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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Hideyuki Higuchi, Kobe, JP;
Hiroshi Kuroda, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Hideyuki Higuchi, Kobe, JP;
Hiroshi Kuroda, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The sample preparing apparatus comprises a smear forming means for forming a sample smear on a slide glass, a print means for printing sample identification information on a slide glass, a mode selecting means for selecting one operating mode from among a plurality of operating modes including a print mode, and a control means for selectively controlling the print means and the smear forming means. The control means operates the print means without operating the smear forming means when the print mode is selected.