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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1994
Ken Ishihara, Takarazuka, JP;
Hiroshi Yamamoto, Kobe, JP;
Mitsuru Watanabe, Kobe, JP;
Kaoru Asano, Kobe, JP;
Akio Suzuki, Akashi, JP;
Yasunori Maekawa, Miki, JP;
Toa Medical Electronics Co., Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A non-invasive blood analyzer includes a light application device for applying light to a detection region of vessels contained in part of the living body, an imaging device for imaging the detection region to which light is applied, a fixing device for relatively fixing the imaging device and the part of the living body; a stabilizing device for stabilizing a focus of the imaging device with respect to the detection region; and an analyzer for analyzing the morphology and/or number of blood cells contained in the detection region by processing images captured with the imaging device, the light application device and the imaging device forming one image with a light application and capturing process during an interval of one ten thousandth to one billionth of a second.