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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2013
Enplas Corporation, Saitama, JP;
Ken Kitamoto, Saitama, JP;
ENPLAS Corporation, Saitama, JP;
Abstract
A liquid handling apparatus includes a substrate that includes a groove which is a channel through which a liquid can be moved on the basis of a capillary phenomenon, and a film that is bonded to the substrate to cover the opening of the groove, in which the channel has a main channel and a guide channel, the groove has a main groove that is the main channel by the film being bonded to the substrate, and a guide groove that is the guide channel by the film being bonded to the substrate, opens on a lateral surface of the main groove, and has a width narrower than the width of the main groove, and the guide groove is placed in an area on a film side of the lateral surface of the main groove and shallower than the main groove.