Patent ID: 8778154

Claim:
A method of measuring microparticles having nucleic acid comprising: a microparticle adhesion step of adhering the microparticles having nucleic acid to a microparticle adhesion member, the microparticle adhesion member being a gel, the microparticle adhesion step comprising associating the gel with a corona discharge electrode, and adhering microparticles having nucleic acid that are suspended in air to the surface of the gel; a membrane breakage step of breaking membranes of the microparticles having nucleic acid by electrical discharge on the gel; an electrophoresis step of electrophoresing the microparticles having nucleic acid in a thickness direction of the gel, migrating the nucleic acid in the microparticles having nucleic acid from a negative electrode side toward a positive electrode side and adhering the nucleic acid on a surface of a nucleic acid detection member; and a nucleic acid measurement step of removing the gel from the nucleic acid detection member and fluorescently staining the surface of the nucleic acid detection member to measure a concentration of the nucleic acid.