Patent ID: 6939032
Filing Date: 2005-09-06
Classification: B01F

Abstract:
1. A cover slip mixing apparatus for containing an immobilized hybridizable material and a hybridization liquid to facilitate a hybridization reaction therebetween, the apparatus comprising: a substrate comprising a surface on one side usable to hold the immobilized hybridizable material; a flexible cover slip positioned over the surface; at least two parallel spacer bars separating the surface of the substrate from the cover slip; an unsealed chamber formed between the surface of the substrate, the cover slip and the spacer bars, the chamber comprising at least one open end adapted to receive a hybridization liquid covering the hybridizable material; a magnetizable component attached to the cover slip over the surface of the substrate; and an electromagnet located on a side of the substrate opposite the cover slip and being operable to magnetize the magnetizable component and apply an electromagnetic force flexing the cover slip and causing a mixing action of the hybridization liquid in the chamber to facilitate the hybridization reaction.