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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. 10, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mirta I Riesgo, Miami, FL (US);
Carole Jo Young, Miami, FL (US);
Assignee:
Coulter International Corp., Miami, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436 18 ; 436-8 ; 436 10 ; 436 17 ; 436 63 ; 435-2 ; 2524081 ;
Abstract
An improved isotonic multipurpose blood diluent, and a method for use of this diluent is provided. The diluent is especially suitable for electronic enumeration and sizing of blood cells, determination of hemoglobin parameters and differentiation of leukocyte subpopulations in a single blood cell sample using a cyanide free lytic reagent. The diluent finds particular applicability over wide operating temperatures.