Heater for Lab-on-a-Chip

Publication Number: GB2572606A
Application Date: 5. 4. 2018
Assignee/Applicant: Jožef Stefan Institute [SI]
Inventor: Aman Russom, Marko Mahne, Matjaž Vencelj, Tadej Kokalj
Title: Heater for Lab-on-a-Chip
Description: The object of the invention is a device, a lab-on-a-chip, comprising a biochemical testing apparatus (fig 2;202) and an electrically conducting element 105 wherein in use the disc is rotated relative to one or more magnets, so as to induce an electrical current in the electrically conducting element, thereby heating the biochemical testing apparatus. A system comprising the lab on a disc, a motor 103 to which the disc is releasably attached such that the disc is rotatable, and one or more magnets 108a, 108e located proximate to the disc such that when the motor rotates the lab on a disc, an electrical current is induced in the electrically conducting element. The temperature of the disc is controlled by controlling the rotational frequency of the disc or the distance between the one or more magnets and the electrically conducting element. The electrically conducting element may be a plate or foil formed of copper. The lab on a disc may further comprise a temperature sensor 106 and a transmitter 102 to transmit the sensed temperature. Ideally, the transmitter comprises one or more light emitting diodes which turn on and off at a frequency dependent upon the sensed temperature.
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Category: Physical Sciences
Technology application codes: Electronics, IT and telecoms, Physical and exact sciences, Biological sciences
Market application codes: Genetic engineering / molecular biology, Medical / health related
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Patent offices: UIL RS

 

Extended patent application


Publication Number: EP3549673A1
Application Date: 4. 4. 2019
Assignee/Applicant: Jožef Stefan Institute [SI]
Inventor: Aman Russom, Marko Mahne, Matjaž Vencelj, Tadej Kokalj
Title: Heater for Lab-on-a-Chip
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Extended patent application


Publication Number: SI25635A
Application Date: 27. 3. 2019
Assignee/Applicant: Jožef Stefan Institute [SI]
Inventor: Aman Russom, Marko Mahne, Matjaž Vencelj, Tadej Kokalj
Title: Laboratorij na disku
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