Patent ID: 7816120

Claim:
A pressing and supporting mechanism comprising: a first structure having a chamber for causing a biochemical reaction and a first flat face formed by a base plate which forms a wall face of the chamber, wherein the base plate is a DNA microarray; a second structure being a member to control a temperature by conducting heat to the first structure through a contact interface to the first flat face, a second flat face of the second structure being brought into planar contact with the first flat face of the first structure, wherein a pressure is applied to the contact face to thereby support the first structure; a supporting means being placed at a position to fit into a dent on the plane where the first flat face is positioned, of the first structure, but not within the first flat face; and an energizing means including a connecting member which is a mechanism for control of a liquid flow in the first structure and energizing the first structure towards the second structure and the supporting means.