Abstract: A plurality of different kinds of reagents are supported at different positions on a reagent layer. A humoral testing apparatus irradiates measuring light which has a wavelength adapted to one of the plurality of the reagent areas which forms a color, and detects the intensity of the light reflected from the reagent areas with the photodetector with respect to each of the reagents, and thus detects the optical densities of the reagent areas.

Abstract: A blood testing unit comprises a closed vessel having a blood introducing section formed at a certain area of the closed vessel. A blood constituent separating section is located within the closed vessel to separate plasma and/or serum from the blood sample introduced through the blood introducing section into the closed vessel. A reagent layer is located within the closed vessel, such that the reagent layer can be seen from the exterior. The reagent layer comprises a region for spreading the plasma and/or the serum, which has been separated by the blood constituent separating section from the blood sample, and a reagent supported on or in the spreading region, the reagent undergoing a reaction with the plasma and/or the serum and forming a color as a result of the reaction.

Abstract: A blood testing unit comprises a closed vessel having a blood introducing section formed at a certain area of the closed vessel. A blood constituent separating section is located within the closed vessel to separate plasma and/or serum from the blood sample introduced through the blood introducing section into the closed vessel. A reagent layer is located within the closed vessel, such that the reagent layer can be seen from the exterior. The reagent layer comprises a region for spreading the plasma and/or the serum, which has been separated by the blood constituent separating section from the blood sample, and a reagent supporte donor in the spreading region, the reagent undergoing a reaction with the plasma and/or the serum and forming a color as a result of the reaction.

Abstract: A blood constituent separating membrane constituted substantially of polysulfone membrane separates blood plasma and/or blood serum from a blood sample. Reagents which are supported on the reagent layer have a portion for spreading the blood plasma and/or the blood serum separated from the blood sample, and when the reagent layer comes into contact with the blood constituent separating membrane, the blood plasma and/or the blood serum spreads over the reagent layer. The reagent forms a color as a result of a reaction with the blood plasma and/or the blood serum.

Abstract: A humoral testing apparatus in which a measuring light is irradiated to a reagent area forming a color as a result of a reaction and an optical density of the reagent area is detected by a detecting operation of light intensity of the reflected light. The humoral testing apparatus enables a humoral test to be performed accurately in cases where nonuniformity occurs with the reaction of a reagent with a humoral sample within the reagent area, or in cases where fine dust is present within each detecting spot in the reagent areas.

Abstract: A plurality of different kinds of reagents are supported at different positions on a reagent layer. A humoral testing apparatus irradiates measuring light which has a wavelength adapted to one of the plurality of the reagent areas which forms a color, and detects the intensity of the light reflected from the reagent areas with the photodetector with respect to each of the reagents, and thus detects the optical densities of the reagent areas.

Abstract: A blood testing unit is provided with a closed vessel having an outer vessel body and an inner vessel body, and a reagent layer is accommodated in the closed vessel. Reagents which react with a blood sample are supported on the reagent layer. The closed vessel is comprised such that at least either one of the outer vessel body and the inner vessel body is provided with an aperture, through which air is capable of being introduced from the exterior to the interior of the one vessel body, and the one vessel body is provided with a sealing member for closing the aperture.

Abstract: With a humoral testing apparatus for use with a humoral testing unit in which a plurality of different kinds of reagents are supported at different positions of a reagent layer, a measuring light is irradiated to the reagent areas which has formed a color, and the intensities of the light reflected from the reagent areas are detected with a photodetector through distributed index lenses. The detecting of the intensity of the light having been reflected from each of the reagent areas is performed from the side of one surface of the reagent layer opposite to the other surface of the reagent layer, on which other surface a bodily fluid has been supplied to the reagent areas.

Abstract: In a Czochralski (CZ) single crystal puller equipped with a cooler and a thermal insulation member, which are to be disposed in a CZ furnace, smooth recharge and additional charge of material are made possible. Further, elimination of dislocations from a silicon seed crystal by use of the Dash's neck method can be performed smoothly. To these ends, there is provided a CZ single crystal puller, wherein a cooler and a thermal insulation member are immediately moved upward away from a melt surface during recharge or additional charge of material or during elimination of dislocations from a silicon seed crystal by use of the Dash's neck method.