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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:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SYSMEX CORPORATION, Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/49 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01); G01N 15/10 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/49 (2013.01); G01N 33/4915 (2013.01); G01N 35/1079 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1006 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00524 (2013.01);
Abstract
A blood cell counter comprises a stirrer which stirs a whole blood sample in a sample container by moving the sample container, an aspirator which aspirates the whole blood sample by penetrating a lid of the sample container with an aspiration tube after stirring by the stirrer, a detector which counts the blood cells in the whole blood sample aspirated by the aspirator, and a force applying member which applies a force to the sample container in an upright state after stirring by the stirrer so as to remove the whole blood sample from the lid of the sample container.