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Non-invasive blood analyzer and method using the same

US5598842A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 1994
Grant dateFeb 4, 1997
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2021/1791
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A non-invasive blood analyzer includes a light application device for applying light to a detection region of vessels contained in part of the living body, an imaging device for imaging the detection region to which light is applied, a fixing device for relatively fixing the imaging device and the part of the living body; a stabilizing device for stabilizing a focus of the imaging device with respect to the detection region; and an analyzer for analyzing the morphology and/or number of blood cells contained in the detection region by processing images captured with the imaging device, the light application device and the imaging device forming one image with a light application and capturing process during an interval of one ten thousandth to one billionth of a second.

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