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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kenji Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 37/00 (2005.12); B01L 3/00 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502738 (2012.12); B01L 3/502715 (2012.12); B01L 2200/0673 (2012.12); B01L 2300/0819 (2012.12); B01L 2400/0487 (2012.12);
Abstract
A technology for efficiently discharging a bubble present in a fluid in a chamber is provided. There is provided a bubble discharging method carried out in a chamber including a microchip that includes at least one well or through hole to divide a space into a first space and a second space, the bubble discharging method including a pressurizing step of applying a positive pressure to a fluid in the chamber, and a valve opening/closing step of operating a valve for opening/closing a first flow path connected to the first space and/or a second flow path connected to the second space.