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Control system for a slide centrifuge

US4248174A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 19, 1979
Grant dateFeb 3, 1981
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Expiry dateMar 19, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2001/2846
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A control system for a slide centrifuge includes a ratio checking circuit which produces a signal when the ratio between the light passing through the slide and the rate of change of this light passes through a predetermined critical value. When this ratio passes through the critical valve, spinning is stopped. This effectively stops spinning when the rate of reduction of blood cell density on the slide slows, thereby producing better slides for clinical analysis.

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