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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Abbott Point of Care, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abbott Point of Care, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for identifying platelets within a whole blood sample. The method includes the steps of: a) adding at least one colorant to the whole blood sample, which colorant is operable to tag platelets; b) disposing the blood sample into a chamber defined by at least one transparent panel; c) imaging at least a portion of the sample quiescently residing within the chamber to create one or more images; and d) identifying one or more platelets within the sample using an analyzer adapted to identify the platelets based on quantitatively determinable features within the image using a analyzer, which quantitatively determinable features include intensity differences.