Abstract: An axial gap motor includes a rotor configured to rotate around a rotation axis and a stator disposed to be opposed to the rotor across a gap in an axial direction parallel to the rotation axis. The rotor includes a hub, an annular rim located on the outer side of the hub and holding a permanent magnet, a coupling section coupling the hub and the rim and including a recess having a first opening opened on a surface facing one end side in the axial direction, a first plate member disposed on the one end side of the coupling section and covering at least a part of the first opening in plan view from the axial direction, and a member disposed in the recess and having density lower than the density of the coupling section.

Abstract: A lower part first main magnet, a lower part first sub-magnet, a lower part second main magnet, and a lower part second sub-magnet of a motor are sequentially repeatedly placed along a circumference of a rotation axis for relative rotation, a magnetization direction of the lower part first main magnet is a lower part first direction, a magnetization direction of the lower part second main magnet is a lower part second direction, magnetization directions of the lower part first sub-magnet and the lower part second sub-magnet are circumferential directions, the lower part first sub-magnet and the lower part second sub-magnet have recessed portions in parts facing a first stator and facing the lower part first main magnet or the lower part second main magnet, and lower part first auxiliary magnet to lower part fourth auxiliary magnet in magnetization directions different from the lower part first direction.

Abstract: A rotary motor includes a stator and a rotor configured to rotate around a rotation axis and disposed to be opposed to the stator via a gap. The stator includes a divided core including a base and a teeth section coupled to the base and a coil wound around the teeth section, a signal of one phase among n phases (n is an integer equal to or larger than 3) being supplied to the coil. The stator includes a plurality of the divided cores annularly arranged side by side around the rotation axis. At least one of the plurality of divided cores includes a plurality of the teeth sections as many as a number other than a multiple of n.

Abstract: A rotary motor includes a stator and a rotor configured to rotate around a rotation axis. The rotor includes a frame including a first surface facing the stator and a plurality of first recesses arrayed along a circumferential direction around the rotation axis and opened on the first surface, the frame being formed in an annular shape, main magnets disposed in the first recesses or among the first recesses, and sub-magnets disposed in the first recesses when the main magnets are disposed among the first recesses and disposed among the first recesses when the main magnets are disposed in the first recesses.

Abstract: An axial gap motor includes a rotor configured to rotate around a rotation axis and a stator disposed to be opposed to the rotor across a gap in an axial direction parallel to the rotation axis. The rotor includes a hub, an annular rim located on the outer side of the hub and holding a permanent magnet, a coupling section coupling the hub and the rim and including a recess having a first opening opened on a surface facing one end side in the axial direction, a first plate member disposed on the one end side of the coupling section and covering at least a part of the first opening in plan view from the axial direction, and a member disposed in the recess and having density lower than the density of the coupling section.

Abstract: An axial gap motor includes a shaft extending along a rotation axis, a rotor including a hub, an annular rim, a coupling section coupling the hub and the rim, and a magnet held by the rim, the rotor rotating around the rotation axis together with the shaft, and a stator disposed to be separated from the rotor with a gap in an axial direction parallel to the rotation axis. A reinforcing member is provided in the coupling section.

Abstract: A thermal cycler includes a holder that holds a biotip filled with a reaction mixture and liquid having a smaller specific gravity than the reaction mixture and being immiscible with the reaction mixture, the biotip including a channel in which the reaction mixture moves, a heating unit that heats a first portion of the channel when the biotip is in the holder, and a driving unit that disposes the holder and the heating unit by making a switch between a first disposition and a second disposition, the first disposition being such that the first portion is in a lowest part of the channel with respect to a gravitational force direction when the biotip is in the holder, the second disposition being such that a second portion that is a different portion from the first portion relative to a moving direction of the reaction mixture is in the lowest part of the channel with respect to the gravitational force direction when the biotip is in the holder.

Abstract: A thermal cycler includes a holder receiving a reaction chamber including a channel filled with reaction mixture and an immiscible liquid having different specific gravities and allowing the reaction mixture to move along an opposed inner wall, a temperature gradient forming unit forming a temperature gradient in the movement direction of the reaction mixture relative to the channel during loading into the holder, and a driving unit rotating the holder and temperature gradient forming unit about a rotation axis having a component perpendicular to the gravitational direction and a component perpendicular to the movement direction of the reaction mixture, and a maximum distance from the rotation axis to a point in the channel is smaller than a maximum distance connecting two points in the channel when projected on a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis.

Abstract: A biotip according to an embodiment of the invention moves a reaction mixture along a longitudinal direction under the force of gravity. The biotip includes a chamber formed of a transparent material and filled with a liquid having a smaller specific gravity than the reaction mixture and immiscible with the reaction mixture, and a seal that seals the chamber. The liquid has a volume resistivity of greater than 0 ?·cm and 5×1013 ?·cm or less.

Abstract: An attachment unit for attachment of a reaction container including a channel filled with a reaction solution containing a fluorescent probe and a liquid having a specific gravity different from that of the reaction solution and being immiscible with the reaction solution, the reaction solution moving close to opposed inner walls, a first heating unit heating a first region of the channel and a second heating unit heating a second region of the channel when the reaction container is attached to the attachment unit, a drive mechanism switching arrangement of the attachment unit, the first heating unit, and the second heating unit between a first arrangement and a second arrangement in which a lowermost position of the channel is located within a first region and a second region, respectively, a measurement unit measuring light intensity, and a control unit controlling the portions described above.

Abstract: A thermal cycler includes a holder that holds a biotip filled with a reaction mixture and liquid having a smaller specific gravity than the reaction mixture and being immiscible with the reaction mixture, the biotip including a channel in which the reaction mixture moves, a heating unit that heats a first portion of the channel when the biotip is in the holder, and a driving unit that disposes the holder and the heating unit by making a switch between a first disposition and a second disposition, the first disposition being such that the first portion is in a lowest part of the channel with respect to a gravitational force direction when the biotip is in the holder, the second disposition being such that a second portion that is a different portion from the first portion relative to a moving direction of the reaction mixture is in the lowest part of the channel with respect to the gravitational force direction when the biotip is in the holder.

Abstract: A biochip includes: a chamber that has a longitudinal direction; a holding unit that holds a liquid sample within a predetermined area of the chamber provided along the longitudinal direction, and releases the liquid sample from the predetermined area to an area inside the chamber by using a predetermined pressing force; and a pressed member that applies the predetermined pressing force to the liquid sample.

Abstract: A thermal cycler includes: a first mounting unit and a second mounting unit which are cylindrical; a temperature gradient forming unit which forms a temperature gradient along mounting directions of the first mounting unit and the second mounting unit; and a driving mechanism which rotates the first mounting unit, the second mounting unit, and the temperature gradient forming unit around a rotating shaft having a component perpendicular to a direction in which gravity is applied and a component intersecting the mounting directions of the first mounting unit and the second mounting unit, wherein the first mounting unit and the second mounting unit are disposed on opposite sides to each other with the rotating shaft interposed therebetween, the mounting direction of the first mounting unit and the mounting direction of the second mounting unit are in the same direction.

Abstract: A biochip includes: a first chamber; a second chamber filled with a wax, a melting point of the wax being 25° C. or more and 63° C. or less; an injection path between the first chamber and the second chamber; and a sub-chamber that includes a wall at least partially made of the wax, the sub-chamber is formed inside the second chamber and communicates with the first chamber via the injection path.

Abstract: A nucleic acid amplification reaction device includes a rotary body on which a cartridge is mountable, the cartridge including a tube having, in this order in the inside thereof, a third plug formed of oil, a fourth plug formed of an elution solution which causes the nucleic acid to be eluted from the magnetic particles bound to the nucleic acid, and a fifth plug formed of oil, and a nucleic acid amplification reaction container which communicates with the side of the tube on which the fifth plug is disposed, and a heater which is able to heat the end portion of the tube on the side communicating with the nucleic acid amplification reaction container and a first region as the end portion of the nucleic acid amplification reaction container on the side communicating with the tube.

Abstract: A thermal cycler (1) includes a holder (11) that holds a biotip (100) filled with a reaction mixture and liquid having a smaller specific gravity than the reaction mixture and being immiscible with the reaction mixture, the biotip (100) including a channel (110) in which the reaction mixture moves, a heating unit (12) that heats a first portion (111) of the channel when the biotip (100) is in the holder (11), and a driving unit (20) that disposes the holder (11) and the heating unit (12) by making a switch between a first disposition and a second disposition, the first disposition being such that the first portion (111) is in a lowest part of the channel (110) with respect to a gravitational force direction when the biotip (100) is in the holder (11), the second disposition being such that a second portion (112) that is a different portion from the first portion (111) relative to a moving direction of the reaction mixture is in the lowest part of the channel (110) with respect to the gravitational force direc

Abstract: A lyophilizate containing a substance-binding solid-phase carrier, which is obtained by lyophilizing the substance-binding solid-phase carrier together with an additive, a vessel for binding a substance in a substance-containing liquid to a substance-binding solid-phase carrier, in which a lyophilizate obtained by lyophilizing the substance-binding solid-phase carrier together with an additive is provided, and a method of producing a lyophilizate containing a substance-binding solid-phase carrier, which includes lyophilizing the substance-binding solid-phase carrier together with an additive, are provided.

Abstract: A device includes: a tube having a first portion and a second portion; and a plunger insertable from the first portion side of the tube and having a tubular portion that can fit an inner surface of the first portion and a rod-like portion that can fit an inner surface of the second portion and is supported by the tubular portion, wherein when the tubular portion fits the inner surface of the first portion, a first state where the inner surface of the second portion and the rod-like portion are spaced apart from each other and a second state where the inner surface of the second portion and the rod-like portion fit together are formed, and in the first state, a communication path communicating the inside of the second portion with the inside of the tubular portion is formed, while in the second state, the communication path is blocked.

Abstract: An attachment unit for attachment of a reaction container including a channel filled with a reaction solution and a liquid having a specific gravity different from that of the reaction solution and being immiscible with the reaction solution, the reaction solution moving close to opposed inner walls, a first heating unit that heats a first region of the channel and a second heating unit that heats a second region of the channel when the reaction container is attached to the attachment unit, a drive mechanism that switches arrangement of the attachment unit, the first heating unit, and the second heating unit between a first arrangement and a second arrangement in which a lowermost position of the channel is located within a first region and a second region, respectively, and a control unit that controls the drive mechanism, the first heating unit, and the second heating unit are provided.

Abstract: An attachment unit for attachment of a reaction container including a channel filled with a reaction solution and a liquid having a specific gravity different from that of the reaction solution and being immiscible with the reaction solution, the reaction solution moving close to opposed inner walls, a first heating unit that heats a first region of the channel and a second heating unit that heats a second region of the channel when the reaction container is attached to the attachment unit, a drive mechanism that switches arrangement of the attachment unit, the first heating unit, and the second heating unit between a first arrangement and a second arrangement in which a lowermost position of the channel is located within a first region and a second region, respectively, and a control unit that controls the drive mechanism, the first heating unit, and the second heating unit are provided.