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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5928949 | Reagent and method for classifying leukocytes by flow cytometry A reagent and a method for classifying leukocytes with a flow cytometer by means of optical measurements on fluorochrome-stained blood cells are included. The reagent and the method are useful in the practice of clinical testing.... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5888823 | Standard fluid for flow cytometer A standard fluid for a flow cytometer which shows, after staining, almost the same fluorescence intensity and scattered light intensity as those of the cells to be assayed.... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5820824 | Apparatus for mixing and sucking a liquid sample An apparatus for efficiently mixing and sucking a sample capable of performing sucking collection from a sample plural times even when the amount of the sample contained in a vessel is small and requiring a shortened processing time, is provided comprisin... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5821127 | Fluorescent compounds and their use for measuring reticulocytes A compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R1 is hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy groups; R4 is hydroge... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5703959 | Method and device for analyzing particles When a mixture of different kinds of particles, such as blood, is passed through a particle detector such as a flow cytometer to measure various characteristics of each particle and the measurements of two characteristics are plotted oh a two-dimensional ... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5590665 | Method of diagnosing cerebral infarction A novel method of diagnosing cerebral infarction using a neural network, wherein plural sets of data previously obtained from healthy and sick persons, each including an age, measured values of coagulo-fibrinolytic molecular markers ( e.g., D-dimer, TAT a... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5555198 | Apparatus for counting particles A method of seeking the number of particles of each kind in a group of particles in which plural kinds of particles are intermixed, by measuring, for example, two kinds of properties of each particle by a suitable method or device, plotting each particle ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5555196 | Method of counting particles using degree of membership in clustering data points into subgroups A method of seeking the number of particles of each kind in a group of particles in which plural kinds of particles are intermixed, by measuring, for example, two kinds of properties of each particle by a suitable method or device, plotting each particle ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5527714 | Process for determining concentration of an analyte in a sample by antigen/antibody mediated particle agglutination in the presence of insoluble contaminats Particle size distributions with greatly improved accuracy are prepared for diagnostic analysis using antigen/antibody reactions to concentrate sensitized insoluble carriers into non-aggregated and aggregated particles of known size. The analyte is analyz... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5501838 | Automated immunochemical analyzer A small, inexpensive, and easy-to-use automated immunochemical anlayzer is provided. The automated immunochemical analyzer comprises at least one reaction plate of disposable type forming a plurality of containers in one body, a table that can be drawn ou... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5469251 | Apparatus for detecting fluorescence of particles in a fluid and analyzing the particles An apparatus for analyzing particles at high precision capable of obtaining informations in real time such as morphological informations and fluorescence image of cells (particles) contained in a sample liquid such as blood and urine. It comprises a flow ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5469375 | Device for identifying the type of particle detected by a particle detecting device A device for identifying the kind of each particle detected by a particle detecting device such as imaging flow cytometer from detection signals obtained by passing therethrough a specimen, such as blood, in which various kinds of particles (blood corpusc... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5457526 | Apparatus for analyzing particles in fluid samples An apparatus for analyzing particles capable of obtaining the morphological information or absorption information of particles such as cells in a liquid sample or particles moving in a fluid in real time. As a photo detector, a photo sensor array comprisi... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5444527 | Imaging flow cytometer for imaging and analyzing particle components in a liquid sample An imaging flow cytometer for capturing images and, analyzing particle components in a liquid sample containing particle components such as blood and urine, or microparticles such as organic high molecules in a suspension. A video camera of a vertical spl... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5436717 | Apparatus for analyzing particles An apparatus for analyzing particles capable of irradiating uniform fluorescent excitation light efficiently, without difficulty in position adjustment, to a flat sample liquid flow containing particle components such as blood and urine, and capable of me... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5431048 | Analyzer having cover with an operating and display unit An apparatus for aspirating and analyzing blood, urine or other specimens, in which an operating and display unit is built in the front cover. The operating and display unit is furnished with operation keys and a display screen is rotatably pivoted, at it... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5428993 | Automatic analyzer having function of detecting remaining liquid quantity In an automatic analyzer, waste of specimens and reagents is prevented by having a function for detecting the remaining quantity of the liquids being used such as a reagent, a diluent liquid and a cleaning liquid. The weight data (m) of the reagent contai... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428441 | Apparatus for analyzing particle images An apparatus for analyzing particle images by passing a sample liquid containing blood corpuscles, cells, microorganisms and other particles in a sheath flow, detecting the target particles, and taking the still images thereof efficiently in a simple cons... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5422712 | Apparatus for measuring fluorescent spectra of particles in a flow A sample liquid flow containing particle components such as blood and urine is illuminated with light, and signals from particles are detected, and the particles are thereby analyzed. In this apparatus, using a prism or a diffraction grating, spectra of l... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5412466 | Apparatus for forming flattened sample flow for analyzing particles An apparatus for forming a flattened sample flow by passing a sample (liquid specimen) containing particle components such as blood and urine, in a broad, thin, flat flow. This apparatus is preferably used in an apparatus for analyzing particle images by ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5400664 | Apparatus for observing the suction of a sample having an automatic regulation fuction In an automatic analyzer such as blood analyzer, it is important to observe whether the sample, such as a blood sample, is sucked correctly or not. In an apparatus for observing suction of a sample, comprising a sample suction tube, a luminous element for... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5401663 | Reagent for coagulating blood A reagent blood coagulation that causes an increase in turbidity changes when added to a plasma sample containing a substance activating coagulation factor activating such as tissue thromboplastin, phospholipid and thrombin, calcium ion, and molecular sub... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5390552 | Valve for sampling a liquid specimen A sampling valve comprises two fixed elements, and a movable element held between these fixed elements, in which a flow-in passage (Q) is provided at one fixed element so as to communicate with at least one of the metering passages (P1) , . . . . Plural f... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5387334 | Apparatus for regulating liquid temperature The apparatus for regulating liquid specimen temperature is used to maintain the liquid temperature of a sample constant in order to maintain a specific reaction state of the sample in an apparatus for analyzing samples, such as a blood analyzing apparatu... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5384093 | Apparatus for aspirating and discharging a liquid sample An apparatus for aspirating and discharging a specific volume of liquid sample, such as specimen and reagent, has a reaction plate serving a holding function and having a plurality of reaction containers, is provided which is low in cost and compact in de... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5374398 | Apparatus for analyzing particles An apparatus for analyzing particles in a sample liquid which classifies or counts components in the sample liquid by image processing. The liquid sample can be urine or the like and is passed in a flattened flow. The apparatus comprises sheath liquid sup... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5367912 | Apparatus for analyzing liquid specimen An apparatus for analyzing liquid specimen comprising a sampling valve (11) consisting of two fixed elements (10), (14), and a movable element (12) held between these fixed elements, sample aspiration means (C0), diluent liquid dispensing means (Ci), and ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5359906 | Method of partitioning particle size distrubution datum A method of using a technique of fuzzy inference for partioning a particle size distribution diagram indicative of a relationship between particle size and its frequency of a mixture of several kinds of granular substances, such as white blood corpuscles ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5352975 | Corpuscle-detecting apparatus having sensitivity adjustment An apparatus for detecting corpuscles such as blood cells. The apparatus has an aperture and a constant-current source that supplies an electrical current to the aperture for detection of corpuscles. When corpuscles to be investigated pass through the ape... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5327792 | Method of displaying multi-dimensional distribution of particles In the case of forming a distribution diagram based upon measured data consisting of measured values of two or more characteristics of particles and counted values thereof which are obtained by analyzing a specimen intermixedly including plural kinds of p... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5319954 | Apparatus for detecting bubbles in reagent pipetting apparatus In an automatic analyzer of samples, the liquid specimen and the reagent are mixed in a reaction container to react. If, however, there is a bubble in the reagent container, a accurate amount of a reagent may not be dispensed. Accordingly, a liquid surfac... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5296378 | Method for classifying leukocytes by flow cytometry A method for classifying leukocytes with a flow cytometer by use of optical measurements on fluorochrome-stained blood cells. The method comprises the steps of lysing erythrocytes in a blood sample, selectively staining eosinophils and basophils, permitti... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5274431 | Method and apparatus for counting particles The particle counting apparatus is intended to count the number of particles such as blood corpuscles, by passing through a minute aperture, and detecting the particles electrically. In this particle counting apparatus, the liquid specimen is passed into ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5272354 | Apparatus for imaging particles in a liquid flow An apparatus for imaging and analyzing particle components in a sample liquid flow containing particle components such as blood and urine, or fine particles of organic high polymer in suspension or the like. A conventional particle imaging flow cytometer ... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5260764 | Optical particle analyzing apparatus having two types of light source An optical particle analyzing apparatus includes a flow cytometer in which laser light and lamp light having a wavelength shorter than that of the laser light are used simultaneously when particles in a blood specimen or the like are analyzed by the flow ... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5260027 | Method and apparatus for automatically analyzing particles using plural analyzing modules In blood examinations, first basic items such as the number of red blood cells, the number of white blood cells and the volume of hemoglobins are measured (primary examination), then, on the basis of the results thereof, further specific additional items ... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5256573 | Method for diluting and mixing liquid specimen A method for diluting and mixing specimen such as blood and a reagent, which is designed to prepare a mixed solution of a specimen and a reagent at a specific ratio by discharging the reagent in a passage for quantitative determination in a sampling valve... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5254313 | Apparatus for diluting and mixing a liquid specimen An apparatus for diluting and mixing specimen such as blood and a reagent, which is designed to prepare a mixed solution of a specimen and a reagent at a specific ratio by discharging the reagent in a passage for quantitative determination in a sampling v... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5232081 | Sampler for many samples and sample rack start/stock unit A rack start/stock unit 16 comprises a loader 30 for loading sample racks from outside the unit, an accumulator 32 for accumulating plural sample racks, an unloader 34 for sending out sample racks to outside the unit, a first moving structure for moving t... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5215714 | Immunoagglutination measurement apparatus A buffer solution is sampled from a buffer solution vessel and is dispensed into a reaction vessel on a reaction table by first sampling/dispensing means, and a specimen containing an antigen or antibody to be measured is sampled from a specimen vessel an... | 06/01/1993 |
