Samples delivering device, method of manufacturing samples applicator, method of delivering samples, and base activation device
First Claim
1. A samples delivering device comprising;
- one or more sets of vessels capable of accommodating fluids containing predetermined samples to be delivered to a base or vessels, a samples supply section having a samples applicator wherein two or more retention tips capable of retaining a small quantity of fluids by being dipped in each of said fluid accommodated in said vessels are arranged according to an arrangement of said vessels, and transfer means for relatively moving between said base and said one or more sets of vessels, and said applicator.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a samples delivering device, a method of manufacturing a samples applicator, a method of delivering samples, and a base activation device which can handle a plurality of various samples, efficiently and promptly. The invention is constructed so as to have: one or more sets of vessels capable of accommodating fluids containing predetermined samples to be delivered to a base or one or more sets of vessels, a samples supply section having a samples applicator, wherein two or more retention tips capable of retaining a small quantity of fluids by being dipped in each of the fluids accommodated in the vessels are arranged according to the vessels, and a transfer means for relatively moving between the base and the one or more sets of vessels, and the applicator.
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18 Claims
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1. A samples delivering device comprising;
- one or more sets of vessels capable of accommodating fluids containing predetermined samples to be delivered to a base or vessels, a samples supply section having a samples applicator wherein two or more retention tips capable of retaining a small quantity of fluids by being dipped in each of said fluid accommodated in said vessels are arranged according to an arrangement of said vessels, and transfer means for relatively moving between said base and said one or more sets of vessels, and said applicator.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- 10. A method for manufacturing a samples applicator comprising the steps bending an edge of a rectangular thin board or sheet-like member in a manner that an opening defined by the bent edge and a surface thereof faces in a direction of the surface or in a direction perpendicular to the surface, and cutting the bent thin board or sheet-like member so that several retention tips and arm sections are obtained.
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12. A method of delivering samples, comprising the steps of:
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retaining a small quantity of fluid in two or more retention tips of a samples applicator arranged according to the arrangement of vessels, by relatively transferring the samples applicator to one or more sets of vessels accommodating fluids containing predetermined samples to be delivered to a base or vessels, and dipping said retention tips into the fluids, and delivering the fluid retained in the retention tips to said base or one or more sets of vessels by relatively moving between said retention tips and said base or said vessels. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A base activation device comprising a tube capable of being threaded by a thread shaped or string shaped long and slender base, a feeder for disposing and tensioning said base along a path determined by a shape of said tube in a manner that said base can run along the path, and running driver for driving to run the base through said tube, wherein said tube is shaped so that the both ends of the tube are curved upwardly in a manner that a solution for activation can be accommodated within said tube.
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