Patent ID: 7262857

Claim:
A measuring device for immunochromatographic test strip, arranged to irradiate measurement light onto an immunochromatographic test strip and to measure light from the immunochromatographic test strip, the measuring device comprising: a table on which the immunochromatographic test strip is to be mounted; a photodiode for receiving the light from the immunochromatographic test strip; and a light shielding member provided between the immunochromatographic test strip and the photodiode, wherein a plurality of hole portions are formed in the light shielding member so as to penetrate the light shielding member from the table side to the photodiode side, whereby a part of the light from the immunochromatographic test strip to the photodiode is guided through each of the hole portions; and wherein the plurality of hole portions are juxtaposed along a direction in which a colored portion of line shape formed on the immunochromatographic test strip extends.