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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2010
Hiroshi Hirayama, Musashino, JP;
Takashi Washizu, Hino, JP;
Naoki Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Toshinori Takimura, Duluth, GA (US);
Takehiko Goshima, Kunitachi, JP;
Yoshiyuki Masuda, Hino, JP;
Hiroshi Hirayama, Musashino, JP;
Takashi Washizu, Hino, JP;
Naoki Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Toshinori Takimura, Duluth, GA (US);
Takehiko Goshima, Kunitachi, JP;
Yoshiyuki Masuda, Hino, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A microchip having a substrate, a cover member joined to one surface of the substrate, and a flow path formed on at least one of joined surfaces of the substrate and the cover member, wherein the microchip includes: a well which is an first opening for communicating into the flow path with a surface opposite to the joined surface of the substrate and is arranged on the substrate; and a chimney which is a member arranged so as to project from the surface opposite to the joined surface of the substrate and has an second opening which communicating into the well, wherein a liquid rise prevention section is formed in the chimney to prevent the liquid from rising to a top portion of the chimney.