Patent ID: 8951474
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for analyzing particles in a solution comprising: a flow cell having a flow path for flowing a sample solution containing the particles; a unit configured to illuminate the sample solution flowing through the flow path of the flow cell; photodetectors that detect, based on the wavelength, scattered lights and/or fluorescence generated from each particle in the sample solution; and a unit configured to individually analyze the particles based on their signal intensities detected by the photodetectors; wherein the flow cell has the flow path formed in a substrate, a reflection plane is formed on the outer side surface of the flow path, the reflection plane directs the sideward scattered light which is generated in the flow path of the flow cell to a specified region of the surface of the flow cell, and the photodetectors detect the light exiting from the specified region to the outside.