Patent ID: 7358078

Claim:
An auto microfluidic hybridization chip platform for performing nucleic acid hybridization on a sample, comprising: a test agent support which holds at least one test agent bottle of a test agent and has a connection pipe connecting the test agent support to the test agent bottle; a microfluidic hybridization chip, comprised of: a sample receiving region which receives the sample in use; a mixing and denaturing region which is connected to the sample receiving region to receive the test agent, driven by an external force to mix the test agent and the sample and, through a meandering path, fully mixes the sample and the test agent for denaturing; and a hybridization and test region which connects to the mixing and denaturing region for the mixture of the sample and the test agent to perform hybridization reactions; wherein the microfluidic hybridization chip has at least one micro tunnel embedded inside the microfluidic hybridization chip, which connects the sample receiving region, the mixing and denaturing region, and the hybridization and the test region, for providing the sample and/or the test agent pass through the regions; a microfluidic hybridization chip support having an accommodation space with corresponding upper covers on both sides thereof for the insertion of the microfluidic hybridization chip therein; and a flow control system, connected to the test agent support via a connection pipe, the flow control system comprising: a micro flow transmission module, connected to the test agent bottle and to the microfluidic hybridization chip support, the micro flow transmission module for transporting fluid and controlling fluid flow so that, in use, the microfluidic hybridization chip is in fluid flow communication with the test agent bottle or test agent support via the microfluidic hybridization chip support and the micro flow transmission module; and a driving pump, connected to the micro flow transmission module, the driving pump for driving the fluid to flow through the micro flow transmission module and the at least one micro tunnel.