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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael R Groves, Miami, FL (US);
Carlos M Rodriguez, Carol City, FL (US);
Assignee:
Coulter Electronics, Inc., Hialeah, FL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324 711 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method wherein osmotic activity of biological cells immersed in a suspension solution is induced by an osmotic or lytic shock and is monitored in an electronic volume sensing particle analyzer of the Coulter Counter.RTM. type, the method including the steps of passing a high frequency current and a low frequency current through an aperture of said particle analyzer to create detectable signals for classifying the cells into populations of unaltered, altered, and ghost cells.