Stirring device and preprocessing device
AssigneesNational University Corporation Kobe University, Shimadzu Corporation
InventorsAya TORAI, Yoshihiro MATSUMOTO, Tomohisa HASUNUMA
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Abstract
When a stirring device 11 performs processing of stirring a mixed solution in a test tube S, a holding mechanism 13 and a movement mechanism 14 are operated so that the test tube S is moved to a position of B2. Then, in the test tube S, the cells attached to the inner surface of the test tube S and the liquid are separated. Further, the cells attached to the inner surface of the test tube S are detected by a color sensor 152. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the work for determining the end of the stirring processing by the user. As a result, the workability of the user when using the stirring device 11 can be improved.
Claims5
A stirring device for stirring a mixed solution in which a reagent is mixed with cells, the stirring device comprising:
- a stirring mechanism that stirs the mixed solution in a container in which the mixed solution is housed;
- a solid-liquid separation mechanism that separates the cells attached to the container from liquid other than the cells in the container after the stirring by the stirring mechanism;
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- a cell detection mechanism that detects whether or not the cells separated from the liquid by the solid-liquid separation mechanism are attached to the container.
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