Accommodation case, accommodation case stack, and method of operating microfluidic device
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorsHidetoshi Takayama, Koju Ito, Takahiro Oba, Keisuke Oku
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Abstract
There is provided an accommodation case (1) having a first wall part (33) in which a power supply unit (40) that transmits electric power to a power supply destination in a noncontact state is provided, a second wall part (34) in which a power reception unit (50) that receives electric power that is supplied from a power supply source in a noncontact state is provided, where the second wall part (34) faces the first wall part (33), and an accommodation space (35) that is surrounded by a plurality of wall parts including the first wall part (33) and the second wall part (34).
Claims8
A method of operating a microfluidic device, which uses an accommodation case that includes:
- a first wall part in which a power supply unit that transmits electric power to a power reception unit in a noncontact state is provided,
- a second wall part in which the power reception unit, which receives electric power that is supplied from the power supply unit in a noncontact state, is provided, the second wall part facing the first wall part, and
- an accommodation space that is surrounded by a plurality of wall parts including the first wall part and the second wall part,
- the method comprising:
- accommodating an electric device that is operated by receiving electric power that is supplied from the power reception unit, in the accommodation space of the accommodation case;
- connecting the microfluidic device to the electric device;
- and
- arranging the accommodation case in which the electric device is accommodated and the microfluidic device in an incubator to operate the microfluidic device.
A method of operating a microfluidic device, which uses an accommodation case stack in which a first accommodation case and a second accommodation case are stacked, each of the first accommodation case and the second accommodation case including:
- a first wall part in which a power supply unit that transmits electric power to a power reception unit in a noncontact state is provided,
- a second wall part in which the power reception unit, which receives electric power that is supplied from the power supply unit in a noncontact state, is provided, the second wall part facing the first wall part, and
- an accommodation space that is surrounded by a plurality of wall parts including the first wall part and the second wall part,
- wherein the first wall part of the first accommodation case and the second wall part of the second accommodation case are adjacent to each other,
- the method comprising:
- accommodating a first electric device that is operated by receiving electric power that is supplied from the power reception unit that is provided on the second wall part of the first accommodation case, in the accommodation space of the first accommodation case;
- accommodating a second electric device that is operated by receiving electric power that is supplied from the power reception unit that is provided on the second wall part of the second accommodation case, in the accommodation space of the second accommodation case;
- connecting a first microfluidic device to the first electric device;
- connecting a second microfluidic device to the second electric device;
- and
- arranging the first accommodation case in which the first electric device is accommodated, the second accommodation case in which the second electric device is accommodated, the first microfluidic device, and the second microfluidic device in an incubator to operate the first microfluidic device and the second microfluidic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.