Patent ID: 7544505
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: B01F,B01L

Abstract:
1. An agitation device used to agitate a solution in a hybridization chamber, the agitation device comprising: the hybridization chamber; first and second air channels connected to ends of the hybridization chamber such that when a solution is contained in the hybridization chamber the solution is in direct contact with air in the first and second air channels; a first valve disposed in the first air channel; a second valve disposed in the second air channel; an integrated air channel connecting the first and second air channels; and a pump disposed in the integrated air channel such that the pump pumps away from the pump when the first valve is opened and the second valve is closed; the pump pumps toward the pump when the first valve is closed and the second valve is closed; the pump pumps away from the pump when the first valve is closed and the second valve is closed; and the pump pumps toward the pump when the first valve is closed and the second valve is opened.