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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2010
Applicants:

James Winkelman, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);

Milenko Tanasijevic, West Newton, MA (US);

David Zahniser, Wellesley, MA (US);

James Linder, Omaha, NE (US);

Inventors:

James Winkelman, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);

Milenko Tanasijevic, West Newton, MA (US);

David Zahniser, Wellesley, MA (US);

James Linder, Omaha, NE (US);

Assignee:

Roche Diagnostics Hematology, Inc., Westborough, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/31 (2006.01); G01N 1/38 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G01N 1/28 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2013.01); G01N 1/2813 (2013.01); G01N 1/312 (2013.01); G06K 9/00 (2013.01); G01N 15/1475 (2013.01); G01N 35/00029 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods analyzing body fluids contain cells including blood, bone marrow, urine, vaginal tissue, epithelial tissue, tumors, semen, and spittle are disclosed. The systems and methods utilize an improved technique for applying a monolayer of cells to a slide and generating a substantially uniform distribution of cells on the slide. Additionally aspects of the invention also relate to systems and method for utilizing multi-color microscopy for improving the quality of images captured by a light receiving device.


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