Abbott Point of Care Inc.

David Herzog

Stephen C Wardlaw

Min Xie

Zhizhou Wang

An apparatus and a method for identifying at least one type of white blood cell (WBC) within a whole blood sample is provided. The method includes: adding at least one colorant to the sample; providing at least one fluorescent excitation light and at least one transmission light; receiving both light fluorescing from and transmitted through the sample and producing signals representative thereof; creating at least one image of the sample using the signals; identifying WBCs within the sample image; quantitatively analyzing at least some of the identified WBCs within the image, including determining one or more quantitative values; and identifying at least one type of WBC from the identified WBCs using the quantitative values.

Method and apparatus for automated whole blood sample analyses from microscopy images

A method and apparatus for identifying one or more target constituents (e.g., white blood cells) within a biological sample is provided. The method includes the steps of: a) adding at least one colorant to the sample; b) disposing the sample into a chamber defined by at least one transparent panel; c) creating at least one image of the sample quiescently residing within the chamber; d) identifying target constituents within the sample image; e) quantitatively analyzing at least some of the identified target constituents within the image relative to one or more predetermined quantitatively determinable features; and f) identifying at least one type of target constituent within the identified target constituents using the quantitatively determinable features.

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David Herzog