Patent ID: 7749439

Claim:
A test apparatus for measuring a component to be measured in a fluid specimen, comprising: (a) A solution storage unit capable of holding a solution beforehand or allowing a solution to be filled therein; (b) A capillary having a first end part and a second end part for storing the fluid specimen wherein the capillary storing the fluid specimen is adapted to obtain the fluid specimen by bringing the end part of the capillary into contact with the fluid specimen to collect the specimen; (c) A test piece for measuring the component to be measured in the specimen, wherein the test piece contains a reagent which reacts with the component to be measured in the specimen and the component is reacted with the reagent and detected on the test piece, wherein the solution storage unit and the second end part of the capillary are communicable with each other, and wherein the first end part of the capillary is placed so as to bring into contact with the text piece, and wherein the solution storage unit and the capillary are connected to each other by a tube the inside of which is blocked with a ball, the capillary is provided to be movable toward the solution storage unit, and when the capillary is moved toward the solution storage unit and the ball is pushed by the second end part of the capillary, the ball is forced out into the solution storage unit from the tube to communicate the solution in the solution storage unit with the specimen in the capillary.