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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain surely information corresponding to a sensor to be measured. SOLUTION: A recorder 3 to store sensor information to control the operation of an analysis apparatus which measures the concentration of the analytical components is provided integrally in a sensor container 1 to store a plurality of sensors, for instance, biosensors 18, to measure concentration of analytical components in a sample. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To precisely determine whether a chromatography testpiece is unused or used even when there is a displacement of a used decision region. SOLUTION: A reference mark 7 is provided on a chromatography testpiece 1 and the used decision region T is determined as a relative position from the reference mark 7, which allows the used decision region T to be precisely recognized to measure brightness thereof. Thus, whether the testpiece is unused or used can be determined precisely even when there is the displacement of the used decision region T. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform correction in correspondence with a specimen concentration, in an analysis method and an analyzer for acquiring specimen concentration information by receiving light from the specimen by an image sensor through an optical system such as an optical filter. SOLUTION: A brightness value of light from the specimen on a test piece is calculated beforehand, and a correction coefficient for allowing a brightness distribution in each concentration to agree with a brightness distribution of a reference concentration is calculated, and each correction coefficient is linearly approximated. A correction function for filter incident angle dependency is calculated based on the brightness distribution of the reference concentration. The brightness of the specimen which is a measuring object on the test piece is corrected by using the correction function, and concentration information is calculated therefrom, and a concentration correction coefficient is acquired on reference to a prior approximate straight line. The concentration correction coefficient α is integrated on the correction function gm(r) for the filter incident angle dependency corresponding to the reference concentration (b), and the brightness (a) of the specimen which is the measuring object is corrected thereby (c). The concentration information of the specimen which is the measuring object is acquired by using the corrected brightness. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a measuring instrument that is unlikely to cause position gap or tilting of a biosensor. SOLUTION: The measuring instrument 110 uses a biosensor to perform chromatography, with the biosensor being a testpiece administering chemical treatment on a measurement object specimen. A mounting section 119, having a space where the biosensor is inserted in the longitudinal direction thereof, includes a first positioning mechanism 155, which presses and positions the biosensor against the side surface of a groove 151 in the mounting section 119 along the lateral direction of the biosensor; and a second positioning mechanism 156, which presses and positions the biosensor against the back surface of the edge 152b of the mounting section 119, along the thickness direction of the biosensor. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an immunochromatographic measurement apparatus for accurately obtaining the degree of coloration, and determining a concentration of to-be-measured component if dust other than the to-be-measured component and a residual marker material remain in an immobilized reagent provided on a chromatographic specimen. SOLUTION: The immunochromatographic measurement apparatus includes: a coloration reading means 1 for optically reading a plurality of immobilized reagent sections on the chromatographic specimen at a predetermined sampling interval, and generating reading data; a degree-of-coloration calculating means 2 for calculating the degree of coloration in each immobilized reagent section from the reading data; a degree-of-coloration storing means 3 for storing a temporal change in the degree of coloration in each immobilized reagent section as a degree-of-coloration data sequence; a stationary value detecting means 4 for obtaining the stationary degree of coloration from the degree-of-coloration data sequence of each immobilized reagent section; and a concentration determining means 5 for determining the concentration of the to-be-measured component within a to-be-inspected liquid by using a combination of the stationary degree of coloration in the immobilized reagent sections. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To generate a standard image in the state of a uniform reflectivity of high accuracy. SOLUTION: The standard image is generated by imaging a plurality of states and a plurality of subjects, and by averaging them, to thereby generate the standard image in the state of the uniform reflectivity of high accuracy. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sample analyzer and a sample analysis method, capable of properly developing a sample and adding a sample, readily and properly. SOLUTION: The sample analyzer analyzes the components in a sample, by detecting a reaction state of a reagent carried by a specimen and the sample, where the sample is developed, from a sample addition section to a development section provided in the specimen 1, when the sample is added to the sample addition section provided at the edge of the specimen 1, with the specimen 1 being fitted to a specimen holder 61. The sample analyzer has an attitude-switching means for moving the specimen holder 61 so that the specimen 1 is in a posture for addition that is suitable for adding the sample to the sample addition section. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT