Patent ID: 9057703
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A particle detection device that detects a biological particle, the particle detection device comprising: a collector that is configured to collect a particle and to provide the collected particle to a collection member, the collection member having a flat planar shape; a fluorescence detector that is configured to emit excitation light toward the particle provided to the collection member and to receive fluorescence emitted from the particle; a cleaner that is configured to remove the particle from the collection member at a third position, the particle being collected by the collector and provided to the collection member at a first position, the fluorescence being received by the fluorescence detector at a second position; and a movement mechanism that is configured to hold the collection member in a single plane while moving the collection member among the first position, the second position, and the third position; wherein in a movement direction of the collection member, when seen from the first position, the third position is located on a side opposite to a side where the second position is located, the collector includes a collection barrel that is a barrel-shaped member, the collector being configured to guide air including the particle toward the collection member, the fluorescence detector includes an excitation light source that is configured to emit excitation light toward the particle and a light receiver that is configured to receive fluorescence emitted from the particle, the collection barrel is provided immediately above the collection member at the first position, the light receiver and the excitation light source are provided at the second position, and the cleaner is provided at the third position, the third position being separated from the first position and the second position, and the movement mechanism is configured to rise up from the single plane in which the collection member is moved to define a partition between the third position and the second position together with the collection barrel.