Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Current measuring device, current measuring method, and current measuring kit
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Application No.: US15037420Application Date: 2013-11-27
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Publication No.: US10908143B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Takahide Yokoi , Takashi Anazawa
- Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/081834 WO 20131127
- International Announcement: WO2015/079510 WO 20150604
- Main IPC: G01N33/487
- IPC: G01N33/487 ; G01N27/40 ; C12Q1/6869

Abstract:
Conventionally, only a pair of electrodes is provided and nanopores arranged in parallel are connected by an electrolyte solution, and therefore a change in an ion current to be measured is a sum of changes in ion currents generated in the respective nanopores. The invention includes: a first solution chamber including a plurality of first electrodes; a second solution chamber including a second electrode which is a counter electrode of the first electrodes; a membrane provided between the first solution chamber and the second solution chamber, the membrane having a plurality of small holes; a measuring unit for applying a voltage between the first electrodes and the second electrode and measuring a current flowing between the first electrodes and the second electrode via the small holes; and an insulating structure forming unit for forming, in the first solution chamber, an insulating structure for insulating the first electrodes in a state in which a conductive liquid is filled between the small holes and the first electrodes and achieves parallel measurement of ion currents by using nanopores.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160290988A1 Current Measuring Device, Current Measuring Method, and Current Measuring Kit Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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