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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1994

Filed:

Nov. 07, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:

Keiichi Inami, Hyogo, JP;

Hideaki Matsumoto, Hyogo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436 63 ; 435-6 ; 436 10 ; 436172 ;
Abstract

A method which comprises using a specified dye taken up by erythrocytic nucleated cells so that their nuclei are stained and can be readily differentiated from other cells by measurement with a flow cytometer is disclosed. The method relies basically upon flow cytometry by two-step staining that uses a first fluid that is an acidic hypotensive fluorescent dye solution and a second fluid that is a solution that changes the osmorality and pH of the first fluid. The first fluid further contains a fluorescent dye that diffuses into erythroblasts to specifically stain their nuclei, and a group of erythroblasts is separated from other cell groups on the two-dimensional plot constructed with the flow cytometer, whereby the results of erythroblast differentiation are computed.


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