Patent ID: 7071006
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: C12M,G01N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a position of carriers holding micro-substances comprises the steps of: pouring remote-acting bodies which can be positionally manipulated by a remote force, micro-substances including a target substance of an assay, and carriers having surfaces with a plurality of holes, cavities, concavities or convexities that are sized to be capable of holding the micro-substances and the remote-acting bodies, into a liquid in accordance with a predetermined order, making the remote-acting bodies and the micro-substances be held in the holes, cavities, concavities or convexities in the surfaces of the carriers by agitating the remote-acting bodies, the micro-substances, the carriers, and the liquid, and controlling positions of the carriers holding the micro-substances and the remote-acting bodies in the surfaces thereof by applying a remote force to the remote-acting bodies, the pouring comprising pouring sterilized reductive enzyme into the liquid in addition to the remote-acting bodies, the micro-substances, and the carriers, and comprising selecting the carriers to be sterilized cellulose-carriers, selecting the liquid to be a sterilized liquid culture medium, selecting the remote-acting bodies to be magnetic particles, and selecting the remote force to be a magnetic field.