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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1999
Carlos M. Rodriguez, Miami, FL (US);
Jose M. Cano, Miami, FL (US);
Barbara Carrillo, Miami, FL (US);
Kristie M. Gordon, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Allan F. Horton, Miami, FL (US);
Ronald D. Paul, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Mark A. Wells, Davie, FL (US);
James L. Wyatt, Plantation, FL (US);
Coulter International Corp., Miami, FL (US);
Abstract
A blood analyzing instrument includes a single transducer for simultaneously measuring the DC volume, RF conductivity, light scattering and fluorescence characteristics of blood cells passing through a cell-interrogation zone. Preferably, the transducer includes an electro-optical flow cell which defines a cell-interrogation zone having a square transverse cross-section measuring approximately 50×50 microns, and having a length, measured in the direction of cell flow, of approximately 65 microns.