Patent ID: 11927509
Assignee: PARTICLE MEASURING SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 20:
21. A method for detecting particles in a fluid, the method comprising the steps of:
removing a cover of a particle detection device to expose an inlet of a particle detection device to a particle-containing fluid, wherein the particle detection device comprises an impactor and wherein at least some of the particles of the particle-containing fluid are biological particles;
flowing the particle-containing fluid into the inlet;
directing the fluid through a sampling region of the device;
discharging the fluid through an outlet of the device;
culturing at least a portion of the biological particles received by the impactor, wherein the culturing occurs inside the impactor, the impactor being in a fully assembled configuration; and
optically detecting the cultured biological particles;
wherein the exposing step and the flowing step are performed via a robotic manipulator system.