Patent ID: 7820112
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: B01J,B01L,C40B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bead array chip manufacturing process for manufacturing a bead array chip, the bead array chip having plural kinds of beads arrayed in a predetermined order within a container, the container having a plurality of first channels disposed substantially in parallel with each other and a second channel crossing the plurality of first channels, the process comprising: lowering a capillary inserted in the second channel; and initiating suction of the capillary, thereby retaining a bead at one end of the capillary; lifting the capillary to position the capillary such that the bead retained at the one end of the capillary is disposed in a desired channel selected from the plurality of first channels; terminating the suction of the capillary; and generating a flow of a fluid in the desired channel, thereby releasing the bead into the desired channel.