, and the temperature gradient in and between the different sections of the incubator system.
- the thermal resistance barrier can be made of any heat-resistant material.
- one or more organic polymeric materials are used, such as polyvinylchloride, polycarbonate, and the like. When multi-layered structures are used, a combination of such materials can be applied.
- the heating system 9 in the embodiment of the Figure 1 and 2 consists of a heating element in series with, for instance, a Peltier element.
- the latter will generate a circulating heat flow through the incubator system such that the temperature of the transparent wall (i.e., the cover) will always be higher than the temperature of the sample volume, notwithstanding major cooling effects across the transparent cover towards ambient temperature.
- the transparent wall i.e., the cover
- alternative embodiments can be used to provide a heat flow.
- the temperature sensor 11 is preferably located on the casing 1 near the array-membrane holder. Because of the relatively high heat conductance characteristics of the aluminum surrounding (if an aluminum casing is used) the array- membrane temperature accuracy of the array-membrane and the sample fluid will be high throughout the chamber.
- the heater and the system for providing the thermal flow are positioned together in the heating system. More preferably, the heater and the system for providing the thermal flow are thermally isolated from the array-membrane holder and the thermal resistance barrier. In another preferred embodiment the heater and the system for providing the circular thermal flow, or together as the heating system, are thermally isolated from the array-membrane holder and the thermal resistance barrier by
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JP2002571218A JP2005509128A (en) | 2001-03-13 | 2002-03-05 | Thermostatic device with temperature control device |
EP02750535A EP1377379B1 (en) | 2001-03-13 | 2002-03-05 | Incubator system provided with a temperature control system |
DE60215477T DE60215477T2 (en) | 2001-03-13 | 2002-03-05 | INCORPORATED WITH A TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM |
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US4652127A (en) * | 1983-08-30 | 1987-03-24 | Labsystems Oy | Apparatus for measuring characteristics of liquid samples which have to be heated |
US4923816A (en) * | 1988-05-06 | 1990-05-08 | W. C. Heraeus Gmbh | Gassing incubator |
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US2835477A (en) * | 1955-05-02 | 1958-05-20 | Tovrog Theodore | Temperature control apparatus and method |
US4427415A (en) * | 1979-01-05 | 1984-01-24 | Cleveland Patrick H | Manifold vacuum biochemical test method and device |
US4652127A (en) * | 1983-08-30 | 1987-03-24 | Labsystems Oy | Apparatus for measuring characteristics of liquid samples which have to be heated |
US4923816A (en) * | 1988-05-06 | 1990-05-08 | W. C. Heraeus Gmbh | Gassing incubator |
EP0615783A1 (en) * | 1993-03-16 | 1994-09-21 | Resona Innovation Ag | Protector for rotary evaporator |
WO2001008800A1 (en) * | 1999-07-30 | 2001-02-08 | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | Temperature control for multi-vessel reaction apparatus |
WO2001008801A1 (en) * | 1999-07-30 | 2001-02-08 | Stratagene | Apparatus for thermally cycling samples of biological material |
WO2001019517A1 (en) * | 1999-09-14 | 2001-03-22 | Pamgene, B.V. | Analytical test device with substrate having oriented through going channels and improved methods and apparatus for using same |
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