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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2001
Applicants:
Hideji Tajima, Inagi, JP;
Yoshiro Okami, Ota-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Hideji Tajima, Inagi, JP;
Yoshiro Okami, Ota-ku, JP;
Assignee:
Precision System Science Co., Ltd., Inagi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/553 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Carriers hold remote-acting bodies which can be manipulated by a remote force, and also hold a micro-substance which is a target substance of an assay. The remote-acting bodies are manipulated in order to control the positions of the micro-substances, so as to execute assays for various target substances efficiently, at low cost, easily, and reliably. Various aspects of interest include the carriers which hold the micro-substances, a system suspending the carriers, an apparatus for manipulating the carriers, and a method of controlling the position of the carriers.