Patent ID: 7618812

Claim:
A device for providing a hybridization chamber, for hybridizing nucleic acid samples, proteins, or tissue sections on a slide, which takes the form of an essentially rectangular body that is movable opposite the slide, the device comprising: an annular sealing surface, for sealing the hybridization chamber by being applied to a surface of the slide; lines for supplying and/or removing media to and/or from the hybridization chamber; a specimen supply line; an agitating device for moving liquids in relation to samples immobilized on the surface of the slide, said agitation device ( 8 ) including a chamber formed within the essentially rectangular body, a membrane separating the chamber into a pressure chamber and an agitation chamber, wherein the pressure chamber is provided in fluid communication with a line for supplying a pressure fluid and the agitation chamber provides fluid communication between one of the lines and the hybridization chamber through a separate agitation line; and at least one connection plane, into which the lines open that depart from the pressure chamber or form the agitation chambers said lines being continuously open so that the media therein can permanently flow unhindered.