Patent ID: 7473396

Claim:
A method of containing, reacting and measuring comprising: a containing step for containing in a transparent container section, an integrated carrier having a base member of a long slender shape such as a filament, a braid or a tape with several kinds of substances for detection having predetermined chemical structures fixed thereto at predetermined spacing along the longitudinal direction thereof, and with each of the chemical structures associated with their fixed positions, wound on a carrier in a condition where this can be measured from the outside; a reaction step for drawing a liquid suspending a labeled bonding substance which is capable of bonding with said substance for detection, to inside said container section, and immersing said integrated carrier in the liquid to react said bonding substance with said substance for detection; a measurement preparation step for removing said bonding substances which have not contributed to the reaction and said liquid; and a measurement step for measuring light from the base member contained in said container section.