Patent ID: 9457348
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: B01L,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A device for sampling and transporting nano-objects likely to be present in an aerosol for analysis thereof, comprising: a porous sampling filter configured to trap nano-objects likely to be suspended in the aerosol; a cassette including a first part and a second part including mutual assembly means and filter holding means, the first and second parts defining, in their assembled position, a cavity in which the filter is accommodated by being held, and at least one seal configured to seal between the cavity and outside; wherein the mutual assembly means comprises: first clipping means integral with the first part, second clipping means integral with the second part and configured to cooperate with the first clipping means to clip both parts, the first clipping means including flexible tabs and the second clipping means including recesses shaped complementary to the flexible tabs so that the flexible tabs fit within the recesses and none of the flexible tabs project out from the recesses, and wherein the second part includes holes extending from an outside of the second part to cooperation zones wherein the first clipping means cooperates with the second clipping means, the holes each configured to accommodate a pin for unclipping both parts by applying a thrust force on the pins against the first or second clipping means.