To provide a device for receiving the chip-like carrier, and a method of assembling a plurality of such devices.

This device comprises an opening for receiving the liquid sample, a cartridge including a casing part 14, the casing part having a means accessable to an inner surface 17, an outer surface 16, and an active face of the chip-like carrier 21, and a sealing material capable of being reversely liquefied at least once, shapes and dimensions of a first cavity 18, the chip-like carrier and the sealing material 26 are determined to insert the chip-like carrier into a space defined by the sealing material. In a liquid condition, the sealing material seals a clearance between a side wall 24 of the first cavity and the carrier, and the solidified sealing material provides strong and watertight bond.