Patent ID: 7932024

Claim:
A method for collecting or detecting a biological particle from air, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a sample chamber and a first and a second electrode, the first and the second electrode and the sample chamber being so positioned that at least a part of the sample chamber is between the first and the second electrode, and the first and a second electrode is separated by a distance being less than 20 mm, said sample chamber having a volume of at most 500 μL, b) providing a gaseous sample in the sample chamber, c) applying a first potential to the first electrode and a second potential to the second electrode, thus resulting in a potential difference and an electric field between the first and second electrode, to assist electrostatic collection, in the sample chamber, of a biological particle in the gaseous sample, d) contacting the biological particle collected in the sample chamber with a first liquid, and e) subjecting the collected biological particle to further analysis.