Patent ID: 7294826

Claim:
A bio-sensing apparatus, comprising: i) measuring light radiating means for radiating out measuring light, ii) a multi-channel sensor provided with a plurality of sensor sections, each of the sensor sections reflecting or transmitting light, whose physical characteristics vary for different kinds of samples, each of a plurality of samples being supported by one of the plurality of the sensor sections, iii) a scanning mirror for scanning the plurality of the sensor sections of the multi-channel sensor with the measuring light, which has been radiated out from the measuring light radiating means, iv) scanning control means for controlling the scanning mirror and storing information, which represents scanning positions of the measuring light with respect to the multi-channel sensor, and v) detection means for receiving reflected light or transmitted light, which is radiated out from each of the plurality of the sensor sections when each of the plurality of the sensor sections is scanned with the measuring light, and detecting the physical characteristics of the reflected light or the transmitted light.