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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:
Dec. 02, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Nakamoto, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Chiyose Fujiwara, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Assignee:
TOA Medical Electronics Co., Ltd., Hyoko-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 39 ; 435-724 ; 435-725 ; 435 29 ; 435 38 ; 436 52 ; 436 63 ; 436 66 ; 436172 ; 436800 ; 356 73 ; 356336 ; 356338 ; 356417 ; 2504612 ; 209581 ; 209582 ;
Abstract
A reagent for analyzing cells in urine and a method for analyzing cells in urine with the use of the reagent are provided. The present invention discloses a reagent for analyzing cells in urine which comprises solution(s) containing a fluorescent dye, an osmolarity compensating agent and a buffer, as well as a method for analyzing cells in urine which comprises diluting a urine sample and staining cells therein with the reagent, irradiating the cells with light in the violet or blue wavelength region by using a flow cytometer and measuring the forward or side scattered light and fluorescence from the cells.