Patent ID: 7824614

Claim:
A chemical reaction processing system which handles a cartridge for a chemical reaction, wherein the cartridge includes a plurality of passages formed in an inner part of the cartridge, a plurality of junctions, each of the junctions connecting at least two of the plurality of passages, a well at each junction, the chemical reaction processing system comprising: a first actuator for applying a first external force to the cartridge so as to independently switch each of the plurality of passages between an opened state and a closed state respectively; a second actuator for applying a second external force to the cartridge so that the liquid in each of the wells is independently pushed out of the well through the passages connected to the respective well; a storing section for storing operation procedures of the first actuator and the second actuator; and an actuator control section for independently operating the first actuator and the second actuator in accordance with the stored operation procedures, wherein the passages are connected with each other in the inner part of the cartridge, and the chemical reaction is caused in the cartridge by feeding liquid in the inner part of the cartridge by deformation when the first and the second external forces are applied.