Abstract: To provide a temperature adjustment stage that can efficiently heat a cartridge in accordance with necessity of heating each well. A temperature adjustment stage for heating a cartridge in which a plurality of wells that store a liquid are formed. The cartridge is used in an inspection system that detects an object captured by an immunoreaction, the wells include a labeled antibody well that stores a labeled antibody that labels the object, and there is provided a structure that does not heat the labeled antibody well.

Abstract: Provided is a game system or the like capable of setting a game field relatively wide. This game system provides a training game that progresses through a navigation character or a waiting character that moves in accordance with a user instruction in a game field of a monitor that displays a room screen including the game field. Further, for example, the game system specifies a position relationship between a waiting position and a guide position, when the user instructs the waiting character to move from the waiting position to the guide position in the game field, and changes a moving speed of the waiting character between a normal speed and a special speed in accordance with the specified position relationship, when the waiting character moves from the waiting position to the guide position.

Abstract: Provided is a game system or the like capable of setting a game field relatively wide. This game system provides a training game that progresses through a navigation character or a waiting character that moves in accordance with a user instruction in a game field of a monitor that displays a room screen including the game field. Further, for example, the game system specifies a position relationship between a waiting position and a guide position, when the user instructs the waiting character to move from the waiting position to the guide position in the game field, and changes a moving speed of the waiting character between a normal speed and a special speed in accordance with the specified position relationship, when the waiting character moves from the waiting position to the guide position.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a BNP measuring method with which it is possible to measure the concentration of BNP in a specimen with higher sensitivity and higher reproducibility. A protease inhibitor is added to a specimen that contains brain natriuretic peptide to obtain a pretreatment specimen. The pretreatment specimen is provided on a metal film to which a binding substance capable of binding specifically. Either prior to or following the binding to the binding substance, the brain natriuretic peptide is labeled with a fluorescent substance. In a state where the brain natriuretic peptide labeled with the fluorescent substance is bound to the binding substance immobilized to the metal film, the metal film is irradiated with excitation light so as to cause surface plasmon resonance to occur in the metal film, and then fluorescence released from the fluorescent substance is detected.

Abstract: A liquid delivery method according to the present invention performs a procedure including supplying a first liquid into a microchannel and collecting the first liquid from within the microchannel, and then, dispensing a first amount of a second liquid without hermetically sealing a pipette tip insertion hole, then, dispensing a second amount of the second liquid in a state where the pipette tip insertion hole is hermetically closed to supply the second liquid into the microchannel.

Abstract: Aiming to provide a method capable of reciprocatingly delivering various liquids without bringing air into a microchannel, a detection system and a detection apparatus for implementation of this method. In order to achieve at least one of the above aims, provided is a method of inserting a pipette tip into a liquid injection portion of a detection chip including: the microchannel; the liquid injection portion connected to one end of the microchannel; and a reservoir connected to the other end of the microchannel, injecting and aspirating the liquid by the pipette tip, and reciprocatingly delivering the liquid into the microchannel.

Abstract: Provided is a game system or the like capable of setting a game field relatively wide. This game system provides a training game that progresses through a navigation character or a waiting character that moves in accordance with a user instruction in a game field of a monitor that displays a room screen including the game field. Further, for example, the game system specifies a position relationship between a waiting position and a guide position, when the user instructs the waiting character to move from the waiting position to the guide position in the game field, and changes a moving speed of the waiting character between a normal speed and a special speed in accordance with the specified position relationship, when the waiting character moves from the waiting position to the guide position.

Abstract: To provide a temperature adjustment stage that can efficiently heat a cartridge in accordance with necessity of heating each well. A temperature adjustment stage for heating a cartridge in which a plurality of wells that store a liquid are formed. The cartridge is used in an inspection system that detects an object captured by an immunoreaction, the wells include a labeled antibody well that stores a labeled antibody that labels the object, and there is provided a structure that does not heat the labeled antibody well.

Abstract: Temperature adjustment with a pipette tip temperature adjustment unit (7) and a drive unit (54) for raising and lowering a pipette tip (51), an environment temperature sensor (10) for sensing temperature inside an analysis apparatus (1A), a pump (53) for drawing a liquid into pipette tip (51) and discharging liquid in the pipette tip (51), and a control unit (6a) for setting, in advance, temperature control target value during sample analysis for unit (7) based on environment temperature sensed by sensor (10), and during sample analysis, drive unit (54) lowers pipette tip (51), pump (53) performs pumping wherein intake and discharge are repeated in a state in which unit (7) blows air, and unit (6a) sets, in advance, the temperature value for use during sample analysis for the pipette tip temperature adjustment unit (7) on the basis of analysis reagent information and the environment temperature sensed by e sensor (10).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide: a labeled antibody dispersion liquid in which a labeled antibody having a label substance bonded to an antibody is dispersed favorably when the labeled antibody is used in measurement; and a kit for SPFS. A labeled antibody dispersion liquid contains a labeled antibody having a label substance bonded to a thiol group generated by cleaving some of disulfide bonds of an antibody molecule; and a non-ionic surfactant.

Abstract: To provide an inspection cartridge capable of preventing a user from using a blood sample of a wrong vacuum blood collection tube when the user dispenses the blood sample from the vacuum blood collection tube to the inspection cartridge, and a blood inspection device which performs a blood inspection using the same. An inspection cartridge used for performing a blood inspection with a blood inspection device provided with an identifier for identifying an anticoagulant usable in the inspection cartridge.

Abstract: An antigen detection method using sandwich immunoassay includes a first reaction step of preparing a sensor chip, which includes a fine flow channel in which a reaction zone having an antigen-capturing antibody immobilized thereon is arranged, a liquid discharge/suction section and a liquid-mixing section, and subsequently feeding thereto a sample liquid so as to allow the antigen-capturing antibody to capture a target; and a second reaction step of allowing a labeling liquid containing a labeling antibody to flow into the fine flow channel so as to label the target. In the antigen detection method, the labeling liquid does not reach the liquid-mixing section. According to the antigen detection method, the accuracy and the repeatability of the target measurement can be improved.

Abstract: Aiming to provide a method capable of reciprocatingly delivering various liquids without bringing air into a microchannel, a detection system and a detection apparatus for implementation of this method. In order to achieve at least one of the above aims, provided is a method of inserting a pipette tip into a liquid injection portion of a detection chip including: the microchannel; the liquid injection portion connected to one end of the microchannel; and a reservoir connected to the other end of the microchannel, injecting and aspirating the liquid by the pipette tip, and reciprocatingly delivering the liquid into the microchannel.

Abstract: A liquid delivery method according to the present invention performs a procedure including supplying a first liquid into a microchannel and collecting the first liquid from within the microchannel, and then, dispensing a first amount of a second liquid without hermetically sealing a pipette tip insertion hole, then, dispensing a second amount of the second liquid in a state where the pipette tip insertion hole is hermetically closed to supply the second liquid into the microchannel.

Abstract: In a first step, by moving a blocking liquid containing a blocking agent in a containing unit for containing a liquid, the inside of the containing unit is subjected to a blocking treatment. In a second step, by supplying a liquid containing a reaction target substance (detection target substance) into the containing unit, a reaction field which is exposed to the containing unit and to which a capturing body is fixed is caused to capture the reaction target substance. The second step is performed following the first step or simultaneously with the first step.

Abstract: An antigen detection method using sandwich immunoassay includes a first reaction step of preparing a sensor chip, which includes a fine flow channel in which a reaction zone having an antigen-capturing antibody immobilized thereon is arranged, a liquid discharge/suction section and a liquid-mixing section, and subsequently feeding thereto a sample liquid so as to allow the antigen-capturing antibody to capture a target; and a second reaction step of allowing a labeling liquid containing a labeling antibody to flow into the fine flow channel so as to label the target. In the antigen detection method, the labeling liquid does not reach the liquid-mixing section. According to the antigen detection method, the accuracy and the repeatability of the target measurement can be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed is a blood cell trajectory display device (1) for displaying the blood cell trajectory leading to an agglutination, that is equipped with a TV camera (3) for sequential photographing the flow of blood, a calculation unit (70) that analyzes the blood flow images obtained by the TV camera (3), and a display (8). The calculation unit (70) analyzes a plurality of blood flow image frames and detects the agglutination of blood cells in the blood, and in cases in which blood cell agglutination has been detected, detects the position of said blood cells in the blood flow image frame prior to the frame in which the agglutination was detected, and requests the trajectory of said blood cells to the agglutination point. The display (8) displays the blood cell trajectory requested by the calculation unit (70).

Abstract: To provide an information processing device, an image movement instructing method, and an information storage medium for selecting any of a plurality of images in a simple operation and for designating a destination to which to move the selected image or images. The image processing device comprises an image displaying unit for displaying one or more images on a display screen; a track acquiring unit for acquiring a finite track at a position designated by a user on the display screen; an image selecting unit for selecting some or all of the one or more object images based on the track acquired by the track acquiring unit; and an image moving unit for moving the object image selected by the image selecting unit to a position in accordance with an end point of the track acquired by the track acquiring unit.

Abstract: To provide an information processing device capable of facilitating input by a user of a symbol, such as, e.g., a character, a mark (a symbol in a narrow sense), a pictogram (a pictorial symbol), and so forth. An area setting unit (72) sets a plurality of areas corresponding to symbols or symbol groups in a screen image. A determination unit (76) determines whether or not a position pointed out by a user in the screen image is included in any of the plurality of areas. A symbol string obtaining unit (78) obtains a symbol string input by a user, based on the result of the determination by the determination unit (76). A process executing unit (80) carries out a process, based on the result of comparison between a reference symbol string and the symbol string input by a user.

Abstract: Blood fluidity is measured in a short time. A blood fluidity measurement system, which measures blood fluidity by flowing blood into a channel, is equipped with a TV camera which photographs the blood stream in the channel and an image processing part which detects the state of the blood stream in the channel as blood fluidity from the image taken by the TV camera.