Sysmex Corporation

Ayato Tagawa

Koya Yamawaki

Yasuko Kawamoto

Kunpeng Cai

Tsuyoshi Nakano

Yoshiaki Miyamoto

Shigeki Iwanaga

Masaya Okada

Hiroaki Tobimatsu

Hiroya Kirimura

Nobuyasu Hori

Takehiro Hasegawa

Kenji Akama

Junko Kojima

Shunsuke Watanabe

Tasuku Yotoriyama

Shruti Mankar

Taiga Ajiri

Anastasia Maslova

Yumiko Sakai

Katsumi Nakanishi

Samiko Hosoya

Kichitaoru Nakajima

To shorten the time required to sort target particles with sufficient purity, a particle sorter is provided. A particle sorterincluding a micro flow path cartridgehaving a first flow pathwith a detection areaand a sorting area, a second flow pathfor returning the target particle-containing sampleupstream from the detection regionof the first flow path, an installation unitof the micro flow path cartridge, a liquid feeding unit, a detection unitthat outputs a signal corresponding to the target particlespassing through the detection region, a sorting mechanismconfigured to perform a sorting operation of the target particle-containing samplein a sorting regionbased on the signal from the detection unit, and a control unitfor controlling the liquid feeding unitso as to return the sorted target particle-containing sampleupstream of the detection regionof the first flow pathvia the second flow path, and controlling the sorting mechanismso as to perform a sorting operation on the returned target particle-containing sample

Particle sorter, particle sorting method, and micro flow path cartridge

Disclosed is a liquid sending method for sending liquid to a sample processing chip having a flow path formed therein, the method including: measuring a flow of a second liquid which is different from a first liquid which is introduced into the flow path in the sample processing chip; controlling the flow of the second liquid on the basis of the measured flow; and introducing the first liquid into the flow path in the sample processing chip by means of the second liquid of which flow is controlled.

Liquid sending method and liquid sending apparatus

This specimen treatment chip includes: a first fluid module having a first flow channel for performing a first treatment step on an object component in a specimen; a second fluid module having a second flow channel for performing a second treatment step on the object component subjected to the first treatment step; a substrate; and a connection flow channel for connecting the first fluid module and the second fluid module disposed on the substrate.

Specimen treatment chip, specimen treatment apparatus, and specimen treatment method

A blood collection device including a flow path to flow blood by capillary action capable of collecting a large amount of blood is provided. The blood collection device includes an introduction inletfor introducing the blood of the subject M, a substrateconnected to the introduction inletand including a flow pathto flow the blood by capillary action, and a cooling bodyfor cooling the flow path

Blood collection device, blood collection set, blood collection method

Disclosed is a method of processing a specimen in which a target component in a specimen is processed using a specimen processing chip provided with a flow-path, the method including: introducing a fluid into a flow-path to form an interface that divides the fluid from a process liquid used for the processing of the target component with a rim of the interface on an inner wall of the flow-path, the process liquid containing particles including the target component; and moving the formed interface along the flow-path with the rim of the interface on the inner wall so as to force out the particles retained in the process liquid by the fluid.

Method of processing specimen and specimen processing apparatus

Disclosed is a sample processing method for processing a target component in a sample by use of a sample processing chip having a storage portion and a droplet forming flow path, the sample processing method including: storing, in the storage portion, a mixture of the target component and a predetermined amount of a diluent for causing the target component to be encapsulated by one molecule or by one particle into a droplet; heating the mixture in the storage portion to cause thermal convection in the storage portion thereby to mix the target component and the diluent together; and in the droplet forming flow path, forming droplets in a dispersion medium, each droplet containing the diluted target component and a reagent that reacts with the target component.

Sample processing method, sample processing chip, and sample processing apparatus

Disclosed is an analyte detection method for detecting an analyte contained in a biological sample, constituted by irradiating a light of a first peak wavelength on a complex containing an analyte and fluorescent substance which gives off light of a second peak wavelength of 450 nm or higher but not exceeding 900 nm when irradiated with light of the first wavelength of 190 nm or higher but not exceeding 350 nm, detecting the light of the second peak wavelength given off by the fluorescent substance when irradiated by light of the first peak wavelength, by a photodetector, wherein the photodetector has a quantum efficiency in the second peak wavelength that is two or more times the quantum efficiency in the first peak wavelength.

Analyte detection method, fluorescence detection method, and fluorescence detection apparatus using same

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Ayato Tagawa