Abstract:
A measurement apparatus includes a generation section and a measurement section and performs a predetermined measurement using a flow channel device including a narrow channel through which particles pass by a flow of a fluid and a measurement electrode section provided in the vicinity of the narrow channel. The generation section generates, in the measurement electrode section, an AC voltage that is higher than a characteristic frequency defined by a conductance of the fluid including the particles in the narrow channel and an electrical double layer capacitance formed by the measurement electrode section and has a frequency range indicating a conductance corresponding to a size of the particles. The measurement section measures, while the AC voltage is applied to the measurement electrode section, an electrical amount including at least the conductance obtained when the particles pass through the narrow channel.
Abstract:
There is provided a microparticle analysis apparatus including a sample channel configured to receive liquid containing a plurality of microparticles, a first pair of electrodes configured to form an alternating electric field in at least a part of the sample channel, a measuring part configured to measure impedance between the first pair of electrodes, an analyzing part configured to calculate property values of the microparticles from the impedance measured in the measuring part, and a determining part configured to determine whether data of the impedance measured in the measuring part is derived from the microparticles.
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Provided is an impedance measuring device for biological samples including one or a plurality of biological sample holding units configured to hold a biological sample, an applying unit configured to apply an AC voltage to a pair of electrodes in contact with the biological sample held by the biological sample holding unit, a measuring unit configured to measure an impedance of the biological sample obtained by an AC voltage being applied to the biological sample by the applying unit, and a measurement condition control unit configured to control a measuring time and/or a measuring frequency in the measuring unit.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To clear up the optimum thermal treatment condition for a magnetic core formed by using a joined ferrite which is formed by integrally joining single crystalline ferrite and polycrystalline ferrite to each other. SOLUTION: In the manufacturing method for a magnetic head wherein the magnetic core is constituted by using the joined ferrite which is formed by integrally joining the single crystalline ferrite and the polycrystalline ferrite to each other, after the joined ferrite is formed in the shape fitted to the magnetic core, the joined ferrite single body is subjected to the thermal treatment of 850-950 deg.C maximum temperature zone.
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PURPOSE:To prevent breaking of an ozone layer by using alcowax to fix a ferrite core substrate and using an alcohol-base detergent such as isopropyl alcohol, hydrocarbon base detergent, or ketone-base detergent as a detergent. CONSTITUTION:A ferrite core substrate for the production of a magnetic head is fixed with using alcowax, processed and then cleaned to remove the alcowax by using at least one kind of detergent selected from alcohol detergents, hydrocarbon detergents, and ketone detergents. Thus, a problem of breaking the ozone layer can be solved. The alcowax essentially consists of a terpenephenol resin, higher alcohols, and synthetic amides. These alcohol-base detergents are inexpensive and do not break the ozone layer.
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PURPOSE:To realize the stereoscopic vision of an object and to align the line of sight of an operator with a work line. CONSTITUTION:The object is photographed at a specified parallax angle by a stereoscopic image pickup unit 10. Living body information from a living body information collecting unit 4 is superimposed on a video signal from the unit 10 and the video signal is supplied field-sequentially to a personal display device 41 by a camera control unit 43. Two images based on the video signal are independently displayed for both eyes of the operator on a personal display device 41. A holding device 60 is provided with multidegree of freedom by an articulated mechanism and holds the device 41.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sorting device and a sorting method which allow an output voltage to a working electrode to be easily controlled by an inexpensive circuit.SOLUTION: The sorting device includes a flow channel device and a control unit. The flow channel device includes a flow channel in which a fluid including particles flows, a measuring electrode unit which measures electric characteristics of the particles, and a working electrode unit which causes a dielectrophoretic force to act on the particles in the flow channel. The control unit generates a voltage signal by pulse modulation using a square wave pulse on the basis of a signal obtained in the measuring electrode unit and outputs the voltage signal to the working electrode unit.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flow passage device and a sorter which allow the improvement of measurement accuracy by reducing noise of a measurement value obtained by a measurement unit.SOLUTION: The flow passage device includes a flow passage, a plurality of branch passages, a measurement unit, an action part, and a first guard part. A fluid including particles flows in the flow passage. The plurality of branch passages are branched from the flow passage. The measurement unit is provided in a prescribed position of the flow passage to measure electric characteristics at the time when the particles pass the prescribed position. The action part is provided downstream the measurement unit and upstream the plurality of branch passages and forms an electric field to give a dielectrophoretic force to the particles. The first guard part is an electric guard part provided between the measurement unit and the action part.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent effectively nonspecific adsorption of an intercalator onto the solid state surface. SOLUTION: The solid state surface f for detecting hybridization between a nucleic acid D for detection and a target nucleic acid T is covered with a material to be positively charged such as avidin or modified with a functional group to be positively charged resulting from a silane coupling agent, to thereby prevent nonspecific adsorption of the fluorescent intercalator I onto the solid state surface f. Thus this method is especially useful when detecting hybridization on the solid state surface f by using the fluorescent intercalator I. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a three-dimensional image reduced in strain and high in resolving power within a wide range region in a short time and to sharply reduce the exposure quantity of X-rays as compared with conventional equipment. SOLUTION: A rotary drive device 31 integrally rotates a radiation source 10 and a two-dimensional sensor 20 around a subject 50. An X-ray tube bulb 13 irradiates the subject 50 in a pulsating manner and an X-ray/light conversion element 21 converts an X-ray transmission image to an optical image. A CCD camera 23 picks up the optical image and a data processor 40 reconstitutes the three-dimensional image on the basis of the obtained two-dimensional images in a plurality of directions while a display monitor 46 displays the three- dimensional image. A controller 39 controls the distance between the X-ray tube bulb 13 and the X-ray/light conversion element 21 and the focal size of the X-ray tube bulb 13 on the basis of the size of the subject 50.