Blood sample analyzing apparatus, blood sample coagulation determining apparatus, blood sample coagulation determining method and computer program product
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1. A blood sample analyzing apparatus, comprising:
- an aspirator for aspirating a blood sample to be used for measurement;
a coagulation determiner for determining whether the blood sample is coagulated or not; and
an aspirating controller for controlling an operation of the aspirator based on a determination result by the coagulation determiner.
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Abstract
The present invention is to present a blood sample analyzing apparatus, comprising: an aspirator for aspirating a blood sample to be used for measurement; a coagulation determiner for determining whether the blood sample is coagulated or not; and an aspirating controller for controlling an operation of the aspirator based on a determination result by the coagulation determiner.
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26 Claims
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1. A blood sample analyzing apparatus, comprising:
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an aspirator for aspirating a blood sample to be used for measurement; a coagulation determiner for determining whether the blood sample is coagulated or not; and an aspirating controller for controlling an operation of the aspirator based on a determination result by the coagulation determiner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A blood sample analyzing apparatus, comprising:
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a transporter for transporting a blood sample to be used for measurement; an aspirator for aspirating the blood sample transported by the transporter; a coagulation determiner for determining whether the blood sample is coagulated or not; and a transporting controller for controlling the transporter based on a determination result by the coagulation determiner. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A blood sample coagulation determining apparatus, comprising:
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a sample container holder capable of holding a sample container, which has translucency, contains a blood sample and a top opening of which is sealed by a lid, in a state that a bottom portion of the sample container is positioned at the same height as the lid or higher than the lid; an imaging part for imaging the sample container held by the sample container holder in a state that the bottom portion of the sample container is positioned at the same height as the lid or higher than the lid; and a coagulation determiner for determining whether the blood sample in the sample container is coagulated or not, based on the presence or absence of a clot protruding from a liquid surface of the blood sample in the sample container in a container image obtained by imaging the sample container with the imaging part. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A blood sample coagulation determining method, comprising steps of:
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holding a sample container, which has translucency, contains a blood sample and a top opening of which is sealed by a lid, in a state that a bottom portion of the sample container is positioned at the same height as the lid or higher than the lid; imaging the sample container held in a state that the bottom portion of the sample container is positioned at the same height as the lid or higher than the lid; and determining whether the blood sample in the sample container is coagulated or not, based on the presence or absence of a clot protruding from a liquid surface of the blood sample in the sample container in an image obtained by imaging the sample container.
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26. A computer program product for enabling a computer to determine whether a blood sample is coagulated or not, comprising:
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a computer readable medium, and software instructions, on the computer readable medium, for enabling the computer to perform predetermined operations comprising; processing an image obtained by imaging a sample container, which has translucency, contains a blood sample and a top opening of which is sealed by a lid, in a state that a bottom portion of the sample container is positioned at the same height as the lid or higher than the lid, and detecting a height of a liquid surface of the blood sample in the sample container in the image; and determining whether the blood sample in the sample container is coagulated or not, based on the presence or absence of a clot protruding from a liquid surface of the blood sample in the sample container in the image.
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