Segmentable container and method of segmenting substance contained in container
AssigneeShimadzu Corporation
InventorTetsuo Ohashi
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Abstract
Provided are a simple, quick, and low-processing cost method capable of reliably separating part of an accommodated substance accommodated in a vessel only by simple mechanical operation while maintaining a hermetically-sealed state without any contact with an outside atmosphere, as well as a vessel with which the method may be used. A separable vessel comprises a first vessel portion, a second vessel portion which is contiguous with the first vessel portion, a fracture-inducing portion formed between the first vessel portion and the second vessel portion, and a self-fusing material provided on an outer surface so as to cover the fracture-inducing portion; and may contain an accommodated substance therein.
Claims10
A manipulation device for manipulating an object component in a vessel, comprising:
- the vessel which is a separable vessel comprising:
- a fracture-inducing portion formed in a position where fracture should be caused to separate the vessel into a first vessel portion and a second vessel portion;
- and a self-fusing material provided on an outer surface so as to cover the fracture-inducing portion, and the vessel containing an accommodated substance therein;
- magnetic particles that should capture and transport an object component;
- and
- a magnetic field application member for applying a magnetic field to the vessel so that the magnetic particles can be moved from an inside of the first vessel portion to an inside of the second vessel portion,
- wherein the fracture-inducing portion has a reduced wall thickness and/or a reduced material strength as compared with the rest of the vessel;
- and
- wherein the magnetic field application member is a permanent magnet or an electromagnet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.