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Particle detecting device and particle detecting method

US9291542B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 2014
Grant dateMar 22, 2016
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2021/6421
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A particle detecting device includes: a light source that illuminates, with an excitation beam, a fluid that contains a plurality of particles; a fluorescence measuring instrument that measures, at at least two different wavelengths, fluorescence that is produced in a region that is illuminated by the excitation beam; a scattered light measuring instrument that measures scattered light that is produced in a region that is illuminated by the excitation beam; an interference status evaluating portion that evaluates whether the scattered light that is measured is producing constructive interference or producing destructive interference; and a particle counting portion that counts a plurality of particles depending on the measured interference of the measured light, and counts fluorescent particles that are subject to detection, from among the plurality of particles, based on a wavelength of fluorescent measured.

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