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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Hitachi High-technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/06 (2006.01); C12Q 1/04 (2006.01); C12Q 1/42 (2006.01); G01N 21/76 (2006.01); C12Q 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/06 (2013.01); C12Q 1/04 (2013.01); C12Q 1/34 (2013.01); C12Q 1/42 (2013.01); G01N 21/76 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a means are provided, by which multiple types of cells can be simultaneously measured with high sensitivity by an ATP luminescence method. A method for measuring cells in a sample is provided, which comprises the steps of adding methanol to a sample suspected of containing viable cells to increase ATP within viable cells, extracting intracellular ATP, and causing extracted ATP to emit luminescence.