Patent ID: 8097470

Claim:
An analysis method in which microchips, each provided with at least a main flow path performing migration of a sample for analysis inside a sheet-like member is employed, comprising: pretreatment steps being performed using a dispenser common to the multiple main flow paths, and being performed such that when a pretreatment for one main flow path ends, a pretreatment for a next main flow path starts; analysis steps, each of which, subsequent to the pretreatment, being performed for a corresponding main flow path independently of the other main flow paths and simultaneously with a pretreatment step for the next main flow path, thereby the analysis steps being performed simultaneously with different start times to one another among the main flow paths; and a detection step in the analysis steps being fluorescence detection performed by setting a plurality of excitation wavelengths and a plurality of fluorescence wavelengths in each of the main flow paths, wherein the main flow paths include a main flow path in which detection is performed by means of a plurality of excitation wavelengths and a plurality of fluorescence wavelengths, and wherein the each of the microchips is associated with a respective plurality of light emitting devices and the plurality of fluorescence wavelengths are detected separately from each other and simultaneously through respective filters for transmitting respective fluorescence wavelengths for each sample component moving along the main flow path.