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- the present invention relates to a magnetic field measuring apparatus, for example, an immunological test technique for detecting an antigen-antibody reaction by a magnetic method by applying an alternating magnetic field to a measurement sample containing magnetic fine particles.
- Immune reactions are widely used in various fields, from detection of pathogenic bacteria and cancer cells in foods to detection of environmentally harmful substances that cause allergies.
- the immune reaction is due to the binding between a substance to be measured (antigen) and a test reagent (antibody) that selectively binds to the antigen, and the type and amount of the antigen are measured from this binding.
- a marker is added to the antibody because an antigen-antibody binding reaction (antigen-antibody reaction) is used.
- an optical marker is used as the marker, and the antigen-antibody reaction is detected by optical measurement.
- Magnetic immunoassay a new technique for magnetically detecting an antigen-antibody reaction using magnetic fine particles (hereinafter referred to as a magnetic marker) has been performed (Non-patent Document 1). See -9). It has also been reported that this magnetic immunoassay achieves an immunoassay that is 10 times more sensitive than conventional optical techniques by using a superconductor SQUID magnetometer as a magnetic sensor.
- Magnetic relaxation measurement A test sample containing a magnetic marker is fixed at a detection position of a superconductor SQUID magnetometer, and a pulse magnetic field of 1 mT is applied to the test sample. At that time, the direction in which the DC magnetic field is applied and the detection direction of the superconductor SQUID magnetometer are orthogonal to each other. Relaxation of the magnetic signal from the sample for 1 second immediately after application of the pulse magnetic field is detected by the superconductor SQUID magnetometer. The magnetic marker is magnetized by applying the pulse magnetic field, and residual magnetism occurs in the magnetic marker immediately after the magnetic field is applied. The residual magnetism decreases with time due to thermal noise.
- JP 2001-33455 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-133458
- the conventional magnetic immunoassay device uses a superconductor SQUID magnetometer that requires a refrigerant system (liquid nitrogen) or a vacuum system (vacuum pump) as a magnetic sensor.
- a refrigerant system liquid nitrogen
- a vacuum system vacuum pump
- a conventional magnetic immunoassay device magnetizes a test sample containing a magnetic marker and detects a magnetic signal from the magnetized test sample, so that the superconductor SQUID magnetometer as a sensor unit or the entire device is magnetically shielded. It was necessary to cover with.
- the magnetic shield is effective for reducing the environmental magnetic noise entering the magnetic sensor, but is extremely expensive especially in the size covering the entire apparatus because the material of the magnetic shield is a rare metal.
- the magnetic shield needs to be handled with care because the magnetic shielding characteristics change due to mechanical shock.
- a moving device for example, a drive motor
- measures are taken to use an ultrasonic motor that does not generate magnetism in the moving device.
- an ultrasonic motor does not use a magnetic material in a drive unit, and thus has an excellent feature that does not emit magnetic noise.
- it is not only very expensive compared to a general motor, but also has delicate operating conditions (continuous operation only for a short time and short life).
- an object of the present invention is to provide an immunological test technique that realizes highly sensitive and stable operation with a magnetic seal dress.
- the magnetic immunoassay apparatus of the present invention has an excitation coil 101 for magnetizing a test sample containing a magnetic marker and an AC signal generator 107 serving as a signal source for the excitation coil 101. Generates alternating current magnetism.
- the inspection sample is placed on the circumference of a disk-type nonmagnetic plate 103.
- the nonmagnetic plate 103 is rotationally moved by a drive unit constituted by a DC motor 105.
- the motor driver 110 of the drive unit has a function of adjusting the rotation speed so that the rotation speed of the nonmagnetic plate 103 can be freely changed.
- the magnetic immunoassay apparatus of the present invention has a magnetoresistive effect element 104 (MR sensor), and the test magnetized by AC magnetism from the excitation coil 101 when passing through the vicinity of the excitation coil 101 by the drive unit.
- a magnetic signal from the sample is detected by the MR sensor 104.
- the MR sensor 104 includes a small coil for generating a signal for canceling the AC magnetism that enters the MR sensor 104.
- the signal source of the small coil is the above-described AC signal generator 107.
- the output of the AC signal generator 107 is input to a small coil via an amplitude phase adjuster 108 that adjusts the signal intensity and phase.
- the magnetic immunoassay apparatus of the present invention has a lock-in amplifier 109.
- the output of the MR sensor 104 and the signal source output of the excitation coil 101 are used as the input signal and reference signal of the lock-in amplifier 109, respectively.
- the lock-in amplifier 109 detects the phase change of the magnetic signal from the magnetized test sample.
- an AD converter 112 for AD converting the output of the lock-in amplifier 109 is provided, and a data collector 113 for collecting signals output from the AD converter 112 is provided.
- the lock-in amplifier 109 has a function capable of adjusting the inspection sample to the optimum detection band of the magnetic signal according to the rotational speed of the nonmagnetic plate 103 described above.
- the magnetic immunoassay apparatus of the present invention monitors the rotation timing of each rotation of the non-magnetic plate 103 described above, and adds the magnetic signal obtained by rotating a plurality of times by software in the data collector described above. It has a function to process, and is applied when performing high-precision immunoassay using this function.
- the magnetic immunoassay apparatus of the present invention monitors the displacement change of the position where each test sample is installed on the nonmagnetic plate 103 during rotation, and the magnetic signal from each test sample obtained by the measurement is described above. It has a function of correcting using displacement information in software in the data collector.
- the MR sensor described above is arranged so as to measure a magnetic signal in the same direction as the tangential direction of the nonmagnetic plate 103 described above.
- a distributed waveform having a minimum value and a maximum value can be obtained.
- a difference (intensity between peaks) between the maximum value and the minimum value in the distributed waveform is set as a magnetic signal intensity for evaluation in the inspection sample.
- the antigen concentration to be examined is quantitatively evaluated from the amount of change in intensity between the peaks.
- an immunological test system capable of stably measuring an antigen-antibody reaction with a magnetic shield dress and a simple apparatus configuration is realized.
- the figure which shows the magnetic immunoassay apparatus using the alternating current magnetization measuring method of this invention The figure which shows the magnetic marker comprised from a magnetic particle, a polymer, and an antibody. The figure which shows the binding marker and unbound marker in the said test sample container at the time of adding an antibody to a test sample container bottom part. The figure which shows the frequency dependence of the magnetic susceptibility in a coupling
- strength from each test container at the time of integrating the exciting coil and MR sensor in a magnetic immunoassay apparatus The figure which shows the magnetic immunoassay apparatus using the difference by two MR sensors of this invention.
- sequence MR sensor The figure which shows the observation result (b) of the MR sensor output (a) of upper arrangement
- a magnetic immunoassay method using alternating current magnetism as shown in FIG. 3 is performed using a magnetic marker comprising magnetic particles 201, polymer 202 and detection antibody 203 as shown in FIG.
- the antibody 304 is fixed to the bottom 303 of the test sample container 301, and a magnetic marker is administered to the test sample container 301 containing the antigen 305.
- a binding marker 306 and an unbound marker 307 bound to the antibody 304 by the antigen-antibody reaction are present in the test solution 302 depending on the concentration of the antigen 305 and in the test sample container, respectively.
- the size of the magnetic marker is on the order of 100 nm, it moves and rotates randomly in the solution of the test sample container 301 due to thermal noise.
- the magnetic marker is composed of magnetic particles, it has a magnetic moment.
- the aggregate of magnetic markers in the test sample container has a total magnetization due to the magnetic moment, and the magnetization decays exponentially with time.
- This relaxation phenomenon is called Brownian relaxation and is proportional to the volume of the magnetic marker.
- ⁇ is the viscosity of the test solution
- V is the volume of the magnetic marker
- k B is the Boltzmann constant
- T is the temperature of the test solution.
- the susceptibility component having the same phase as the AC magnetism is a real component.
- a magnetic susceptibility component whose phase is shifted by 90 ° with respect to AC magnetism becomes an imaginary part component.
- This difference in relaxation time shows a difference in the frequency dependence of the magnetic susceptibility as shown in FIG. 4 in the real part component ⁇ ′ ( ⁇ ) and the imaginary part component ⁇ ′′ ( ⁇ ) in the above-mentioned AC magnetic susceptibility. That is, the coupled marker exhibits a large magnetic susceptibility with low-frequency AC magnetism, and a sufficient magnetic susceptibility cannot be obtained at a high frequency.
- the unbound marker exhibits a sufficient magnetic susceptibility even at a high frequency.
- an immunological test is performed from information on only unbound markers that can be obtained efficiently.
- An AC magnetic susceptibility signal obtained from a test sample that does not contain the antigen 305 during the immunological test is referred to as a reference signal B 0 .
- the AC magnetic susceptibility signal B ′ from the test sample when the antigen enters is reduced in the unbound marker 307 as compared to before the antigen administration, and the AC magnetic susceptibility signal B ′ from the test sample is the reference signal described above. Decreases from B 0 .
- the aforementioned binding marker 306 was obtained by immobilizing an antibody on the bottom of the test sample container, but it is also possible to use polymer beads to which an antibody is added instead of the immobilized antibody on the bottom (FIG. 5). .
- the test solution 302 has a binding marker 306 bound to the polymer beads 401 by an antigen-antibody reaction and an unbound unbound marker 307, respectively.
- the number of magnetic markers attached to the polymer beads 401 can be made larger than the number of magnetic markers attached to the bottom shown in FIG.
- Example 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
- a test sample is placed in a test container 102 provided in the nonmagnetic plate 103.
- the nonmagnetic plate 103 is rotationally moved by a drive system constituted by a DC motor 105.
- the test sample is magnetized by AC magnetism from the excitation coil 101.
- the exciting coil 101 is a Helmholtz coil type, and the test sample passes across the vicinity of the center between the coils.
- the MR sensor 104 for measuring the magnetic signal from the inspection sample has a structure integrated with the exciting coil 101.
- the non-magnetic plate 103 has a disk shape, and 12 test containers 102 are arranged on the disk at a certain distance from the center of the disk, and are adjacent to each other with a certain distance from each other. Are arranged to be.
- the cuvettes arranged on the disk are numbered 1 to 12 in order.
- the attached container numbers correspond to them. The numbers may be clockwise or counterclockwise, but are numbered sequentially.
- 6A and 6B show the noise intensities from the twelve cuvettes 102 that do not contain the test sample.
- the upper scale indicates the cuvette number
- the lower scale indicates the measurement time (the time when the measurement is performed when passing through the MR sensor 104 due to the rotation of the disk). That is, each inspection container 102 exists in the location shown with the vertical dotted line in FIG. 6A and B corresponding to the said inspection container number.
- FIG. 6A shows a case where the excitation coil 101 and the MR sensor 104 are separated
- FIG. 6B shows a case where the excitation coil 101 and the MR sensor 104 are integrated.
- the fluctuation of noise intensity can be reduced by about 1/6, and the noise intensity in each cuvette can be stabilized to the same extent.
- the leakage component is canceled by outputting the anti-phase magnetism of the leakage component of the AC magnetism to the small coil built in the MR sensor. If the position of the exciting coil or MR sensor fluctuates even slightly due to vibration around the drive system or immunological test apparatus during cancellation, the leakage component canceled by the small coil enters the MR sensor. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6A, the noise intensity from each test sample container varies significantly. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6B, since the MR sensor changes in the same way even if the position of the exciting coil changes due to the integral structure, the leakage component canceled by the small coil is the same as that at the time of cancellation. Therefore, it is possible to suppress fluctuations in noise intensity from each inspection sample container.
- Leakage component cancellation is performed by optimally adjusting the amplitude and phase of the signal input to the small coil by adjusting the amplitude and phase.
- the leakage component is canceled to the extent that the input part of the lock-in amplifier 109 is not saturated.
- the lock-in amplifier 109 detects the phase change of the magnetic signal from the test sample.
- it is convenient to use a two-phase lock-in amplifier that can simultaneously output the real part component and the imaginary part component of the detected signal without adjusting the phase. As shown in FIG. 4, the frequency dependence of the alternating magnetic susceptibility is different between the bound marker and the unbound marker.
- the frequency band of AC magnetism is used within a range of about 10 Hz to 1 kHz, and ambient environmental magnetic noise, MR sensor 1 / f noise characteristics and white noise are used. Considering the level and magnetic signal strength from the unbound marker, the frequency band of AC magnetism of about 100-500 Hz is more optimal.
- Example 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
- two MR sensors 114 are used, and each MR sensor 114 sandwiches a test sample container.
- the non-magnetic plate 103 is rotated by using a drive system composed of the DC motor 105 so that the inspection sample container 102 passes through the excitation coil 101.
- the test sample in the test sample container 102 is magnetized by the AC magnetism from the exciting coil 101 (FIG. 8A).
- Magnetic signals from the magnetized test sample are distributed waveforms (waveforms having a minimum value and a maximum value) that are inverted by the MR sensor 104 disposed above the test sample container 102 and the MR sensor 104 disposed below. (FIG. 8B).
- each MR sensor 104 is the same direction, and is parallel to the tangential direction of the nonmagnetic plate 103.
- MR signals (input signal B) 104 arranged above the inspection sample container 102 are used as magnetic signals from 12 inspection sample containers 102 provided on the nonmagnetic plate 103 in which the same magnetic marker is placed in the inspection sample container 102 FIG.
- FIG. 9 shows the results of the magnetic signal waveform and the magnetic signal intensity when the MR sensor (input signal A) 104 disposed below is used and when the difference is made between the MR sensors 104 (input signal A ⁇ input signal B). Show. It can be seen that the magnetic signal waveform obtained by each MR sensor 104 is inverted as described in FIG. 8B (FIGS. 9A and 9B). In addition, by performing the difference (average magnetic signal strength: 291 nT) using each MR sensor 104, the magnetic signal strength increased by about 1.7 times compared to the previous difference (average magnetic signal strength: 187 nT).
- FIGS. 10A and 10B show the results of monitoring the output of each MR sensor 104 measured in a state where there is no test sample and the difference output with an oscilloscope.
- line noise 50 Hz component and its harmonic component
- FIGS. 10A and 10B show the results of monitoring the output of each MR sensor 104 measured in a state where there is no test sample and the difference output with an oscilloscope.
- the configuration in which the difference between the magnetic signals from the test sample is performed using two MR sensors can provide a clear measurement of the magnetic signal from the test sample with a high SN ratio.
- the third embodiment of the present invention includes an optical displacement sensor for monitoring the displacement between the MR sensor and the test sample container.
- the optical displacement sensor 115 is disposed immediately below the test sample container 102 provided in the nonmagnetic plate 103.
- the MR sensor 104 performs magnetic measurement of the magnetic signal from the inspection sample, and simultaneously measures the displacement change of the inspection sample container due to the deflection when the nonmagnetic plate rotates by the optical displacement sensor.
- the MR sensor and the optical displacement sensor detect the magnetic signal and displacement information of different test samples, respectively, due to the arrangement relationship.
- As an influence of the change in the displacement of the inspection sample container on the magnetic measurement there is a change in the magnetic signal intensity due to a change in the distance between the MR sensor and the inspection sample container.
- FIG. 12 shows a case where a magnetic marker is administered to 12 test sample containers provided on a nonmagnetic plate, and the distance between the MR sensor and the test sample container is changed by 0.23 mm in a range of 0 to 2.56 mm. It shows the change of the magnetic signal intensity of
- the plot of FIG. 12 shows the average value of 12 samples.
- the distance 0 is the position where the MR sensor and the inspection sample container are closest to each other and are 1 mm apart.
- the measurement conditions are an excitation magnetic field strength of 0.4 mT and an excitation magnetic field frequency of 150 Hz. From FIG.
- a solid line in FIG. 12 represents an attenuation curve with respect to a change in the distance of the magnetic signal intensity fitted by an exponential function.
- the fitting parameters are shown in the table at the upper right in the figure. In the figure, the horizontal axis is set as X, and the vertical axis is set as Y. In this measurement, the time constant M1 of the attenuation curve was about 0.8. From the above, in order to realize stable magnetic measurement, the distance between the MR sensor and the sample needs to be constant.
- FIG. 13 shows the results of measuring the magnetic signal intensity from each test sample and the displacement change of each test sample container by administering the magnetic marker to 12 test sample containers provided on the nonmagnetic plate.
- the magnetic signal intensity from the test sample varies between the test sample containers, resulting in a difference of about 40% or more at maximum ( ⁇ plot in FIG. 13A).
- the distance between the MR sensor and the test sample differs between the test sample containers, and there is a difference of about 0.7 mm or more at maximum (FIG. 13B).
- the variation in the magnetic signal intensity and the variation in the distance between the inspection sample containers are the inspection sample container (container 11) in which the change of each physical quantity (magnetic signal intensity / distance) is the maximum and the inspection sample container (container 5). ) are not only the same, but also the change patterns of the physical forces between the test sample containers are similar ( ⁇ plot in FIG. 13A, FIG. 13B).
- the result of correcting the magnetic signal intensity from each test sample container from the amount of change in the distance between the MR sensor and the sample is shown by a plot in FIG. 13A.
- the correction it can be seen from FIG. 13A based on the container 11 having the maximum magnetic signal intensity that the variation in the magnetic signal intensity between the test sample containers having a maximum of 40% or more is improved to about 6%.
- the fourth embodiment of the present invention has a stable magnetic field under the magnetic seal dress due to the conditions of the rotational speed of the nonmagnetic plate and the bandwidth of the lock-in amplifier.
- the AC magnetization measurement method according to the present invention uses a lock-in amplifier to obtain a weak magnetic signal from a test sample buried in noise. Therefore, it is considered that noise mixed in the magnetic signal can be significantly reduced by appropriately setting the bandwidth for detecting lock-in by the lock-in amplifier.
- the noise is reduced by narrowing the bandwidth, the magnetic signal is lowered depending on the speed of the nonmagnetic plate containing the test sample. For this reason, considering the total balance, the SN ratio of the magnetic signal cannot be improved by simply narrowing the bandwidth of the lock-in amplifier.
- the specification is such that the non-magnetic plate can be rotated at a low speed so that the magnetic signal intensity from the test sample does not decrease even when the bandwidth of the lock-in amplifier is narrowed.
- a geared DC motor equipped with a small gear inside the motor is used so that it can easily rotate at a low speed of about 1 rpm.
- the motor and the nonmagnetic plate are not directly connected but belt driven, and the motor and the MR sensor are arranged separately.
- FIGS. 14 to 22 show the results of measuring magnetic signals from the respective test sample containers, with 6 magnetic markers placed in 12 measurement sample containers provided on the nonmagnetic plate and the remaining containers empty.
- the bandwidth is set to 5.3 Hz, 17 Hz, and 53 Hz, and the rotation speed is set to 8 rpm, 13 rpm, and 26 rpm, respectively. It is set.
- the rotational speed is 8 rpm, and the bandwidths are 53 Hz, 17 Hz, and 5.3 Hz in order from FIG.
- the rotational speed is 13 rpm, and the bandwidths are 53 Hz, 17 Hz, and 5.3 Hz in order from FIG.
- the rotational speed is 26 rpm, and the bandwidths are 53 Hz, 17 Hz, and 5.3 Hz in order from FIG.
- excitation magnetic field conditions are 120 Hz and 1 mT, and measurement is performed with the immunological test apparatus configuration shown in FIG. Since the rotation speed of the non-magnetic plate was 8 rpm, 13 rpm, and 26 rpm, the time for the plate to make a round is 7.5 sec, 4.6 sec, and 2.3 sec, respectively.
- FIGS. 14 to 22 show the result of adding magnetic signals for 25 laps, and each test sample container is located at a dotted line in the vertical direction in the graph. 14 to 22, as the bandwidth increases at all rotation speeds, the fluctuation of the noise intensity (empty containers 7 to 12) decreases.
- the rotation speed is 8 rpm, the magnetic signal waveform from the sample can be obtained in a clear distributed shape (a shape having a minimum value and a maximum value) in all bandwidths (FIGS. 14 to 16).
- FIG. 19 shows the S / N ratio of the magnetic signal under the conditions of each bandwidth and each rotational speed using the measurement data of FIGS.
- the magnetic signal intensity from the test sample containing the magnetic marker and the noise intensity from the empty container were used.
- the SN ratio was the lowest and about 4 or less under the condition of the bandwidth of 53 Hz at all rotational speeds ( ⁇ plot in FIG. 23).
- the dependency of the SN ratio on the rotation speed shows the same change in the bandwidths of 53 Hz and 17 Hz ( ⁇ plot and ⁇ plot in FIG. 23).
- the SN ratio increased with a decrease in the rotational speed, and the SN ratio reached a maximum of about 12 at the rotational speed of 8 rpm ( ⁇ plot in FIG. 23).
- the magnetic measurement direction of the MR sensor is set as follows in order to easily read the magnetic signal obtained by the magnetic measurement.
- the MR sensor is installed so that the magnetic measurement direction of the MR sensor is parallel to the tangential direction on the circumference when the nonmagnetic plate is rotated.
- a magnetic signal from the sample in the tangential direction of the disk is measured by an MR sensor at a position when the nonmagnetic plate is viewed from directly above on the desk.
- the magnetic signal from the sample is detected in a distributed shape (a shape indicating a minimum / maximum) as shown in FIG. 9 and FIGS. . Therefore, if such a signal shape can be obtained, the minimum and maximum values are clear. Therefore, the sum of the minimum and maximum values is used as the magnetic signal intensity from the sample, so that accurate inspection is possible. Evaluation can be made.
- the magnetic signal from the sample in the direction orthogonal to the tangential direction is measured by the MR sensor, the magnetic signal from the sample has a single peak shape having only a minimum value or a maximum value. In that case, the evaluation is performed at the peak value at the time of inspection.
- the nonmagnetic plate may be linearly moved.
- the magnetic measurement direction of the MR sensor is set parallel to the moving direction of the nonmagnetic plate.
- the magnetic signal from the sample shows a dispersed shape (minimum / maximum) as shown in FIG. 9 and FIGS. Shape).
- a single linear movement may be performed.
- the addition process is performed by performing a repeated linear movement.
- the test sample container placed on the nonmagnetic plate when the test sample container placed on the nonmagnetic plate has a depth, it can be dealt with by placing the exciting coil horizontally (FIG. 24).
- FIG. 24 magnetic measurement is performed with the MR sensor from the side surface of the test sample container using an MR sensor installed in an excitation coil in which the test sample container is placed horizontally.
- FIG. 24 shows an example in which the difference processing of each MR sensor can be similarly applied using two MR sensors as described in the second embodiment.
- the Helmholtz coil type described in FIGS. 1, 7, 11, and 24 is used as an excitation coil used to apply a uniform alternating magnetic field to a sample.
- the shape of the exciting coil has a connected structure except for the gap between the coils through which the sample passes, and the core material of the exciting coil is made of a metal with high permeability, the exciting coil becomes a closed circuit of magnetic flux.
- the exciting coil becomes a closed circuit of magnetic flux.
- a U-shape or the like can be applied as an example of the shape of the exciting coil.
- the coil core material can be used even in a specification that does not use a magnetic material.
- the exciting coil is not a Helmholtz coil type but may be a simple coil consisting of only one side.
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近年、極微な抗原抗体反応を高感度・高速に検出するニーズが高まっているにも関わらず、BF(Bound/Free)分離と呼ばれる洗浄工程として固相法を用いているため限界が生じている。固相法では抗体(固定抗体)を付加した基板が入った検査容器にマーカーで標識された抗体(検出抗体)を入れると、マーカーの一部は固定抗体と検出抗体で抗原を挟んだ結合状態(結合マーカー)になり、残りのマーカーは未結合状態(未結合マーカー)のままとなる。この未結合マーカーが検査容器内に存在すると、光計測による免疫検査では結合した抗原を識別できない。そのため、検査容器内の未結合マーカーをBF分離によって洗い流すことが必要となる。このBF分離は手間と時間がかかるため、検査の迅速化を妨げる大きな要因となっている。
直流磁界で磁化した磁気マーカーが入った検査試料が超電導体SQUID磁束計を通過する際に、当該検査試料からの磁気信号を当該超電導体SQUID磁束計で検出する(例えば、特許文献1、非特許文献1、非特許文献2、非特許文献3を参照)。その際に、当該直流磁界の印可方向と当該超電導体SQUID磁束計の検出方向は直交する配置である。また、検査試料を磁化するために交流磁界を使用する場合もある(例えば、特許文献2、非特許文献4を参照)。
磁気マーカーが入った検査試料を超電導体SQUID磁束計の検出位置に固定し、当該検査試料に1mTのパルス磁界を印可する。その際に、当該直流磁界の印可方向と当該超電導体SQUID磁束計の検出方向は直交する配置である。パルス磁界印可直後から1秒間の当該試料からの磁気信号の緩和を当該超電導体SQUID磁束計で検出する。パルス磁界印可によって当該磁気マーカーが磁化し、磁界印可直後に当該磁気マーカーに残留磁気が生じる。当該残留磁気は熱雑音によって時間とともに減少する。磁気緩和測定では、当該試料中の抗原に結合した磁気マーカー(結合マーカー)と未結合の磁気マーカー(未結合マーカー)の緩和時間の違いを利用し、結合マーカーからの残留磁気の緩和によって免疫検査を行う(例えば、非特許文献1、非特許文献5、非特許文献6、非特許文献7を参照)。
磁気マーカーのサイズが大きくなると、当該磁気マーカーを磁化した場合の残留磁気は緩和しなくなる。残留磁気測定では、超電導体SQUID磁束計から離れた位置で磁気マーカーが入った検査試料を0.1T程度の磁界を印可することで、当該磁気マーカーに残留磁気を生じさせる。その後で、当該検査試料が入った検査容器を移動させ、残留磁気を当該超電導体SQUID磁束計で検出する(例えば、非特許文献1、非特許文献8、非特許文献9)。
本発明の磁気的免疫検査装置は、磁気マーカーが入った検査試料を磁化するための励磁コイル101と当該励磁コイル101の信号源となる交流信号発生器107を有し、当該励磁コイル101からは交流磁気を発生する。当該検査試料は、円盤型の非磁性プレート103の円周上に設置される。当該非磁性プレート103は、DCモータ105から構成される駆動部によって回転移動する。なお、当該非磁性プレート103の回転速度を自由に変えられるように、当該駆動部のモータドライバ110には回転速度の調整機能を有する。
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- 磁性粒子から構成される標識としての磁気マーカーを用いて抗原抗体反応により検査試料中の抗原の状態を測定する磁場計測装置であって、
前記磁気マーカーおよび前記検査試料を収納するための検査試料容器と、
前記検査試料容器中に収納された検査試料に交流磁場を印加する励磁コイルと、
交流磁場が印加された前記検査試料から放出される磁気信号を計測するための磁気センサと、を有し、
前記磁気センサは、前記励磁コイルと一体の構造体からなり、装置振動に起因したシステムノイズを低減することを特徴とする磁場計測装置。 - 請求項1に記載の磁場計測装置において、
前記励磁コイルは、対向する1対の励磁コイルから構成され、前記磁気センサは、該1対の励磁コイルの一方に対向して配置され、該磁気センサが少なくとも一方の該励磁コイルと一体となるように配置されていることを特徴とする磁場計測装置。 - 請求項1または2に記載の磁場計測装置において、
前記検査試料容器を搭載した非磁性プレートと、
該非磁性プレートを直線移動、もしくは回転移動させるためのモータを具備してなる駆動系と、をさらに有し、
該非磁性プレートが回転させながら、前記励磁コイルを用いて前記検査試料に交流磁場を印加することを特徴とする磁場計測装置。 - 請求項3に記載の磁場計測装置において、
前記磁気センサで検出した該検査試料からの磁気信号の位相変化を検出するためのロックインアンプを有することを特徴とする磁場計測装置。 - 請求項3に記載の磁場計測装置において、
前記非磁性プレートを直線移動させる場合には、前記磁気センサの磁気測定方向は該非磁性プレートの移動方向と平行であり、
前記非磁性プレートを回転移動させる場合には、回転円周における接線方向と前記磁気センサの磁気測定方向が平行であることを特徴とする磁場計測装置。 - 請求項3に記載の磁場計測装置において、
前記励磁コイルの中心付近から発生する磁力線が、前記非磁性プレートの主表面に対して交わる方向になるように前記励磁コイルが配置されていることを特徴とする磁場計測装置。 - 請求項3に記載の磁場計測装置において、
前記励磁コイルの中心付近から発生する磁力線が、前記非磁性プレートの主表面に対してほぼ平行になるように前記励磁コイルが配置されていることを特徴とする磁場計測装置。 - 請求項4に記載の磁場計測装置において、
前記磁気センサを2つ有し、
前記磁気センサのそれぞれが、前記1対の励磁コイルのそれぞれに一体となるように配置され、
前記2つの磁気センサ間に前記検査試料容器を通過させ、
印加された前記交流磁場で磁化された前記検査試料から放出される磁気信号を前記2つの磁気センサで検出し、該2つの磁気センサ間の出力の差分信号を取り、該差分信号を前記ロックインアンプの入力部に入力することを特徴とする磁場計測装置。 - 請求項3に記載の磁場計測装置において、
前記非磁性プレートに備えた前記検査試料容器と前記磁気センサ間の距離を計測する変位センサを有し、
前記検査試料から放出される磁気信号と前記距離のそれぞれを同時に計測し、前記変位センサで得られた距離情報を用いて前記磁気信号の補正を行うことを特徴とする磁場計測装置。 - 請求項4に記載の磁場計測装置において、
前記駆動系から発生する磁気シールドがなされない状態であって、磁気雑音を生じるモータを使用する際に、
前記モータの回転速度を1~10rpmの範囲に設定し、前記ロックインアンプの検出帯域幅を5~15Hzの範囲に設定することで、安定した磁気計測を実現することを特徴とする磁場計測装置。 - 請求項4に記載の磁場計測装置において、
磁気雑音を生じるモータを使用する際に、モータの本体のみを高透磁率の磁性体で覆い、
前記モータの回転速度を1~10rpmの範囲に設定し、前記ロックインアンプの検出帯域幅を5~15Hzの範囲に設定することで、安定した磁気計測を実現することを特徴とする磁場計測装置。
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