Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To miniaturize a specimen at profitable manufacturing costs and at the same time to suppress the mutual interference between adjacent coloring layers in an analysis tool having a plurality of color development layers. SOLUTION: A testing tool 1 has the plurality of color development layers 3 and a permeation layer 4 collectively covering the plurality of color development layers and supplies a sample liquid supplied to the permeation layer 4 to respective color development layers 3 via the permeation layer 4. In the testing tool 1, the permeation layer 4 is composed so that a liquid is permeated mainly in the thickness direction or nearly the thickness direction of the permeation layer 4. In this case, the permeation layer 4 is composed of, for example, a permeation film where a plurality of pores 40 extended in the thickness or nearly in the thickness direction are formed. The permeation film is preferably formed by a track etching method and uses a honeycomb structure. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify a fabrication process for a disk like container for centrifugal separation which comprises a center space, a peripheral space, and a through hole for feed and suction of a test specimen and contains a viscous material (e.g. gel) effective for separating blood, and to reduce the price of the container for centrifugal separation. SOLUTION: When the container for centrifugal separation is assembled, a gel is disposed in the center space, not in the peripheral space.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To take out a component (low specific gravity component) in a short period of time, in a disk like small centrifugal separation container, even if the amount of the component required for analysis is very small due to the small amount of a specimen. SOLUTION: This container includes a central space being a region containing a center of rotation, a through hole opened above the central space, a dam encircling the central space, and a peripheral space located between the dam and an outer wall, and a plurality of capillary phenomenon inducing structures are formed on the inside surface of the dam. The capillary phenomenon structures may be vertical grooves formed on the inside surface or ribs erected on the inside surface.
Abstract:
In a consumables supply management system in which clinical test analysis devices (1) in medical institutions (A, B, ...) and a computer (2) of a consumables supplier (C) are connected via a communications line (10), operation status data including information on the status of consumption of the consumables in the clinical test analysis device (1) are transmitted to the computer (2) via the communications line (10). The computer (2) has previously stored data on the inventory of consumables in each medical institution, and determines the quantity of consumables consumed in each medical institution based on the operation status data that are received, updates the consumables inventory data, and if necessary, carries out the procedures for supplying an appropriate quantity of consumables.
Abstract:
A tool for analyzing a specimen having a sufficient volume of information, and being capable of providing the information accurately and reading out that information without requiring any special mechanism. In the tool (1) for analyzing a specimen having a reagent layer (11) and an information recording layer (12) formed on a substrate (13), the information recording layer is divided into one or a plurality of regions and each region is colored with a single color. Information is recorded by at least one of a combination of gray levels of single color in the plurality of regions and the area of each region.
Abstract:
An analytical kit for use in the analysis of given components of a sample solution. In particular, test kit (1) comprising infiltration layer (4) and multiple coloring layers (3) in contact with the infiltration layer (4) which is so constructed that sample solution (S) fed to the infiltration layer (4) is supplied through the infiltration layer (4) to the coloring layers (3). The infiltration layer (4) is one allowing the solution to predominantly penetrate in the direction of thickness of the infiltration layer (4) or substantially the direction of thickness of the infiltration layer (4) but restricting the penetration of solution in the direction of plane of infiltration layer (4).
Abstract:
A pipet device (A), comprising a pipet nozzle (1) having an internal passage (10) formed therein and a hollow pipet tip (4) detachably installed on the nozzle (1), wherein the tip (4) is displaceable relative to the nozzle (1) between a normal fixed position and a completely separated position, an external air take-in groove (16) is formed in the nozzle (1), and the take-in groove (16) is closed by the tip (4) when the tip (4) is positioned at the normal fixed position and exposed by the tip (4) when the tip (4) is displaced from the normal fixed position to the completely separated position.
Abstract:
A centrifugal separator (4), comprising a drive motor (M1), a rotor (41) rotated by the motor (M1) about a specified axis, and a cubette (42) swingably suspended by the rotor (41), wherein the cubette (42) holds a specimen to be tested, the cubette (42) is rotated according to the rotation of the rotor (41) and takes an inclined attitude to a vertical direction and, in this state, the specimen to be tested is centrifugally separated.