Patent ID: 7597850
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: B01F,B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A droplet operation device for biological and/or medical analysis comprising: an insulating substrate; a plurality of electrode units arranged on the insulating substrate, the electrode units for controlling movement and stoppage of a droplet; an insulating layer covering an upper surface of each of the electrode units, the upper surface being opposite to a lower surface of each of the electrode units that is in contact with the insulating substrate; a unit that supplies the droplet onto a surface of the insulating layer; a unit that applies an electric field to the electrode units so as to control the droplet on the surface of the insulating layer; and a unit that measures a state of the droplet, wherein the surface of the insulating layer is water repellent, the surface of the insulating layer has a groove, and the unit that supplies the droplet onto the surface of the insulating layer supplies the droplet to the groove on the surface of the insulating layer.