Analysis device and an analysis apparatus using the analysis device
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01N-009/30
G01N-035/02
G01N-001/18
B01L-099/00
출원번호
UP-0058226
(2008-03-28)
등록번호
US-7854893
(2011-02-14)
발명자
/ 주소
Saiki, Hiroshi
Tanaka, Masanori
출원인 / 주소
Panasonic Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
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초록▼
An analysis device comprises a separation chamber for separating a sample solution into a solution component and a solid component, a holding channel, a mixing chamber connected to the holding channel, an overflow channel connected between the holding channel and the separation chamber, a sample ove
An analysis device comprises a separation chamber for separating a sample solution into a solution component and a solid component, a holding channel, a mixing chamber connected to the holding channel, an overflow channel connected between the holding channel and the separation chamber, a sample overflow chamber into which the sample solution remaining in the separation chamber is discharged, and a joint channel connecting the separation chamber and the sample overflow chamber. After the separated solution component fills the overflow channel with priority, the separated solid component is transferred to the holding channel via the overflow channel, and a predetermined amount of the solid component is measured. The solid component in the holding channel is transferred to the mixing chamber by a centrifugal force, and simultaneously, the sample solution remaining in the separation chamber is discharged to the sample overflow chamber by the siphon effect of the joint channel.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. An analysis device in which a sample solution to be analyzed is stored and the sample solution can be transferred, said device comprising: a separation chamber for separating the sample solution into a solution component and a solid component by using a centrifugal force that
What is claimed is: 1. An analysis device in which a sample solution to be analyzed is stored and the sample solution can be transferred, said device comprising: a separation chamber for separating the sample solution into a solution component and a solid component by using a centrifugal force that is generated by rotation of the analysis device; a holding channel to which a part of the solid component separated in the separation chamber is transferred and stored; and an overflow channel which is disposed between the holding channel and the separation chamber, and connected to a joint channel for transferring the sample solution stored in the separation chamber; wherein, after the solution component that is separated in the separation chamber and exists in the joint channel flows into the overflow channel with priority, the solid component separated in the separation chamber is filled in the overflow channel via the joint channel, and thereafter, the solid component in the separation chamber flows into the holding channel from the joint channel via the overflow channel, whereby a part of the solid component is held in the holding channel. 2. An analysis device as defined in claim 1 further including an overflow chamber to which the sample solution filled in the overflow channel is discharged, wherein said overflow chamber is connected to the overflow channel via a junction part, transfer of the sample solution from the joint channel to the overflow channel is performed by a capillary force, and an opening area of the overflow channel at the junction part between the overflow channel and the overflow chamber is larger than that of the holding channel. 3. An analysis device as defined in claim 1 further including an overflow chamber to which the sample solution filled in the overflow channel is discharged, wherein said overflow chamber is connected to the overflow channel via a junction part, transfer of the sample solution from the joint channel to the overflow channel is performed by pumping, air in the overflow channel and the joint channel is sucked from an air hole provided on the overflow chamber by a suction pump, and the solution component existing in the joint channel is transferred with priority to the junction part between the overflow channel and the overflow chamber due to a pressure difference caused by the suction. 4. An analysis device as defined in claim 1 further including a mixing chamber connected to the holding channel, for mixing the solid component with a dilute solution or a reagent solution, and a dilute solution storage chamber connected to the mixing chamber, in which the dilute solution or the reagent solution is stored. 5. An analysis device as defined in claim 1 wherein said holding channel measures the solid component by its volume. 6. An analysis apparatus on which the analysis device defined in claim 2 is mounted, including a rotation drive means for rotating the analysis device around its axial center, which apparatus comprises: separating a sample solution into a solution component and a solid component by rotating the analysis device in the state where the sample solution is stored in the separation chamber, transferring the solution component that has flowed into the joint channel from the separation chamber with priority to the junction part between the overflow channel and the overflow chamber by a capillary force by stopping the rotation of the analysis device, transferring the solid component stored in the separation chamber to the holding channel by a capillary force, and discharging the solution component and the solid component filled in the overflow channel and the junction part into the overflow chamber by rotating the analysis device. 7. An analysis apparatus on which the analysis device defined in claim 3 is mounted, including a rotation drive means for rotating the analysis device around its axial center, a pump for sucking the solution stored in the analysis device, and a junction mechanism for connecting the pump and the air hole of the analysis device, which apparatus comprises: separating a sample solution into a solution component and a solid component by rotating the analysis device in the state where the sample solution is stored in the separation chamber, after the rotation of the analysis device is stopped, connecting the junction mechanism to the air hole of the overflow chamber and sucking air with the pump, thereby to transfer the solution component that has flowed into the joint channel with priority to the junction part between the overflow channel and the overflow chamber, after the junction part is filled up, connecting the junction mechanism to the air hole of the holding chamber connected to the holding channel and sucking air with the pump, thereby to transfer the solid component in the separation chamber to the holding channel, and after the holding channel is introduced into the solid component, detaching the junction mechanism and rotating the analysis device again, thereby to discharge the solution component and the solid component filled in the overflow channel and the junction part into the overflow chamber.
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