Abstract:
A microchamber including a glass substrate which is transparent to a specific wavelength, an absorbent region which absorbs the specific wavelength, and a melting substance region which does not absorb the specific wavelength, is solid at room temperature and melts when heated, which regions are layered on the glass substrate. The absorbent region, is irradiated with a focused light beam of the specific wavelength and locally heated in the vicinity of the converging rays, so that the melting substance region is locally melted at a portion adjacent to the absorbent region, thereby forming a cavity as the focused light beam moves. Accordingly, the shape of the microchamber can be arbitrarily changed in accordance with the process of cell culture.
Abstract:
A droplet operation device having a substrate having a light transmissibility and subjected to a water repellent treatment, a means for supplying droplets onto the substrate, a means for transporting the droplets on the water repellent substrate, and a means for measuring the state of the droplets, comprising the light transmittable substrate (11) receiving the water repellent treatment on the surface thereof, solvent feeding ports (21), (22), and (23) for leading reagent or specimen droplets (51) onto the substrate (11), optical measuring units (61), (62), and (63), and electric field application units (71), (72), and (73), whereby the inside of the droplets can be observed with a microscope, and the results of the reaction of the droplets against the other droplets can be measured and classified by stopping and moving the droplets in any direction.
Abstract:
A droplet operation device has a substrate with light transmissibility and having been subjected to a water repellent treatment, a way for supplying droplets onto the substrate, a way for transporting the droplets on the water repellent substrate, and a way for measuring the state of the droplets. The droplet operation device includes the light transmittable substrate, solvent feeding ports for leading reagent or specimen droplets onto the substrate, optical measuring units, and electric field application units. As a result, the inside of the droplets can be observed with a microscope, and results of the reaction of the droplets against other droplets can be measured and classified by stopping and moving the droplets in any direction.
Abstract:
On a glass plate being transparent at specified wavelengths there are provided a laminated region being absorptive at the specified wavelengths; means for applying voltage to the region, the region exhibiting electrical conductivity; means for binding nucleic acids onto the region; a container for accommodating cells on the region; means for culturing cells in the container; means for observing the cells; and means for effecting localized dissociation and recovery of nucleic acid components bound on the region by heat, the heat generated locally only in the vicinity of focused light by irradiating the region with focused light of the specified wavelengths. For clarifying the distribution of nucleic acid components in cells of specified condition or the distribution of nucleic acid components in each cell of a tissue cell mass there is provided means for selectively separating and recovering nucleic acid components of specified range in each cell of specified cellular condition.
Abstract:
A microchamber comprising a glass substrate (101) which is transparent to a specific wavelength, an absorbent region (102) which absorbs the specific wavelength, and a melting substance region (103) which does not absorb the specific wavelength, is solid at room temperature and melts when heated, which regions are layered on the glass substrate. The absorbent region, is irradiated with a focused light beam (402) of the specific wavelength and locally heated in the vicinity of the converging rays, so that the melting substance region (103) is locally melted at a portion adjacent to the absorbent region, thereby forming a cavity (403) as the focused light beam moves. Accordingly, the shape of the microchamber can be arbitrarily changed in accordance with the process of cell culture.
Abstract:
A cell analysis and sorting apparatus, comprising a channel into which a fluid containing samples is introduced, the samples being introduced by a laminar flow into a sample-separating portion; a pair of fluid passages arranged symmetrically on both sides of the channel, a pair of streams of fluid that are made to meet in the sample-separating portion being introduced into the fluid passages; means for introducing an external force to the sample-separating portion only when an observed sample is discharged out of the sample-separating portion; a sample recovery channel disposed downstream of the channel into which the samples are introduced such that the fluid containing a sample selected from the sample-selecting portion flows out in a laminar flow; and a pair of fluid passages which are arranged symmetrically on both sides of the sample recovery channel and into which unwanted samples are discharged, whereby the collected samples can be prevented from being damaged by sorting the samples based on the micro structure of the samples and a fluorescence distribution in the samples.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a microplasma jet generator capable of stably generating a microplasma jet in a microspace at atmospheric pressure with low electric power.The microplasma jet generator is driven with a VHF power supply to generate an inductively coupled microplasma jet and includes a substrate, a micro-antenna disposed on the substrate, and a discharge tube located close to the micro-antenna. The micro-antenna has a flat meandering shape with plural turns.
Abstract:
A method for producing a chip on which biomolecules are immobilized in an aligned state, comprises (a) producing a substrate 1 on which a plurality of biomolecules 1 of a single type are immobilized in an aligned state, (b) adding reaction reagents for synthesizing biomolecules 2 to microreactors on a microreactor chip comprising the microreactors at positions overlapping with the sequence positions of the biomolecules 1 immobilized on the substrate 1 produced in step (a), (c) closely attaching the microreactor chip to the substrate 1 so that the reaction reagents for synthesizing the biomolecules 2 are allowed to come into contact with the biomolecules 1, so as to synthesize the biomolecules 2 in the microreactors, and (d) superposing the microreactor chip on a substrate 2 after completion of step (c) so as to bind the biomolecules 2 onto the substrate 2; and a chip produced thereby.
Abstract:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a biomolecule assay chip using a microreactor technique, and a chip produced by the method.The present invention provides: a method for producing a chip on which biomolecules are immobilized in an aligned state, which comprises (a) a step of producing a substrate 1 on which a plurality of biomolecules 1 of a single type are immobilized in an aligned state, (b) a step of adding reaction reagents for synthesizing biomolecules 2 to microreactors on a microreactor chip comprising the microreactors at positions overlapping with the sequence positions of the biomolecules 1 immobilized on the substrate 1 produced in the step (a), (c) a step of closely attaching the microreactor chip to the substrate 1 so that the reaction reagents for synthesizing the biomolecules 2 are allowed to come into contact with the biomolecules 1, so as to synthesize the biomolecules 2 in the microreactors, and (d) superposing the microreactor chip on a substrate 2 after completion of the step (c) so as to bind the biomolecules 2 onto the substrate 2; and a chip produced by the aforementioned method.
Abstract:
An apparatus for generating atmospheric-pressure plasma includes: a substrate; an antenna arranged on the substrate; a discharge tube arranged in the vicinity of the antenna; a high-frequency power supply for supplying VHF band high-frequency power to the antenna; and a matching circuit for receiving a high frequency from the high-frequency power supply and adjusting a reflection wave. In this apparatus for generating atmospheric-pressure plasma, a phase circuit is connected between the matching circuit and the antenna, and the phase circuit has a circuit constant setting such that a position of a maximum value of a current amplitude of a standing wave or a position of a minimum value of a voltage amplitude of the standing wave is in the vicinity of the antenna. This configuration can efficiently generate plasma and reduce the size of the apparatus.