A light scattering particulate matter measuring apparatus is disclosed. The light scattering particulate matter measuring apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a casing provided with an inlet into which outside air flows and an outlet through which is exhausted measured air of which the particulate matter concentration has been measured; an airflow pathway which connects the inlet and the outlet in the casing and along which outside air moves; and an external temperature-humidity sensor which is provided on the outside of the casing and measures the temperature and relative humidity of outside air.

A microscope includes: a sample chamber; a microscope stage arranged below the sample chamber, the microscope stage having a top surface for receiving a sample carrier in an examining position, in which a sample arranged on the sample carrier is microscopically examinable; a sample carrier storing unit arranged within the sample chamber for receiving the sample carrier in at least one storing position; and a sample carrier handling device for moving the sample carrier between the storing position and the examination position.

The purpose of the present invention is to embody an inspection device wherein dew condensation in a sample container, in particular, in the lid thereof can be prevented or quickly removed without giving heat shock to a sample in the sample container. For this purpose, provided is an inspection device comprising an isothermal part 110 which comprises a rack 111 and maintains a sample container 150 storing a sample in a temperature-controlled environment, said sample container 150 comprising a plate and a lid, a detection part 120 which comprises an optical device for observing and inspecting the sample stored in the sample container, and a transportation part 130 which transports the sample container from the isothermal part to the detection part and vice versa, wherein at least one of the isothermal part, detection part and transportation part is provided with a member by which the lid of the sample container is held in a state lifted from the plate.

Various embodiments are directed to a device for detecting fluid particle characteristics comprising: a collection fluid dispense assembly configured to selectively dispense a volume of collection fluid onto an absorbent media disposed within an internal sensor portion of a fluid composition sensor, producing a collection media based on interaction between the volume of collection fluid and the absorbent media; and a controller configured to determine, based on a particle image captured by an imaging device, a particle characteristic associated with a particle captured at the collection media. In various embodiments a device is configured to receive therein a collection media comprising a biologically nutritive substance; and may comprise an imaging device and a controller configured to determine a biological particle characteristic based on a comparison of first particle data and second particle data generated by the imaging device, the second particle data being associated with an incubated particle configuration.

Provided is a reagent cooler that prevents occurrence of condensation and further uniforms a temperature in the cooler with low power consumption and a simple structure. The reagent cooler includes a refrigerant pipe that is disposed inside an outer wall of the reagent cooler 103 and circulates a refrigerant inside the outer wall; a blowing pipe 109 that is disposed inside the outer wall and guides outside air existing outside the reagent cooler to inside of the reagent cooler; and a blowing unit 114 that is disposed at the blowing pipe and diffuses the outside air into the inside of the reagent cooler through the blowing pipe. With the outside air cooled by the outer wall and taken into the inside of the reagent cooler, the reagent cooler is positively pressurized and the internal temperature is made uniform.

Provided is a workpiece bonding method that makes it possible to achieve a joining state with a high strength and to obtain a good repeatability of the joining state.

A workpiece bonding method according to the present invention is a workpiece bonding method for bonding two workpieces to each other, each of the two workpieces being composed of a material selected from the group consisting of synthetic resin, glass, silicon wafer, crystal and sapphire, the workpiece bonding method including: a surface activation step of activating a bonded surface of at least one of the workpieces; and a laminating step of laminating the two workpieces such that respective bonded surfaces contact with each other, and a pretreatment step of removing moisture from the bonded surface of the workpiece that is to be subjected to the surface activation step is performed before the surface activation step is performed.

A gene analyzer has a structure in which a metal block, a heater installed on an outer surface of the metal block, and a heat insulator applied onto an outer surface of the heater are integrally formed, thereby miniaturizing the gene analyzer. Further, parts for light measurement, such as a light source element, a light-receiving element, a light source filter, a fluorescent filter, a light source lens, a fluorescent lens, and the like, are installed in a heat insulator light source path and a heat insulator fluorescent path formed in the heat insulator, and the paths formed in the heat insulator are aligned with a block light source path and a block fluorescent path of the metal block.

Described is a lateral flow high throughput assay device analyzer for preparing and analyzing a plurality of lateral flow assay samples. The analyzer comprises a cartridge stage for supporting an assay cartridge, an elevation adjustment mechanism, and a translation adjustment mechanism for aligning the cartridge stage and assay cartridge relative to a vertical support structure, fluid metering device, and detection device for high throughput lateral flow assay analysis.

An autosampler includes: a sample cooling unit that is brought into thermally contact with a bottom surface of a sample rack so as to cool a sample accommodated in the sample rack; a condensed water receiver that has at least one hole on a bottom surface thereof, and is provided below the sample rack for receiving water condensed around the sample rack; a discharging passage configured in such a manner that a droplet falling from the at least one hole flows therein.

There is provided an accommodation case (1) having a first wall part (33) in which a power supply unit (40) that transmits electric power to a power supply destination in a noncontact state is provided, a second wall part (34) in which a power reception unit (50) that receives electric power that is supplied from a power supply source in a noncontact state is provided, where the second wall part (34) faces the first wall part (33), and an accommodation space (35) that is surrounded by a plurality of wall parts including the first wall part (33) and the second wall part (34).