Patent ID: 7691328

Claim:
A measuring chip for separating and measuring a target component in a sample by rotation around a first axis and a second axis of rotation, comprising: a centrifugal separation tube for centrifugally separating the target component from the sample by rotating the measuring chip around the first axis of rotation; a first holding section provided in the bottom of the centrifugal separation tube, wherein non-target components in the sample are introduced therein by rotation around the first axis of rotation, and the first holding section holding the non-target components during rotation around the second axis of rotation; and a plurality of measuring sections that measure the target component introduced from the centrifugal separation tube by rotation around the second axis of rotation; wherein a first measuring section of the plurality of measuring sections is connected with one end of the centrifugal separation tube, a measuring section after the first measuring section is connected to a preceding one of the measuring sections so as to introduce the target component into a following one of the measuring sections from the preceding one of the measuring sections.