Sample analyzer and computer program product
DCFirst Claim
1. A sample analyzer comprising:
- a plurality of detectors each configured to sense cells in a sample, the sample selectively comprising (i) a blood sample or (ii) a body fluid sample, wherein the body fluid sample contains body fluid, other than blood, which is selected from a group consisting of cerebrospinal fluid, thoracic fluid, abdominal fluid, fluid collected in a cardiac sac, synovial fluid, dialysate from peritoneal dialysis, and intraperitoneal rinse;
a controller programmed to selectively operate the sample analyzer in a blood measuring mode or a body fluid measuring mode, wherein the blood measuring mode includes a sequence of operations for measuring cells in the blood sample, and the body fluid measuring mode includes a sequence of operations for measuring cells in the body fluid sample, wherein a respective sequence of operations for measuring cells in the blood sample and in the body fluid sample comprises (a) a sensing operation comprising operations of preparing for measurement and operating a detector to sense the cells in the sample and (b) an analyzing operation comprising operations of analyzing sample measurements and displaying analysis results, the sensing operation performed in the body fluid measuring mode being different, at least partially, from the sensing operation performed in the blood measuring mode, and further wherein the plurality of detectors includes one or more multi-mode detectors configured to operate in both the blood measuring mode and the body fluid measuring mode, the controller programmed to;
perform the sensing operation in the blood measuring mode to;
introduce the blood sample into a multi-mode detector;
operate said multi-mode detector to sense cells in the introduced blood sample; and
derive blood-sample measurements of cells in the introduced blood sample; and
perform the sensing operation in the body fluid measuring mode to;
introduce the body fluid sample into said multi-mode detector;
operate said multi-mode detector to sense cells in the introduced body fluid sample; and
derive body-fluid-sample measurements of cells in the introduced body fluid sample.
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Abstract
A sample analyzer prepares a measurement sample from a blood sample or a body fluid sample which differs from the blood sample; measures the prepared measurement sample; obtains characteristic information representing characteristics of the components in the measurement sample; sets either a blood measurement mode for measuring the blood sample, or a body fluid measurement mode for measuring the body fluid sample as an operating mode; and measures the measurement sample prepared from the blood sample by executing operations in the blood measurement mode when the blood measurement mode has been set, and measuring the measurement sample prepared from the body fluid sample by executing operations in the body fluid measurement mode that differs from the operations in the blood measurement mode when the body fluid measurement mode has been set, is disclosed. A computer program product is also disclosed.
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28 Claims
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1. A sample analyzer comprising:
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a plurality of detectors each configured to sense cells in a sample, the sample selectively comprising (i) a blood sample or (ii) a body fluid sample, wherein the body fluid sample contains body fluid, other than blood, which is selected from a group consisting of cerebrospinal fluid, thoracic fluid, abdominal fluid, fluid collected in a cardiac sac, synovial fluid, dialysate from peritoneal dialysis, and intraperitoneal rinse; a controller programmed to selectively operate the sample analyzer in a blood measuring mode or a body fluid measuring mode, wherein the blood measuring mode includes a sequence of operations for measuring cells in the blood sample, and the body fluid measuring mode includes a sequence of operations for measuring cells in the body fluid sample, wherein a respective sequence of operations for measuring cells in the blood sample and in the body fluid sample comprises (a) a sensing operation comprising operations of preparing for measurement and operating a detector to sense the cells in the sample and (b) an analyzing operation comprising operations of analyzing sample measurements and displaying analysis results, the sensing operation performed in the body fluid measuring mode being different, at least partially, from the sensing operation performed in the blood measuring mode, and further wherein the plurality of detectors includes one or more multi-mode detectors configured to operate in both the blood measuring mode and the body fluid measuring mode, the controller programmed to; perform the sensing operation in the blood measuring mode to;
introduce the blood sample into a multi-mode detector;
operate said multi-mode detector to sense cells in the introduced blood sample; and
derive blood-sample measurements of cells in the introduced blood sample; andperform the sensing operation in the body fluid measuring mode to;
introduce the body fluid sample into said multi-mode detector;
operate said multi-mode detector to sense cells in the introduced body fluid sample; and
derive body-fluid-sample measurements of cells in the introduced body fluid sample. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, 27)
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12. A sample analyzer comprising:
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a plurality of detectors each configured to sense cells in a sample, the sample selectively comprising (i) a blood sample or (ii) a body fluid sample, wherein the body fluid sample contains body fluid, other than blood, which is selected from a group consisting of cerebrospinal fluid, thoracic fluid, abdominal fluid, fluid collected in a cardiac sac, synovial fluid, dialysate from peritoneal dialysis, and intraperitoneal rinse; a controller programmed to selectively operate the sample analyzer in a blood measuring mode or a body fluid measuring mode, wherein the blood measuring mode includes a sequence of operations for measuring cells in the blood sample, and the body fluid measuring mode includes a sequence of operations for measuring cells in the body fluid sample, wherein a respective sequence of operations for measuring cells in the blood sample and in the body fluid sample comprises (a) a sensing operation comprising;
operations of preparing for measurement and operating a detector to sense the cells in the sample and (b) an analyzing operation comprising operations of analyzing sample measurements and displaying analysis results, the sensing operation performed in the body fluid measuring mode being different, at least partially, from the sensing operation performed in the blood measuring mode, and further wherein the plurality of detectors includes one or more multi-mode detectors configured to operate in both the blood measuring mode and the body fluid measuring mode, the controller programmed to;perform the sensing operation in the blood measuring mode to;
introduce the blood sample into a multi-mode detector;
operate said multi-mode detector to sense cells in the introduced blood sample; and
derive blood-sample measurements of cells in the introduced blood sample, and further perform the analyzing operation in the blood measuring mode to;
analyze the blood-sample measurements; and
count a particular type of cells in the introduced blood sample based on the analyzed blood-sample measurements; andperform the sensing operation in the body fluid measuring mode to;
introduce the body fluid sample into said multi-mode detector;
operate said multi-mode detector to sense cells in the introduced body fluid sample; and
derive body-fluid-sample measurements of cells in the introduced body fluid sample, and further perform the analyzing operation in the body fluid measuring mode to;
analyze the body-fluid-sample measurements; and
count the particular type of cells in the introduced body fluid sample based on the analyzed body-fluid-sample measurements. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23)
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19. A sample analyzer comprising:
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a plurality of detectors each configured to sense cells in a sample, the sample selectively comprising (i) a blood sample or (ii) a body fluid sample, wherein the body fluid sample contains body fluid, other than blood, which is selected from a group consisting of cerebrospinal fluid, thoracic fluid, abdominal fluid, fluid collected in a cardiac sac, synovial fluid, dialysate from peritoneal dialysis, and intraperitoneal rinse; a controller programmed to selectively operate the sample analyzer in a blood measuring mode or a body fluid measuring mode, wherein the blood measuring mode includes a sequence of operations for measuring cells in the blood sample, and the body fluid measuring mode includes a sequence of operations for measuring cells in the body fluid sample, and wherein the plurality of detectors includes one or more multi-mode detectors configured to operate in both the blood measuring mode and the body fluid measuring mode, the controller programmed to; perform the sequence of operations in the blood measuring mode to;
introduce the blood sample into a multi-mode detector;
operate said multi-mode detector to sense cells in the introduced blood sample; and
derive blood-sample measurements of cells in the introduced blood sample; andperform the sequence of operations in the body fluid measuring mode to;
introduce the body fluid sample into said multi-mode detector;
operate said multi-mode detector to sense cells in the introduced body fluid sample; and
derive body-fluid-sample measurements of cells in the introduced body fluid sample,wherein the sequence of operations performed in the body fluid measuring mode comprises automatically initiating pre-washing said multi-mode detector to reduce a carryover effect on the body-fluid-sample measurements, wherein the controller is programmed to automatically initiate said pre-washing before introducing the body fluid sample into said multi-mode detector during said sequence of operations in the body fluid measuring mode. - View Dependent Claims (24, 28)
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20. A sample analyzer comprising:
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a plurality of detectors each configured to sense cells in a sample, the sample selectively comprising (i) a blood sample or (ii) a body fluid sample, wherein the body fluid sample contains body fluid, other than blood, which is selected from a group consisting of cerebrospinal fluid, thoracic fluid, abdominal fluid, fluid collected in a cardiac sac, synovial fluid, dialysate from peritoneal dialysis, and intraperitoneal rinse; a controller programmed to selectively operate the sample analyzer in a blood measuring mode or a body fluid measuring mode, wherein the blood measuring mode includes a sequence of operations for measuring cells in the blood sample, and the body fluid measuring mode includes a sequence of operations for measuring cells in the body fluid sample, the controller programmed to; perform the sequence of operations in the blood measuring mode to;
analyze blood-sample measurements of cells in the blood sample;
count each of five types of white blood cells in the blood sample; and
separately display in a screen a count of each of said five types of white blood cells; andperform the sequence of operations in the body fluid measuring mode to;
analyze body-fluid-sample measurements of cells in the body fluid sample;
count mono-nucleated cells and poly-nucleated cells in the body fluid sample; and
separately display in a screen a count of the mono-nucleated cells and a count of the poly-nucleated cells. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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21. A sample analyzer comprising:
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a plurality of detectors each configured to optically or electrically sense cells in a sample, the sample selectively comprising (i) a blood sample or (ii) a body fluid sample, wherein the body fluid sample contains body fluid, other than blood, which is selected from a group consisting of cerebrospinal fluid, thoracic fluid, abdominal fluid, fluid collected in a cardiac sac, synovial fluid, dialysate from peritoneal dialysis, and intraperitoneal rinse; a controller programmed to selectively operate the sample analyzer in a blood measuring mode or a body fluid measuring mode, wherein the blood measuring mode includes a sequence of operations for measuring cells in the blood sample, and the body fluid measuring mode includes a sequence of operations for measuring cells in the body fluid sample, the controller programmed to; (A) perform the sequence of operations in the body fluid measuring mode to;
sense cells in a first body fluid sample;
analyze first measurements of the cells sensed in the first body fluid sample; and
count red blood cells in the first body fluid sample, and(B) perform the sequence of operations in the body fluid measuring mode to;
sense cells in a second body fluid sample;
analyze second measurements of the cells sensed in the second body fluid sample;
count mono-nucleated cells and poly-nucleated cells in the second body fluid sample; and
separately display in a screen a count of the red blood cells, a count of the mono-nucleated cells and a count of the poly-nucleated cells. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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