Patent ID: 7507576

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a probe carrier comprising a plurality of ring bodies, wherein the ring bodies have an internal surface, and the internal surface has a region for fixing a probe adapted to be bonded specifically to a target substance, said method comprising: a step of bundling a plurality of hollow tubular members to arrange them substantially in parallel with each other; a step of filling an external space among the bundled hollow tubular members with a filler and solidifying the filler; a step of cutting the bundle of the tubular members filled with the filler along a plane intersecting an axial direction of the tubular members to produce a flat plate-shaped carrier comprising a plurality of ring bodies having respective internal openings; a step of sealing the tubular members at one end before filling the space with the filler; and a step of fixing probes to respective regions for fixing a probe before or after filling the space with the filler, wherein the filler is in a gel state before the step of filling the external space, and the external space is filled with the filler by applying a centrifugal force to the filler making it flow in a sol state, and wherein solidification is completed as the application of the centrifugal force is reduced, but while gyration still takes place.