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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2010
Fumio Takagi, Chino, JP;
Fumio Takagi, Chino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A method of filling a liquid sample includes: supplying the liquid sample to a first well of a biochip; adhering a cover and the substrate of the biochip in a loop-shaped area surrounding the first well and plural second wells on the substrate; moving the liquid sample from the first well to the second wells through a space between the cover and the substrate by rotating the biochip around a rotation axis in a state in which the biochip is arranged such that a distance from any one of the second wells to the rotation axis in a vertical direction with respect to the rotation axis is longer than a distance from the first well to the rotation axis in the vertical direction with respect to the rotation axis; and sealing the first well and the second wells by adhering the cover to the substrate to thereby seal.