Abstract: The living cell counting method includes: a step of measuring an amount of suspensoids contained in a cell suspension; a step of measuring capacitance of the cell suspension; and a step of calculating one or more of the number of living cells, the number of dead cells, and a survival rate of cells contained in the cell suspension, based on capacitance per unit of living cells, capacitance per unit of dead cells, the amount of the suspensoids, and the capacitance of the cell suspension. A living cell counting device includes: a turbidity sensor; a measuring instrument measuring capacitance of the cell suspension; a storage unit storing data of the capacitance per unit of living cells and the capacitance per unit of dead cells; and a calculation unit calculating one or more of the number of living cells, the number of dead cells, and a survival rate of cells.

Abstract: A microreactor system includes: a microreactor that has two inflow ports into which fluids are introduced and a flow path configured to merge the fluids, and that is configured to mix a first fluid introduced from one of the inflow ports and a second fluid introduced from the other of the inflow ports in the flow path; a first container in which the first fluid is prepared; a second container in which the second fluid is prepared; a first pump configured to feed the first fluid toward the inflow port; a second pump configured to feed the second fluid toward the inflow port; first and second measurement units configured to measure amounts of the first fluid and the second fluid, respectively; and switching units configured to switch at least one of the first fluid and the second fluid to be fed to the microreactor.

Abstract: An environmental testing laboratory includes a supply port allowing air-conditioned air at a predetermined temperature supplied through the supply port at a predetermined speed, a discharge port facing the supply port and allowing the air be discharged through the discharge port, a flow passage disposed between the supply port and the discharge port and allowing the air to pass through the flow passage part, an installation part disposed at a center of the flow passage and allowing a measurement target in the installation part, and a flow straightening member which is disposed between a sidewall surface of the flow passage part and the installation part and which is configured to straighten an airflow of the air-conditioned air. The sidewall surface of the flow passage part and the first flow straightening member are disposed in parallel with the airflow of the air-conditioned air from the supply port to the discharge port.

Abstract: An environmental testing laboratory includes a supply port allowing air-conditioned air at a predetermined temperature supplied through the supply port at a predetermined speed, a discharge port facing the supply port and allowing the air be discharged through the discharge port, a flow passage disposed between the supply port and the discharge port and allowing the air to pass through the flow passage part, an installation part disposed at a center of the flow passage and allowing a measurement target in the installation part, and a flow straightening member which is disposed between a sidewall surface of the flow passage part and the installation part and which is configured to straighten an airflow of the air-conditioned air. The sidewall surface of the flow passage part and the first flow straightening member are disposed in parallel with the airflow of the air-conditioned air from the supply port to the discharge port.

Abstract: A microreactor system that can mix fluids at precise timing has two inlets into which fluids are introduced and merges, in a channel, a first fluid introduced from a first inlet and a second fluid introduced from a second inlet, a first pump that sends the first fluid toward the inlets, and a second pump that sends the second fluid toward the inlets, a first fluid detector that detects an arrival of the first fluid at the first inlet, and a second fluid detector that detects an arrival of the second fluid at the second inlet.

Abstract: An air-conditioning system includes: a dehumidifying unit configured to mix air discharged from an environmental testing chamber with outside air for dehumidification and to discharge dry air; a dry air thermal controlling unit configured to thermally control the dry air discharged from the dehumidifying unit to have a temperature lower than a preset air temperature inside the environmental testing chamber; and a dry air heating unit configured to heat the dry air thermally controlled by the dry air thermal controlling unit up to the preset air temperature and to supply the dry air to the environmental testing chamber. The dehumidifying unit preferably discharges the dry air having a dew point temperature of ?30° C. or less.

Abstract: A disposable microbe-collecting carrier cartridge and a carrier treating apparatus which efficiently convert microbes collected on a carrier into a solution and prevent variations in the amount of retrieval of microbes upon concentration on a filter are provided. A cartridge formed of an upper lid having a plurality of through holes, a container in an inverted-cone shape having both of a liquid storage sink unit having a filter at the bottom and an air suction path, and a support base for setting up a thermoplastic carrier, and a carrier treating apparatus formed of a dispensing nozzle for liquid supply, a liquid supply mechanism, a liquid heating mechanism, and a suction pump for filtration are prepared. Warm water is supplied onto the filter set up on a bottom surface of the inverted-cone-shaped. The contact with the warm water causes the carrier to be solated filtered through the filter.

Abstract: A microorganism measuring system set control reference values with higher accuracy than ever. Based on results of repeated CFU countings and results of repeated ATP measurements, a microorganism measuring system obtains a probability density function of ATP measured values in a normal condition; determines an alert reference value at which a desired probability of false positives is equal to or less than a probability, and an action reference value at which a desired probability of false negatives is equal to or less than a probability; and thereby controls the ATP measured values. For this reason, the microorganism measuring system can set the control reference values with higher accuracy than ever, without being influenced by an error in the conversion of ATP contents into CFU counts.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an object-capturing device which accurately detects objects such as microorganisms captured at a test site. The object-capturing device of the present invention includes a capturing dish holding a carrier, which captures objects (microorganisms), on a first side of the capturing dish. The capturing dish has a through hole extending from the first side to a second side of the capturing dish. The object-capturing device is used in a way such that, after the objects are captured with the carrier directed upward, the carrier is directed downward and reagents for detecting the objects are contacted with the objects captured on the carrier through the through hole.