Patent ID: 7695684
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A micro fluidics system comprising: a sample server comprising a plurality of sample server portions storing a plurality of different kinds of samples, each of the sample server portions having a sample efflux portion provided on a side of the sample server portion and having a lower opening; a microchip provided as a separate member from the sample server and including a plurality of sample introducing portions in the microchip having upper openings in an upper surface of the microchip communicating with the lower openings of respective ones of the sample efflux portions, a treating portion allowing the samples to be subjected to a predetermined treatment, and a microchannel connecting the sample introducing portions and the treatment portion, wherein the sample server is installed on the microchip so that the lower openings of the sample efflux portions cover respective ones of the upper openings of the sample introducing portions; and a sample feeder for feeding the samples stored in the sample server to the sample introducing portions through the sample efflux portions, wherein the sample feeder comprises a plurality of valves for opening and closing communication paths between the sample efflux portions of the sample server and the sample introducing portions of the microchip by opening and closing the upper openings of the sample introducing portions with respective ones of valve bodies of the valves, and a plurality of pressurizing devices, which are provided respectively for the sample server portions, for pressurizing the samples stored in the sample server portions in an open condition of the valve bodies and pushing them out into the sample introducing portions.