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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2004
Tomonori Kawakami, Hamamatsu, JP;
Mitsuo Hiramatsu, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tokio Takagi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A to-be-treated body, which contains raw material particlesof a substance and with which a solventof a to-be-treated liquidis made solid, is used, and a laser light source, which supplies a laser light of a predetermined wavelength to a treatment chamberthat contains the to-be-treated body, is provided to arrange a production apparatusA. The laser light from the laser light sourceis illuminated onto the to-be-treated body to microparticulate the substance in solvent. As the to-be-treated body of solid form, a solidified body, with which wateris solidified by a cooling deviceand the solidified state is maintained by a thermally insulating layer, may be used. Or, as the to-be-treated body, a gel body, with which the solvent is gelled, may be used. The substance can thereby microparticulated efficiently by photo-pulverization.