Abstract: The sampling chip dividing instrument includes: a main body block; a space that is provided inside the main body block, has an opening leading to an outer surface of the main body block, and fits in and contains the cut portion of the sampling chip through the opening; and an surrounding portion that is provided outside the space at a periphery of the opening, and receives a sample scattered from a break portion of the sampling chip divided near the opening.

Abstract: The sampling chip dividing instrument includes: a main body block; a space that is provided inside the main body block, has an opening leading to an outer surface of the main body block, and fits in and contains the cut portion of the sampling chip through the opening; and an surrounding portion that is provided outside the space at a periphery of the opening, and receives a sample scattered from a break portion of the sampling chip divided near the opening.

Abstract: This specimen collection device has a channel through which a specimen can be drawn by capillarity. The channel has two channel sections that extend from the tip side to the base side and are connected at the tip side. One of the channel sections is connected to a base side specimen intake port, and the other terminates at a location prior to reaching the base end. An air hole is provided at this terminating location. The specimen collection device is equipped with an extraction unit for collecting a prescribed amount of the specimen. The extraction unit includes the two channel sections on the tip side of the air hole, and can be severed from the other sections of the device body of the specimen collection device via a severable section.

Abstract: A sample holding disc includes a disk-shaped substrate, a plurality of holders for centrifugation including a recess configured to fit a sampling tip in a state where a flow channel of the sampling tip is substantially horizontal and a proximal end side faces the center, and a holder for keeping which includes a groove provided corresponding to each of the holders for centrifugation on an upper surface of the disk-shaped substrate and in which a distal end side of the sampling tip is fitted and held in a state where the proximal end of the sampling tip faces upward.

Abstract: This specimen collection device has a channel through which a specimen can be drawn by capillarity. The channel has two channel sections that extend from the tip side to the base side and are connected at the tip side. One of the channel sections is connected to a base side specimen intake port, and the other terminates at a location prior to reaching the base end. An air hole is provided at this terminating location. The specimen collection device is equipped with an extraction unit for collecting a prescribed amount of the specimen. The extraction unit includes the two channel sections on the tip side of the air hole, and can be severed from the other sections of the device body of the specimen collection device via a severable section.

Abstract: A centrifugal separation device including a supporter attached to a centrifuge and a divisional part removable from the supporter is provided. The divisional part has two flow channels and an extracting part. The flow channels extend substantially in parallel to the direction in which centrifugal force acts, and are connected to each other on the leading end side in the direction in which centrifugal force acts. One of the flow channels is a sample flow channel having a sample inlet on the base end side in the direction in which centrifugal force acts, and the other flow channel is an air-discharging flow channel having an outlet on the base end side. The extracting part includes part of the sample flow channel, and has a connecting part for the part to be cut off from the remainder of the sample flow channel.