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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:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
May. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andre Van Agthoven, Marseille, FR;
Assignee:
Immunotech, Marseille, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-724 ; 435-725 ; 435 405 ; 435374 ; 435962 ; 436 17 ; 436175 ; 436176 ;
Abstract
A method for protecting leukocytes in a blood sample, comprising contacting the blood sample with a preparation comprising an aliphatic aldehyde, a salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal, and optionally an agent to adjust isotonicity and hypotonically lysing erythrocytes in the blood sample.