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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2011
Joshua D. Levine, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Robert A. Levine, Guilford, CT (US);
Stephen C. Wardlaw, Lyme, CT (US);
Craig Stout, Port Matilda, PA (US);
David A. Clipper, State College, PA (US);
Joshua D. Levine, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Robert A. Levine, Guilford, CT (US);
Stephen C. Wardlaw, Lyme, CT (US);
Craig Stout, Port Matilda, PA (US);
David A. Clipper, State College, PA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for and method of analyzing hematologic samples deposited within a capillary tube is provided. The method includes the steps of: a) imaging a region of sample centrifuged within a capillary tube using a first analysis device, which region is defined by substantially all of the radial width and axial length of the sample residing within the internal cavity of the tube where the float resides after centrifugation, and producing signals representative of the image; b) communicating the signals representative of the image to a second analysis device independent of, and remotely located from, the first analysis device; c) processing the signals representative of the image using the second analysis device and producing analysis data based on the signals; and d) displaying the image of the region of the sample using the second analysis device.