Microarray processing apparatus, well plate for microarray processing apparatus, microarray holder, and microarray washing method

摘要

Provided is a microarray processing apparatus which is capable of sufficiently washing a microarray. The microarray processing apparatus (30) includes a well plate (38) in which one or two or more wells (40) are formed, each well (40) accommodating a microarray (1), and a suction nozzle (46) that suctions a liquid from the well. The well has a concave portion whose upper end is opened, which has a depth equal to or greater than a height of the microarray, and into which a front end of the suction nozzle can be inserted up to a height position of a lower end of the microarray accommodated in the well. The suction nozzle can relatively descend in the well until the front end of the suction nozzle is located at the height position of the lower end of the microarray accommodated in the well.

主权项

1. A microarray processing apparatus comprising:
a well plate in which at least one well is formed, each well accommodating a microarray which has a flat shape and whose outer edge is held by a microarray holder in an erected state to a bottom surface of each well, and having a concave portion formed at an inner wall of each well; and a well cover which comes into contact with an upper surface of the well plate and hermetically seals an opened upper end of each well, wherein the concave portion has an opened upper end, and extends along a depth direction of each well from the bottom surface to the opened end of each well, and a length of the concave portion along the depth direction of each well is longer than a height of the microarray accommodated in each well and is longer than a height of the microarray holder accommodated in each well.