Patent ID: 7636162

Claim:
Microchip testing device, comprising: a measurement stage, a chip holder having a cover and a box area that are connected together by a hinge and which is mounted on the measurement stage, a microchip that has an optical measurement chamber and is housed in the chip holder, a light source that radiates light on the optical measurement chamber of the microchip, a detector that receives light that has passed through the optical measurement chamber, and a controller that controls the device, wherein the chip holder has X and Y direction reference planes to position the microchip in X and Y directions perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical measurement chamber and X and Y direction pushers that push the microchip against the X and Y direction reference planes, respectively, and wherein at least the Y direction pusher pushes the microchip in the Y direction and the microchip pushes against the Y direction reference plane so that the microchip is positioned within the chip holder in at least the Y direction by closing the cover of the chip holder.