Patent ID: 7342995

Claim:
An apparatus for evaluating a specific macromolecule crystal in a sample contained in a sample container through which X-rays, ultraviolet light and visible light are transmissible, comprising: a sample detecting device for detecting the specific macromolecule crystal in the sample container; an X-ray measuring device that is disposed so as to be spaced from the sample detecting device and carries out an X-ray diffraction measurement of the specific macromolecule crystal; feeding means for feeding the sample container from the sample detecting device to the X-ray measuring device; and control means for identifying the position of the specific macromolecule crystal on the basis of information generated in the sample detecting device and controlling the feeding means on the basis of the position of the specific macromolecule crystal to position the specific macromolecule crystal on a sample disposing portion of the X-ray measuring device, wherein the sample detecting device comprises specific macromolecule detecting means for irradiating ultraviolet light on the sample container and detecting a fluorescent image emitted from the sample in the sample container; and the control means is configured to identify a specific macromolecule based on said fluorescent image detected by the specific macromolecule detecting means.