Thk Co., Ltd.

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Akihiro Iimura

Yoshihide Hayashizaki

Hideo Tashiro

Hitoshi Kitano

Toji Nakazawa

Tokuji Kitsunai

Touji Nakazawa

Takanobu Hoshino

Autonomous travelling carriage or a replica thereof

A microarraying headhas a base portionand a plurality of needles. The needlesare arranged in parallel with one another on the base portion. The needlesplace a solution on substrateswith the top ends of the needlestouching substrates. Then, the needlesretain the solution including biological samples and form spots of the solution on the substrates. A spacefor supplying cleansing fluid or the like is provided in the base portionso as to extend all over the plurality of needles. Since the plurality of needlescan be all cleansed with substantially uniform pressure applied thereto, all the plurality of needlescan cleansed surely in a short time.

Microarraying head and microarrayer

A present micro array manufacturing apparatus includes a substrate placement portion on which a plurality of substrates can be arranged, a tighter plate for storing a solution including a living body sample, a solution storing member for taking in the solution from the tighter plate and storing the solution therein, and a needle which can be inserted into the solution storing member to allow the solution stored in the solution storing member to adhere onto each of the substrates by a given quantity, wherein the solution storing member and needle are moved in directions where they approach and part away from the substrates to thereby form spots on the substrates. And, the individual operations of the solution storing member and needle are carried out by single drive means

Micro array manufacturing apparatus

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Tokyo, Japan

Akihiro Iimura