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AssigneeApplicationNo. 046114 filed on 03/20/1998US Classes:435/6, Involving nucleic acid422/82.05, Measuring optical property by using ultraviolet, infrared, or visible light422/82.08, Fluorescence422/82.09, Absorbance or transmittance435/91.2Acellular exponential or geometric amplification (e.g., PCR, etc.)ExaminersPrimary: Horlick, Kenneth R.Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassesC12Q 001/68C12P 019/34 AbstractAn apparatus is provided which includes a sample holder for holding a reaction chamber which includes an optical interface, a fiber optic cable for delivering an excitation beam to a sample housed within the reaction chamber and for receiving light emitted by the sample, and a lens co-axially disposed with the fiber optic cable and positioned outside the reaction chamber for focusing the excitation beam through the optical interface and within a volume of the sample and for collecting and transmitting to the fiber optic cable light emitted within the volume of the sample.Other References
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