An analyzing device includes a flow path plate having a flow path, through which a liquid flows, shaped like a rectangle, and having a light permeability, a light emitting unit having a light emitting lens and emitting light, and a light receiving unit including a light receiving lens and receiving the light, the analyzing device analyzing the liquid flowing inside the flow path plate, wherein the flow path plate has a pair of cutouts formed at an end face so as to face each other through a part of the flow path, wherein the pair of cutouts includes a first cutout in which the light emitting unit is disposed and a second cutout in which the light receiving unit is disposed.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of trace gas detection, and relates to a multi-cavity semi-open resonant photoacoustic cell and a multi-gas simultaneous measurement system. The photoacoustic cell includes multiple resonant cavities. Each resonant cavity has a unique length and a unique resonant frequency, so each resonant cavity corresponds to one to-be-measured gas. A sensitive diaphragm of an acoustic sensor is fixed on one end face of the photoacoustic cell. Photoacoustic signals of different frequencies generated in the resonant cavities act on the sensitive diaphragm of the acoustic sensor, causing the sensitive diaphragm of the acoustic sensor to vibrate periodically. Concentration information of multiple to-be-measured gases can be obtained by analyzing the vibration of the sensitive diaphragm of the acoustic sensor.

A microfluidic apparatus has a microchannel that includes at least one vertically oriented segment with a top section having a relatively wide opening and a bottom section having a relatively narrow opening. The top section is larger in volume relative to the bottom sections, and the middle sections taper down in at least one dimension from the top section to the bottom section. One or tens or hundreds of vertically-oriented segments may be provided, and they are fluidly coupled to each other. Each segment acts as a pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) cell, and the microchannel apparatus may be used to determine a parameter of a fluid containing hydrocarbons such as the dew point of the fluid or the liquid drop-out as a function of pressure.

A fine particle measurement device includes a support stand (20) that has a groove (F) extending in a predetermined direction and is configured to support in the groove an observation container (10), which has an elongate shape and accommodates a liquid sample containing a fine particle therein such that an extending direction of the groove (F) coincides with a longitudinal direction of the observation container (10); and an imaging unit (40) that is configured to capture an image of the fine particle in the observation container (10) at a position where the support stand is out of a field of view, the observation container (10) being supported by the support stand (20).

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a culture container capable of preventing a concave meniscus without using a jig. In order to achieve this purpose, the present invention provides a culture container (1A) provided with: a base (3) having a concave portion (4); and a water-repellent layer (5) formed on an outer edge region (411) of the bottom (41) of the concave portion (4) and the inner circumferential surface (42) of the concave portion (4). One of the surfaces of the water-repellent layer (5) is exposed to the space in the concave portion (4).

The invention relates to a method of determining a concentration of a substance in a cell suspension, said method comprising the following steps: determining the concentration of the substance by: using the results of absorption measurements performed at n local sample volumes contained at different average chamber heights of a chamber arrangement comprising the cell suspension and local substance concentration in said respective local sample volumes determined based on said respective absorption measurements; using a substance concentration model comprising local substance concentration as a function of chamber height, anddetermining the substance concentration as the infinite chamber height substance concentration using said substance concentration model and the determined local substance concentrations, wherein n is at least 2, such as at least 3, such as at least 4, wherein, optionally, the cell suspension is whole blood and the substance is Hb and wherein the method further comprises determining cRBC based on the determined Hb concentration and a determined Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH). The invention also relates to a system for executing the method.

The invention relates to a sample-holding element (20) for a liquid sample for the simultaneous analysis of three or more chemico-physical parameters of the liquid by means of an analysis device. The sample-holding element (20) has a sample-holding chamber (31), which can be filled with the liquid, wherein the sample-holding element (20) has at least three measurement points (24, 25, 26, 26N, 27) arranged adjacent to each other, which are distributed over the sample-holding chamber (31), wherein two of the measurement points (24, 25) are a photonic measurement point (24) and a refractive-index measurement point (25) and wherein the at least one further measurement point is selected from the group comprising at least a pH measurement point (26), a conductivity measurement point (27) and a germ measurement point. The sample-holding element (20) is a planar element (20) that is double-walled at least in some sections and that has plates (30, 30), which are arranged on each other in a plane-parallel manner and are connected to each other at the edges thereof at least in some sections, wherein the sample-holding chamber (31) is formed as a planar gap between the plates (30, 30) and the distance between the plates (30, 30) is just so large that the liquid sample can be subjected to the capillary effect between the double walls (30, 30). The measurement point (25) for measuring the refractive index has a refraction structure (25, 25) on one of the plates (30, 30) in a region predefined therefor. The invention further relates to an analysis device set having the sample-holding element (20) and having an analysis apparatus (1) and to a method for the simultaneous analysis of three or more chemico-physical parameters of the liquid.

The present invention relates to an optical analysis device using a multi-light source structure, which allows acquisition of an optimized measurement result by adjusting the number of light sources depending on a concentration of an object to be measured, such as ocean spilled oil, etc., and a method therefor. The optical analysis device using a multi-light source structure may comprise: a multi-light source unit including multiple light source units each having a light source which is selectively illuminated, in order to adjust an amount of light depending on a concentration of an object to be measured; a cuvette unit including a cuvette in which an object to be measured is disposed, wherein the cuvette has a prism shape and has as many faces as the number of the light source units plus one, the light source units faces the faces, respectively, and reactive light generated from the object to be measured is emitted through the remaining one face; a light sensor unit for detecting the reactive light emitted through the cuvette; and a control unit for controlling illumination of the light source units configuring the multi-light source unit.

An analyzing device includes a flow path plate having a flow path, through which a liquid flows, shaped like a rectangle, and having a light permeability, a light emitting unit having a light emitting lens and emitting light, and a light receiving unit including a light receiving lens and receiving the light, the analyzing device analyzing the liquid flowing inside the flow path plate, wherein the flow path plate has a pair of cutouts formed at an end face so as to face each other through a part of the flow path, wherein the pair of cutouts includes a first cutout in which the light emitting unit is disposed and a second cutout in which the light receiving unit is disposed.

A flow cell includes a housing, a window member, and a pressing member. The housing includes a cell channel in which a sample flows through, has, on at least one end side of the cell channel, an opening communicating with the cell channel, and has a flat surface at an edge of the opening. The window member has a lens portion at a central portion and a peripheral edge portion whose one surface and the other surface are flat. In the window member, one surface of the peripheral edge portion is provided facing the flat surface of the housing so as to seal the opening.