Zone heating of specimen carriers

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B01L 7/00 (2006.01) B01L 3/00 (2006.01) H05B 3/24 (2006.01)

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CA 2457072

The present invention relates to heating of samples in specimen carriers, and more particularly to the heating of zones of a specimen carrier for differential heating of samples in a specimen carrier. According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided apparatus for heating samples, the apparatus comprising: a specimen carrier in the form of a metallic sheet, in which sheet a matrix of sample wells is incorporated, means for applying electrical heating current through the carrier, characterised by a plurality of electrical current sources, each connected in series across the carrier and together providing a variety of different possible current flow paths whereby localised regions of the carrier may be selectively heated. In one embodiment of the current applied is alternating current. In another aspect of the invention the current provided by the sources is direct current.

L'invention concerne le chauffage d'échantillons dans des porte-spécimens et plus précisément le chauffage de zones d'un porte-spécimen permettant d'effectuer le chauffage différentiel d'échantillons dans un porte-spécimen. Un mode de réalisation de l'invention concerne un appareil permettant de chauffer des échantillons et comprenant: un porte-spécimen sous forme de feuille métallique dans laquelle une matrice de puits à échantillons est incorporée et des moyens permettant d'appliquer un courant électrique de chauffage dans le porte-spécimen, cet appareil étant caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une pluralité de sources de courant électrique, chacune étant reliée en série dans le porte-spécimen et fournissant ensemble une palette de divers trajets d'écoulement de courant possibles, de manière à permettre d'effectuer un chauffage sélectif de régions localisées du porte-spécimen. Dans un mode de réalisation, le courant appliqué est un courant alternatif. Dans un autre mode de réalisation, le courant fourni par les sources est un courant direct.

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