Abstract:
A sampling filter and a sampling device that can readily sample cell aggregates having a predetermined size are provided, and a sampling method using the same is provided. A sampling filter samples cell aggregates and includes a frame portion that demarcates a region through which a liquid containing cell aggregates passes and a filter portion which is disposed in only part of the region and in which a plurality of through holes are located.
Abstract:
In a cell-capturing filter including a metal porous membrane, degradation over time is determined earlier. A cell-capturing filter includes a metal porous membrane having a plurality of through-holes that penetrate between two principal surfaces facing each other. The metal porous membrane is made of an alloy of nickel and an element selected from the group consisting of gold, platinum, and palladium, or a metal containing nickel as a main component. A metal containing copper as a main component is attached to a part of either one of the principal surfaces of the metal porous membrane. By checking a state change of the metal containing copper as a main component, degradation over time of the metal porous membrane can be determined earlier
Abstract:
A perforated-structure body having a plurality of apertures that penetrate from a first main surface to a second main surface of a perforated plate. Support substrates are stacked on at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the perforated plate so as to define a portion through which at least one of the apertures is exposed.
Abstract:
A method for measuring the presence or absence of an object to be measured in a specimen or the quantity thereof. The method includes filtrating the object to be measured from the specimen using as a physical filter, a void-arranged structural body having a plurality of void portions penetrating in a direction perpendicular to a primary surface thereof so as to hold the object to be measured by the void-arranged structural body; irradiating an electromagnetic wave on the void-arranged structural body holding the object to be measured; and detecting characteristics of an electromagnetic wave scattered by the void-arranged structural body.
Abstract:
A separation recovery system for separating and recovering an object to be separated includes a metal porous membrane which has a first principal surface and a second principal surface facing the first principal surface and has a plurality of through-holes extending between the first principal surface and the second principal surface, a supply device which supplies a first fluid containing the object to be separated from the first principal surface of the metal porous membrane toward the second principal surface, and a backwash device which supplies a second fluid containing a plurality of particles larger than a size of the plurality of through-holes of the metal porous membrane in a direction from the second principal surface of the metal porous membrane toward the first principal surface.
Abstract:
A filtration device includes a container, a channel member, and a filter. The container has a space of variable volume that contains a liquid, the liquid including a target substance to be separated by filtration. The channel member includes a channel and an opening that are defined therein, the opening being provided at a position along the channel in a direction transverse to the direction in which the channel extends. The channel member has an attachment part to which the container is attached and which provides communication between the space in the container and the channel. The filter is attached inside the channel member and positioned at the opening.
Abstract:
A concentration apparatus that includes a liquid tank storing a liquid containing a filtration object, a tubular member having first and second end portions disposed in the liquid tank and forming a first circulation flow path therebetween, a circulation pump for supplying the liquid stored in the liquid tank to flow from the first end portion to the second end portion, a filtration filter disposed in a sidewall of the tubular member, a bypass pipe having first and second ends thereof connected to sidewalls of the tubular member so as to form a second circulation flow path between the first and second end portions of the tubular member, a switching valve constructed to cause the liquid to flow in one of the first or second circulation flow paths, and a control unit controlling driving of the circulation pump and a switching operation of the switching valve.
Abstract:
A liquid cell culture medium collecting filter unit includes a porous metal membrane that filters out cells in a liquid cell culture medium, a support that holds a peripheral portion of the porous metal membrane. and a tubular member that has a hollow part serving a flow path for a liquid cell culture medium. The tubular member is connected to the support such that the flow path faces at least part of a main surface of the porous metal membrane.
Abstract:
A filtration filter having a filter substrate defining a plurality of through-holes extending from a first principal surface to a second principal surface opposite the first principal surface; and a pair of projections between adjacent through-holes of the plurality of through-holes, the pair of projections being on corresponding end portions on opposite sides in a width direction of the filter substrate and protruding from the first principal surface so as to define a reservoir part with the first principal surface.
Abstract:
A filtration filter device that includes a filtration filter that filters an object to be filtered that a fluid contains, and a holding member that holds an outer circumferential portion of the filtration filter. An annular projecting portion that projects in a thickness direction of the holding member and that defines a channel through which the fluid flows is formed on one main surface of the holding member. A recessed portion that is recessed in the thickness direction of the holding member and that has an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of the projecting portion is formed on the other main surface of the holding member. The filtration filter is disposed inside the projecting portion of the holding member.