Patent ID: 8110817
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A probe array used in detecting probe molecules by fluorescence observation, the probe array comprising: a probe-carrying substrate having first and second principal surfaces facing and extending parallel to each other, and a plurality of probe carriers arranged on the first principal surface and carrying the probe molecules; and a base member having (1) a reference surface extending parallel to a light-receiving surface that receives, in the fluorescence observation, fluorescence emitted from the probe carriers, and (2) a seating surface in contact with the second principal surface of the probe-carrying substrate so as to support the probe-carrying substrate, wherein the probe carriers each have a bottom surface parallel to the principal surfaces, and uprising surfaces extending from the bottom surface, and wherein the seating surface extends in a direction other than a direction parallel to the reference surface.