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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2004
Applicant:
Yasuyuki Kawashima, Kobe, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuyuki Kawashima, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Sysmex Corporation, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/34 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01J 3/44 (2006.01); G01N 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for analyzing bacteria is described that includes an analyte sample preparing section for preparing an analyte sample from a specimen; a detector for detecting optical information from each particle in the analyte sample; and a controller for detecting non-fermentative bacteria on the basis of the detected optical information. A method for analyzing bacteria is also described.