US 12,111,299 B2
Measurement instrument and method for measuring target substance using same
Tetsuya Yamada, Ebina (JP); Toshihisa Osaki, Ebina (JP); Hisatoshi Mimura, Ebina (JP); Hirotaka Sugiura, Ebina (JP); and Shoji Takeuchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to KANAGAWA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Ebina (JP)
Appl. No. 17/764,680
Filed by KANAGAWA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Ebina (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/037647
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/066179, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-183996 (JP), filed on Oct. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0326204 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/38 (2006.01); G01N 33/487 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/0027 (2013.01) [G01N 1/38 (2013.01); G01N 33/0047 (2013.01); G01N 33/48721 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A measuring device comprising a plurality of units each, comprising:
a first container and a second container that are arranged adjacent to each other; and
a partition wall provided between said first and second containers, said partition wall having one or more through hole(s) for forming one or more lipid bilayer(s);
wherein
one or more gas flow path(s) having a hydrophobic surface are formed in at least one of said first and second containers;
each of said one or more gas flow path(s) has an inlet and an outlet;
said inlet and said outlet each communicate with the exterior of said measuring device;
said one or more gas flow path(s) open(s) into said at least one of the first and second containers in which they are formed; and
a gas flowing in said one or more gas flow path(s) contacts the droplet filled in said at least one of the first and second containers, and wherein a plurality of the gas flow paths is formed;
wherein the inlets of the respective gas flow paths of the respective units communicate with each other through respective gas introduction paths, and the gas can be supplied simultaneously to said respective units during use.