Patent ID: 7473400
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: B01F,B01L

Abstract:
1. A fluid handling device comprising: a device body; a flow passage which is formed in said device body and which has a shape for allowing a fluid to move therein due to capillarity, one end of said flow passage being open to an outside environment; and a sealing protrusion serving as a sealing portion, formed so as to be integrated with said device body, for sealing the other end of said fluid passage to isolate the other end of said flow passage from the outside environment, at least a part of said sealing protrusion being capable of being removed from the other end of said flow passage so as to allow the other end of said flow passage to be open to the outside environment for moving said fluid to the other end of said fluid passage due to capillarity, wherein said sealing protrusion is connected and integrated with said device body via a thin connecting portion capable of being removed from the other end of said flow passage, and said thin connecting portion is a flange-shaped thin connecting portion capable of being broken off.