Abstract: A liquid container includes: an accommodating portion that accommodates a liquid and has an opening portion at an upper end thereof, a sealing film that seals the opening portion and that is capable of being perforated by being pierced by a perforating tool; and at least one linear pressure indentation that is linear and that is formed on a surface of the sealing film, wherein, a length of at least one pressure indentation is a length equal to or greater than 50% of a length from an end portion to an end portion of the opening portion in a direction in which the pressure indentation extends.

Abstract: The perforating tool includes: a shaft portion that is pierced through the sealing film and has a rod shape extending from a front end side to a base end side; and a large diameter portion that is formed at a front end portion of the shaft portion, the large diameter portion having a diameter of a circumcircle, which circumscribes an outer shape of a traverse cross section orthogonal to an axial direction, greater than a diameter of a circumcircle, which circumscribes an outer shape of the traverse cross section of the shaft portion, wherein, a length from a front end of the shaft portion to an end portion of the large diameter portion on the base end side is shorter than a maximum insertion depth of the shaft portion into the container.

Abstract: The examination apparatus includes a dispensing unit that includes a nozzle; a liquid tank that stores the first liquid or a second liquid; a heater that heats the first; and a processor that is configured to maintain a temperature of the heater at or above a predetermined first temperature during a period from end of the examination of one specimen to start of the examination of a next specimen, and measure a waiting time from the end of the examination to the next examination, and execute, in accordance with the waiting time, a temperature control which is for compensating for a decrease in temperature caused by the waiting time, the temperature control including an empty discharge process of empty-discharging the first liquid from the dispensing unit to a place other than the reaction cell or a temperature setting change process of setting the heater to a second temperature.

Abstract: An examination apparatus examines a specimen using a liquid container which accommodates a liquid and of which an opening portion is sealed with a sealing film. The examination apparatus includes: a perforating mechanism that perforates the sealing film with a perforating tool; and a camera that captures an image of a scattered state of the liquid on a front surface of the sealing film in a case where the sealing film is perforated with the perforating tool, and outputs a captured image.

Abstract: An examination apparatus includes: a detecting unit that detects a target substance; a specimen dispensing unit and a moving mechanism which moves the sampling nozzle; a nozzle imaging camera; and a processor that is configured to control the specimen dispensing unit and the nozzle imaging camera. The processor is configured to acquire an image of the sampling nozzle in a state of holding the specimen after the specimen is suctioned through the sampling nozzle and before the specimen is discharged to the reaction cell through the sampling nozzle, from the nozzle imaging camera, determine whether or not a formed element is present in the specimen, on the basis of the image, and discard an upper layer of the specimen accommodated in the specimen collection container, the upper layer including the formed element, by controlling the specimen dispensing unit in a case of determining that the formed element is present.

Abstract: A specimen disrupting apparatus includes: a drive unit that rotates the lower portion of a container having a solution that includes a specimen, a great number of small diameter beads, and a large diameter bead stored therein; and a control unit that controls the drive unit. The control unit controls the drive unit such that the lower portion of the container rotates at two or more different rotational speeds which are changed continuously.

Abstract: A specimen disrupting apparatus includes: a drive unit that rotates the lower portion of a container having a solution that includes a specimen, a great number of small diameter beads, and a large diameter bead stored therein; and a control unit that controls the drive unit. The control unit controls the drive unit such that the lower portion of the container rotates at two or more different rotational speeds which are changed continuously.

Abstract: A biological substance detecting apparatus that enables stable detection and quantitative analysis of biologically derived target substances is provided. The biological substance detecting apparatus employs a sensor chip provided with a fine flow channel through which a sample liquid is caused to flow, and a sensor surface that adsorbs a biologically derived target substance. Light is irradiated onto the sensor surface, and light emitted by the adsorbed target substance or a labeling substance bound thereto is detected. A flow speed controlling means, for controlling the flow speed of the sample liquid that flows through the fine flow channel to a value within a range such that the adsorption speed of the target substance is not controlled by dispersion.

Abstract: A liquid suction device used to suction a liquid contained in a well of a microchip which includes the well and a microchannel in fluid communication with the well. The liquid suction device includes: a suction nozzle having a tip opening at a tip thereof and being connected to piping at a rear end thereof, the suction nozzle suctioning the liquid through the tip opening; a pump connected to the piping, the pump supplying a suction pressure to the suction nozzle; and a driving unit for moving the suction nozzle relative to the well. In liquid suction device, the suction nozzle is moved by the driving unit until the tip opening contacts a bottom surface of the well while the suction nozzle applies a suction force produced by the suction pressure, thereby enabling suction of the liquid from the well and/or the microchannel.

Abstract: Developer is supplied to a first spray pipe disposed in a developing bath. The inside of the developing bath is provided with a heater. A liquid-flow generating unit comprises a liquid-flow generating head and a branch duct, which is connected to a branch pipe of the first spray pipe via a rubber hose. A part of the developer flowing in the first spray pipe is forwarded to the liquid-flow generating head. By a gap-forming ring, a gap is secured between an outer surface of the heater and an inner surface of the liquid-flow generating head so that the developer uniformly flows along the outer surface of the heater in a longitudinal direction thereof. A heater cover is attached to the liquid-flow generating head. An inner surface of the heater cover inclines in the longitudinal direction of the heater.

Abstract: Developer is supplied to a first spray pipe disposed in a developing bath. The inside of the developing bath is provided with a heater. A liquid-flow generating unit comprises a liquid-flow generating head and a branch duct, which is connected to a branch pipe of the first spray pipe via a rubber hose. A part of the developer flowing in the first spray pipe is forwarded to the liquid-flow generating head. By a gap-forming ring, a gap is secured between an outer surface of the heater and an inner surface of the liquid-flow generating head so that the developer uniformly flows along the outer surface of the heater in a longitudinal direction thereof. A heater cover is attached to the liquid-flow generating head. An inner surface of the heater cover inclines in the longitudinal direction of the heater.