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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a production apparatus for functional water which has cell activation effects, increases immune functions, cell proliferation capacity, and ATP (adenosine triphosphate) content in cells, and brings beneficial effects on living bodies such as human body, and a production method therefor. SOLUTION: The production apparatus for the functional water has a magnetic shielding means for forming a magnetic shielding space by shielding a magnetic field from the outside of a predetermined space, a water storage container for holding water to be treated inside the magnetic shielding space, a direct current magnetic field application means and a low-frequency micromagnetic field application means for obtaining the functional water by simultaneously applying steady direct current magnetic field and low-frequency micromagnetic field to the water to be treated inside the water storage container, and an angle adjustment means for holding the direct current magnetic field application means and the low-frequency micromagnetic field application means so that the angle between a first axis corresponding to the direction of the direct current magnetic field and a second axis corresponding to the direction of the low-frequency micromagnetic field becomes a predetermined angle. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fluorescent measurement device for sufficiently detecting fluorecent lights from samples independently of the typed of the samples. SOLUTION: A fluorescent measurement device 1 for radiating an exciting light from the bottom 4a side of a microplate 4 to samples S in a plurality of wells 3 on the microplate 4 to detect the fluorescent light from the samples S at the bottom 4a side includes an exciting light generator 5 for generating the exciting light, a plurality of optical fibers 13 for distributing the exciting light from the generator 5 corresponding to the plurality of wells 3, optical fibers 15 for transferring the fluorescent lights from the samples S in the plurality of wells 3, a fluorescent light detector 18 for detecting the fluorescent lights transferred by the optical fibers 15, and fiber moving mechanisms provided on the bottom 4a side of the microplate 4 corresponding to the plurality of wells 3 for making a plurality of optical fiber bundle portions 17 with the emission ends 13b of the optical fibers 13 and the injection ends 15a of the optical fibers 15 combined approach to or isolate from the bottom 4a of the microplate 4. In this case, the fluorescent lights of proper intensity corresponding to the nature of cells are detected.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light measuring apparatus capable of reducing background light noise from a microplate.SOLUTION: A light irradiating device for irradiating a microplate 20 on which a plurality of wells 21 for housing a measurement object A are provided, with irradiation light, and a light measuring apparatus comprising the light irradiating device comprise: a light guiding member 61 including a main surface 61a on which a plurality of recesses 61e are formed, and a side surface 61b substantially orthogonal to the main surface 61a; and a light source 62 for making the irradiation light incident on the light guiding member 61 from the side surface 61b of the light guiding member 61. The recesses 61e include an opening on the main surface 61a. The light guiding member 61 can be disposed so that the bottom surface of the wells 21 and the opening of the recesses 61e face each other. The irradiation light made incident on the light guiding member from the side surface 61b is refracted and reflected on the side surface of the recesses 61e, and then emitted from the opening of the recesses 61e to be made incident on the bottom surface of the wells 21 of the microplate 20.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To evaluate pumping power of myocardial cell in high accuracy.SOLUTION: There is provided a cell measurement method is a cell evaluation method to evaluate the pumping power of a myocardial cell C, and includes an image acquiring step S1 to acquire an optical image data 60 of the myocardial cell C attached on a transparent specimen case, a region setting step S2 to set an analyzing region RC indicating a region occupied by the myocardial cell C based on luminance values of pixels of the optical image data 60, a data acquisition step S3 to acquire at least one of thickness data showing the temporal change of the thickness of the myocardial cell C and areal data showing the temporal change of the area of the region occupied by the myocardial cell C based on the pixels of the analyzing region RC, and an evaluation step S6 to evaluate the pumping power of the myocardial cell C based on at least one of the areal data and the thickness data acquired by the data acquisition step S3.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light irradiation device capable of reducing background light noise from a microplate, and a light measuring instrument. SOLUTION: In the light irradiation device for irradiating the microplate 20, to which a plurality of wells for housing a measuring target are provided, with irradiation light and the light measuring instrument equipped with the light irradiation device, a light guide member 61, which includes a main surface 61a having a plurality of protrusions 61e almost same in a shape formed thereto, the back 61h being the surface on the side opposite to the main surface 61a and the side surface 61b almost crossing the main surface 61a at an almost right angle, and a light source device 62 applying irradiation light 61b to the light guide member 61 from the side surface 61b of the light guide member 61 are provided. The protrusions 61e have upper surfaces 61f almost parallel to the main surface 61a and the light guide member 61 can be arranged so that the upper surfaces 61f of the protrusions 61e come into contact with the back 23 of the microplate 20. Further, the light guide member 61 can be arranged so that the upper surfaces 61f of the protrusions 61e may be opposed to the bases of the wells 21 of the microplate 20. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light irradiation device capable of reducing the background light noise from a microplate, and a light measuring instrument. SOLUTION: In the light irradiation device for irradiating the microplate 20, to which a plurality of wells 21 for housing a measuring target A are provided, with irradiation light and the light measuring instrument equipped with the light irradiation device, a light guide member 61, which has a main surface 61a having a plurality of recesses 61e formed thereto and the side surface 61b crossing the main surface 61a at an almost right angle and a light source 62 for applying the irradiation light to the light guide member 61 from the side surface 61b of the light guide member 61 are provided. The recesses 61e have openings in the main surface 61a and the light guide member 61 can be arranged so that the bases of the wells 21 and the openings of the recesses 61e are opposed to each other. The irradiation light incident on the light guide member from the side surface 61b is refracted and reflected by the side surfaces of the recesses 61e and emitted from the openings of the recesses 61e to be incident on the bases of the wells 21 of the microplate 20. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly sensitive and simple method of measuring membrane potential change utilizing a membrane potential sensitive fluorescent pigment. SOLUTION: The method of measuring the membrane potential change has a step for acquiring a pigment-introduced cell by executing introduction of a fluorescence quenching pigment into an intracellular or extracellular medium and staining of a cell membrane of a cell by the membrane potential sensitive fluorescent pigment, simultaneously or in the order wherein either is executed in advance; and a step for measuring with the passage of time the fluorescence intensity generated from the membrane potential sensitive fluorescent pigment by irradiating the pigment-introduced cell with excitation light. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI