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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:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2011
Applicants:
Kazuhiro Yamada, Kobe, JP;
Mitsuo Yamasaki, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhiro Yamada, Kobe, JP;
Mitsuo Yamasaki, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Sysmex Corporation, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G01N 1/31 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/312 (2013.01); G01N 35/1016 (2013.01);
Abstract
A smear staining apparatus comprising: a staining section which stains a smear sample with a quantity of stain fluid; and a controller, wherein the controller: receives information regarding a stain state on a smear sample which is stained according to a first staining condition by the staining section; and determines a second staining condition on the basis of the information and a target value which defines a targeted stain state, is disclosed. A smear preparing apparatus, a smear processing system and method for determining staining condition are also disclosed.