| US 7,544,505 B2 | ||
| Hybridization chamber agitation device using pump and valves | ||
| Sung-ouk Jung, Gyeonggi-do (Korea, Republic of); Nam Huh, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Soo-suk Lee, Gyeonggi-do (Korea, Republic of); Chang-eun Yoo, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); and Hun-joo Lee, Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 06, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/295,844. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0101650 (KR), filed on Dec. 06, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0147960 A1, Jul. 06, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. C12M 1/34 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 435—287.2 | 11 Claims |
| 6. A method of agitating a solution in a hybridization chamber using an agitation device comprising:
a 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; the method comprising:
pumping away from a pump when the first valve is opened and the second vale is closed;
pumping toward the pump when the first valve is closed and the second valve is closed;
pumping away from the pump when the first valve is closed and the second valve is closed; and
pumping toward the pump when the first valve is closed and the second valve is opened.
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