Showa Yakuhin Kako Co., Ltd.

Chizuko Ohshina

Kiyoshi Oguchi

Yuichi Kinoshita

Masaho Hayashi

Fumio Tanaka

Hiroshi Yamada

Mutsumi Shibuya

Chie Shibuya

Yoshiharu Inoue

An instrument for chemical and microbiological tests comprises a sample container for temporarily storing a liquid sample; a plurality of sample-holding portions formed on the bottom face of the sample container; and a liquid-absorbent body capable of coming in contact with the liquid sample so that the body can absorb the excess sample, when the liquid sample is introduced into the container, while retaining the sample to be held on the sample-holding portions. This instrument can be used in a chemical or microbiological test wherein a sample is used in a relatively small amount and, in particular, those requiring a large number of reactions and cultivation. Moreover, the instrument does not require the dispensation of a sample to each reaction system and does not cause any scatter of the sample in the surroundings.

Instruments for chemical and microbiological tests

A test kit for a chemical test or microbiological test, which comprises at least one independent sample-receiving part on a support is disclosed. The test kit of the present invention is usable for various chemical and microbiological tests which have been conducted with a plastic microplate and which have necessitated many reaction and culture steps in the prior art. The test kit of the present invention can be produced at an extremely low cost because of its structure. The test kit can previously contain a reagent necessitated for the test to remarkably facilitate the test.

Chemical or microbiological test kit

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Shinjuku-Ku, Japan

Chizuko Ohshina