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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2013
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetaka Nakata, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The method of the present invention includes: preparing a sample solution containing the target particles and luminescent probes to be bound to the target particles, and binding these in the sample solution; moving a position of a light detection region of the optical system in the sample solution using a confocal microscope or a multiphoton microscope, and detecting light signal emitted from the luminescent probe in the light detection region while moving the position of the light detection region, and individually detecting the target particles directly or indirectly; and counting the number of the detected target particles, and calculating the concentration of the target particles in the sample solution from the number of the counted target particles on the basis of a calibration curve that approximates the correlation between the concentration or quantity of the target particles in the sample solution and the number of the target particles.