APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING ORGANISM-RELATED SUBSTANCE, INSPECTION STAGE, AND INSPECTION CONTAINER

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inspection apparatus of an organism-related substance for properly suppressing heat radiation from an observation window. SOLUTION: The inspection apparatus comprises a temperature adjustment mechanism 111 for adjusting the temperature of a fitted inspection container 101, an observation window 112 for achieving optical observation of a solid phase carrier 102 in the inspection container 101, an observation apparatus 150 for acquiring the optical image of the solid phase carrier 102 in the inspection container 101 from the upper part via the observation window 112, and a pump 115 that is connected to a channel 103 in the fitted inspection container 101 via a tube 114 in terms of fluid. The observation window 112 has two transparent plates 113a, 113b that are arranged with an interval. An inspection stage, including the temperature adjustment mechanism 111, comprises a channel 123 connected to space 125 between the two transparent plates 113a, 113b, and a pump 120 for circulating a transparent liquid to the channel 123. The channel 123 has a heat exchange section 124 for heating the transparent liquid circulated in the channel 123. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI