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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
May. 13, 2010
Merrit N. Jacobs, Fairport, NY (US);
Michael W. Sundberg, Pittsford, NY (US);
Zhong Ding, Pittsford, NY (US);
Merrit N. Jacobs, Fairport, NY (US);
Michael W. Sundberg, Pittsford, NY (US);
Zhong Ding, Pittsford, NY (US);
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for classifying a liquid patient sample includes at least one sample container having a quantity of a sample that is aggressively acted upon so as to create a flow field. A measurement mechanism includes at least one low angle light emitter aligned with a measurement window of the at least one sample container and a detector oppositely disposed relative to the measurement window. Measurement of the scattered light detects particle characteristics of a moving flow field from the sample to determine, for example, the amount of agglutination of the sample so as to perform blood typing or other classifications without spatial separation.