Patents Assigned to MicroFab Technology, Inc.
  • Methods and apparatus for direct heating of biological material
    Patent number: 5721123
    Abstract: Biological material is cycled through a sequence of temperatures by containing the material in a vessel positioned in a chamber maintained at a temperature which is no higher than the lowest temperature in a predetermined temperature sequence. The vessel is then irradiated with varying levels of electromagnetic radiation to heat the material and cycle it through a sequence of predetermined temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: MicroFab Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. Hayes, David B. Wallace, Christopher J. Frederickson