Patent ID: 8142737

Claim:
A device for containing, reacting and measuring having; a transparent container section having a liquid inlet/outlet, a base member with several kinds of substances for detection having predetermined chemical structures fixed to the base member at respective fixed positions which are arranged at predetermined spacing, and with each of the chemical structures associated with each of the fixed positions, wherein the base member is contained in the transparent container section and wherein the position of the base member inside the transparent container section is fixed so that relative movement between the transparent container section and the base member is prevented and thus relative movement between the transparent container section and the substances for detection fixed to the base member is also prevented, a drawing and discharging section which is able to draw and discharge said liquid into and from said container section via said inlet/outlet, and a measuring device which is able to receive light from the contained base member, external to said container section and in a condition associated with said fixed position, said measuring device comprising a light receiving section that receives light from said base member, and a scanning section, wherein the scanning section moves one of said light receiving section and said transparent container section relative to the other of said light receiving section and said transparent container section and scans each fixed position of said base member.