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Cell analysis apparatus

US5270212A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 26, 1992
Grant dateDec 14, 1993
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Expiry dateFeb 26, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T436/111666
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention relates to an apparatus for analyzing cells in a biological liquid sample, such as blood, in which apparatus a flow passage in a sample pretreatment system can be shortened with a simple construction. A sample metering chamber, a mixing chamber and a measurement liquid extracting chamber are formed in a rotary sliding member of a pretreatment portion. The rotary sliding member is intermittently rotated so as to shift a sample from one chamber to another to perform a necessary treatment. Fluorescence or scattering light with respect to the sample, mixed with a reagent in the pretreatment portion, is detected by a flow cell.

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