Patent ID: 8034303

Claim:
A sample arraying/assembling device comprising: a distributing section which is capable of holding respective solutions containing samples to be distributed, the distributing section comprising a plurality of holding ends arranged in a predetermined matrix, the matrix comprising: a plurality of columns spaced in a parallel relation at predetermined first spacing intervals in a first direction; and a plurality of lines spaced in a parallel relation at predetermined second spacing intervals in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, each of the lines having a first length in the first direction equal to at least the sum of the predetermined first spacing intervals of the columns in the first direction; and a wound body comprising: one of a plate body and a prism, the one of the plate body and the prism defining a plane surface of the wound body; and a string-like or thread-like slender foundation member having a second length and on which the samples are to be distributed, wherein the second length of the foundation member is equal to at least the product of the first length multiplied by the number of lines in the matrix; wherein parallel-spaced portions of the foundation member are arranged on the plane surface of the wound body and are spaced in a parallel relation on the plane surface at winding intervals corresponding to the predetermined second spacing intervals of the lines of the matrix; wherein the number of parallel-spaced portions of the foundation member equals the number of lines in the matrix; wherein the holding ends of the distributing section can come into contact with the foundation member in response to relative movement between the distributing section and the wound body in a third direction, the third direction being perpendicular to each of the first and second directions; and wherein, in response to the relative movement between the distributing section and the wound body in the third direction and the resulting contact of the holding ends with the foundation member, the distributing section distributes the samples along each of the parallel-spaced portions of the foundation member, the distributed samples being spaced at intervals corresponding to the predetermined first spacing intervals of the columns of the matrix.