Patent ID: 9127245
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: C12M,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of holding living bodies, comprising: using a sheet in which multiple through-holes with a size capable of holding one of the living bodies but not capable of holding two or more of the living bodies are provided, to thereby arrange and hold the living bodies one by one in the multiple through-holes in the sheet together with a liquid such that the living bodies are not in direct contact with side walls of the through-holes; and transferring a selected living body from each of the multiple through-holes to a container, wherein the transferring comprises spraying with air a hole with the selected living body to blow the living body to the container, and wherein a thickness of the sheet in a vicinity of each of the multiple through-holes is from 0.2 times to 1.9 times of a maximum thickness of the living bodies held in the respective through-holes.