Patent ID: 9019496
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for estimating an amount of entities bonded to microparticles in suspension in a solution, which comprises the following steps: (a) illuminating a plurality of the microparticles at a time in the solution with a light source; (b) detecting an optical signal formed by the scattering of the illuminating light in the solution; (c) analyzing the optical signal obtained in step (b) in order to obtain an indicator relating to this signal; (d) estimating the amount of entities bonded to the microparticles by comparing the indicator obtained in step (c) with a reference indicator obtained for a reference solution, wherein a size of at least one of the entities is at least ten times less than a size of at least one of the microparticles, and wherein estimating the amount of entities bonded to the microparticles includes: