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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2014
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Martin Krockenberger, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jiong Wu, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Bodo Roemer, Saulheim, DE;
Giacomo Vacca, San Jose, CA (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for identifying, analyzing, and quantifying the cellular components of whole blood by means of an automated hematology analyzer and the detection of the light scattered, absorbed, and fluorescently emitted by each cell. More particularly, the aforementioned method involves identifying, analyzing, and quantifying the cellular components of whole blood by means of a light source having a wavelength ranging from about 400 nm to about 450 nm and multiple in-flow optical measurements and staining without the need for lysing red blood cells.