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Bacteria analyzer, bacteria analyzing method and computer program product

US8476066B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 8, 2009
Grant dateJul 2, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 20, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2015/1497
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is to present a bacteria analyzer comprising: a detector comprising: a light source for irradiating light on a measurement sample prepared from a specimen and a reagent; and a light receiving unit for receiving light generated by irradiating the light on the measurement sample from the light source; a scattergram data acquirer for acquiring scattergram data for generating a scattergram having information related to size of the bacteria contained in the specimen and fluorescence information generated by the bacteria as parameters; a bacteria number acquirer for acquiring number of bacteria contained in a plurality of regions on the scattergram for each region; and a form determiner for determining a form of the bacteria contained in the specimen.

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