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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Inventor:
Jiong Wu, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/569 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01); G01N 15/10 (2006.01); G01N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/56972 (2013.01); G01N 15/1434 (2013.01); G01N 15/1459 (2013.01); G01N 2015/008 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0069 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1006 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1477 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1488 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the invention include WBC analysis reagents, systems and methods that can be used for analyzing a sample of whole blood to identify, classify, and/or quantify white blood cells (WBC) and WBC sub-populations in the sample. The WBC analysis reagents of the present disclosure generally include at least one membrane-permeable fluorescent dye, a WBC protecting reagent, and a surfactant. In some embodiments, the WBC reagents include a suitable amount of an osmolality adjusting component to adjust the osmolality of the WBC reagent into a desired range.