Abstract:
The present invention relates to technology concerning an analysis kit used to analyze specific components in a sample liquid. The present invention provides a test kit (1) including a penetration layer (4) and a plurality of coloration pads (3) in contact with the penetration layer (4), wherein a sample liquid (S) supplied to the penetration layer (4) is fed to each of the coloration pads (3) through the penetration layer (4). The penetration layer (4) allows liquid penetration mainly thicknesswise of the penetration layer (4) while restricting of liquid penetration in the planar direction of the penetration layer.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to technology concerning an analysis kit used to analyze specific components in a sample liquid. The present invention provides a test kit (1) including a penetration layer (4) and a plurality of coloration pads (3) in contact with the penetration layer (4), wherein a sample liquid (S) supplied to the penetration layer (4) is fed to each of the coloration pads (3) through the penetration layer (4). The penetration layer (4) allows liquid penetration mainly thicknesswise of the penetration layer (4) while restricting of liquid penetration in the planar direction of the penetration layer.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive vessel for automatic measurements with superior shelf stability for liquid reagent, which can be used in a state of being installed in an automatic measuring system. SOLUTION: The vessel for the automatic measurement is a vessel used in the state of being installed in the automatic measuring system automatically quantifying prescribed components included in a specimen and has a bath containing a reagent specifically responding to the prescribed components and a bath used for contacting the reagent to the specimen so that the reagent specifically responds to the prescribed components. The vessel is made up of a plastic molded body having a plurality of baths being integrally formed, and a sheet adhering to the molded body and sealing the baths. A molded body which has optical transparency and is made by molding a nonwater absorbing or a low water absorbing thermoplastic resin in a vacuum forming process or a pressure forming process, is used as the plastic molded body. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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 eliminate the need for specifying a hematocrit value by another means such as a centrifugal separation operation in advance, and to make correction/conversion to a determination value when serum or plasma is determined from a determination result that is obtained with whole blood as a determination target. SOLUTION: Hemoglobin concentration in whole blood is determined, a numeric value that is obtained by nearly tripling the obtained hemoglobin concentration is adopted as a hematrocrit value, the hematrocrit value is used, and conversion is made for a determination value when determining serum or plasma from the determination result of whole blood.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cartridge which eliminates a need or introducing a cleaning liquid from the outside when a measurement by an apparatus is completely automated by a method wherein a reagent which is required for immunoassay is sealed in one cartridge. SOLUTION: The cartridge comprises a reaction tank in which an immune agglutination reaction is performed. The cartridge comprises a plurality of storage tanks into which all reagents used for the immune agglutination reaction are filled independently. In the cartridge, the cleaning liquid is sealed into the storage tanks. The cleaning liquid cleans the inner wall of a pipette tip.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To compensate absorbance, when measurement is done for each individual spectroscopic measuring tool, with the length of an optical path over which light passes a checked substance.SOLUTION: A light emitting unit 11 irradiates a checked substance 3 held by a spectroscopic measuring tool 2 with light rays of a plurality of wavelengths. A light receiving unit 13 receives the light rays of the plurality of wavelengths having passed the checked substance 3. A detecting unit 14 detects wavelength component absorbance from the light rays received by the light receiving unit 13. An optical path length calculating unit 16 compares, out of the pieces of wavelength component absorbance detected by the detecting unit 14, the wavelength component absorbance of light rays absorbed by pigment that absorbs light rays of other wavelengths than the light wavelengths absorbed by analytical object contained in the checked substance 3, and the prescribed values of those wavelength component absorbance, and calculates the length of the optical path over which light passes the checked substance 3. A compensating unit 17 compensates the wavelength component absorbance detected by the detecting unit 14 for other wavelengths than those of the light rays absorbed by pigment with the optical path lengths calculated by the optical path length calculating unit 16, and thereby calculates the compensated wavelength component absorbance in a reference optical path length.
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 method for counting leukocytes which comprises liberating elastase from granulocytes contained in a specimen, adding an anti-granulocyte elastase antibody to the thus liberated elastase, measuring the antibody bonded to the elastase to thereby determine the concentration of the elastase, and then calculating therefrom the number of leukocytes contained in the specimen with the use of the known ratio of the leukocyte count to the elastase concentration. This method makes it possible to conveniently and less expensively count leukocytes at a high accuracy comparable to the one established by using a conventional automatic blood cell counter, as the figure shows.