Sysmex Corporation

Toa Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sysmex America, Inc.

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Toa Medical Electronics, Ltd.

Takaaki Nagai

Daigo Fukuma

Masaharu Shibata

Yuichi Hamada

Mitsuo Yamasaki

Noriyuki Narisada

Noriyuki Nakanishi

Masanori Imazu

Noriyoshi Yoshida

Yuichiro Ohmae

Tokihiro Kosaka

Nobuhiro Kitagawa

Tomohiro Tsuji

Kunio Ueno

Shuhei Kaneko

Syunsuke Yao

Hidenari Takaoka

Tomoyuki Asahara

Takashi Yoshida

Yoichi Nakamura

Shinichiro Oguni

Konobu Kimura

Hideaki Matsumoto

Toshikatsu Fukuju

Hiroaki Tobimatsu

Hidetaka Hayama

Takahiro Saino

Hans Kalkman

Takahito Mihara

Tomonori Okazaki

Teruaki Kidoh

Toshiki Sato

Hiroo Tatsutani

Yukio Iwasaki

Kazuhiro Yamada

Seiya Shinabe

Kazutoshi Tokunaga

Toshihiro Mizukami

Satoshi Ouchi

Koichi Okubo

Hideki Hirayama

Shoichiro Asada

Toshihiro Ootani

Tetsuya Oda

Kazuyuki Sakurai

Eiji Tanoshima

Seido Biwa

Ken Nishikawa

Hiroyuki Koga

Yuji Toya

Yasuo Yonekura

Yuuichi Hamada

Kohei Sugitani

Kouji Kasuya

Kota Misawa

Masato Kuze

Hironori Tanaka

Shinji Kamada

Toshihiro Kubota

Yasuhiro Ohyama

Hikaru Onoue

Yukiko Nakamura

Yuki Shida

Masaki Abe

Disclosed is a measurement apparatus for analyzing a cell contained in a specimen, comprising: a chamber for preparing a measurement sample in which the cell is stained with first and second fluorescent dyes contained in a reagent supplied from at least one reagent container; a liquid feeding section for feeding the reagent from the reagent container to the chamber via a liquid feeding tube provided between the reagent container and the chamber; and a detection section that acquires first and second signals each corresponding to fluorescence of a first wavelength and fluorescence of a second wavelength emitted from the cell stained with the first and second fluorescent dyes in response to irradiation of the measurement sample flowing in a flow cell with light; and an analysis section that analyzes the cell on the basis of the first and second signals.

Measurement apparatus and analysis method

The sample preparation apparatus includes a measurement unit configured to measure a sample containing particles acquired from a sample container and detect measurement target particles in the sample, a sample preparation unit capable of adjusting the concentration of measurement target particles in a sample acquired from a sample container and configured to prepare a measurement sample by mixing a sample and any of a plurality of types of particle detection reagents including a particle labeling substance, and a control unit for controlling the sample preparation unit so as to generate concentration information of the measurement target particles in the sample in the sample container based on the measurement data of the measurement unit and adjust the concentration of the measurement target particles in the sample acquired from the sample container according to the generated concentration information and the type of particle detection reagent used for preparing the measurement sample.

Sample preparation apparatus, sample preparation system, sample preparation method, and particle analyzer

Disclosed is a cell classification method, to be executed by an analyzer, for classifying cells contained in a specimen, including: preparing a first measurement sample by treating a specimen under a first preparation condition; obtaining a first signal from the prepared first measurement sample; classifying, by using the first signal, cells contained in the first measurement sample; preparing a second measurement sample by treating the specimen under a second preparation condition different from the first preparation condition; obtaining a second signal from the prepared second measurement sample; classifying, by using the second signal, cells contained in the second measurement sample; and comparing a result of the cell classification performed by using the first signal and a result of the cell classification performed by using the second signal, with each other, and outputting an analysis result including a number of cells on the basis of a result of the comparison.

Cell classification method, classification device, and program

A sample analyzer prepares a measurement sample from a blood sample or a body fluid sample which differs from the blood sample; measures the prepared measurement sample; obtains characteristic information representing characteristics of the components in the measurement sample; sets either a blood measurement mode for measuring the blood sample, or a body fluid measurement mode for measuring the body fluid sample as an operating mode; and measures the measurement sample prepared from the blood sample by executing operations in the blood measurement mode when the blood measurement mode has been set, and measuring the measurement sample prepared from the body fluid sample by executing operations in the body fluid measurement mode that differs from the operations in the blood measurement mode when the body fluid measurement mode has been set, is disclosed. A computer program product is also disclosed.

Sample analyzer and computer program product

A smear staining apparatus may include: a chamber part in which glass slides can be placed and that is configured to contain a staining solution for staining a smear on each of the glass slides; a cover part that covers the chamber part from above and comprises an insertion hole through which the glass slides are transported to the chamber part; and a transport part that transports the glass slides to the chamber part through the insertion hole.

Smear staining apparatus, smear preparing apparatus, and smear staining method

Disclosed is a specimen measurement system including: a specimen measuring device that measures a specimen; a determination unit that determines whether or not the specimen is to be measured by a flow cytometer, based on a measurement result of the specimen measuring device.

Specimen measurement system and specimen measurement method

A transport device transports a container used in a sample measurement device or a rack housing the container. The transport device may include: a robotic arm configured to transport the container or the rack between a first sample measurement device and each of other sample measurement devices different from the first sample measurement device; and a controller that controls operation of the robotic arm.

Transport device, sample measurement system, and transport method

The sample preparation apparatus includes a measurement unit configured to measure a sample containing particles and detect measurement target particles in the sample, a sample preparation unit capable of adjusting the concentration of measurement target particles in a sample and configured to prepare a measurement sample by mixing a sample and a plurality of types of particle detection reagents, and a control unit configured to generate concentration information of the measurement target particles in the sample based on the measurement data of the measurement unit and adjust the concentration of the measurement target particles in the sample according to the generated concentration information and the type of particle detection reagent.

First and second racks each has fixed positions to hold sample tubes. First and second drawers slide into and out of the case, and that support the first and second racks, respectively. A tube set unit is provided in an area close to the first rack in the case. A tube transfer unit removes sample tubes from the first and second racks in the case and a controller that controls a transfer operation of the tube transfer unit. The first rack is supported by the first drawer such that the first rack leaves a transit location in the case behind the first drawer in the direction of the first drawer movement into the case. The controller controls the tube transfer unit to remove at least one sample tube from the second rack and transfers the tube to the tube set unit via a path traversing the transit location.

Sample processing apparatus and rack

A hematological analyzer for measuring blood, sets a body fluid measurement mode; receives a measurement start instruction; irradiates a measurement sample with light and obtains optical information from cells contained in the measurement sample; and classifies at least white blood cells and nucleated cells other than white blood cells contained in the measurement sample, and counts the white blood cells and nucleated cells other than white blood cells based on the optical information obtained from the cells in the measurement sample prepared from a body fluid sample and white blood cell measuring reagent when the body fluid measurement mode has been set and the measurement start instruction has been selected, is disclosed. A method for analyzing body fluid and a computer program product are also disclosed.

Hematological analyzer, method for analyzing body fluid and computer program product

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Kobe, Japan

Takaaki Nagai