Cell analysis apparatus
First Claim
1. A cell analysis apparatus for effecting multiple types of sample treatments to multiple samples, comprising:
- a rotor radially divided equally into a plurality of segments of the same angle, each of said segments having a plurality of chambers therein of identical construction;
a pair of stators sandwiching said rotor;
means for providing each of a plurality of different samples to a chamber of a different one of the segments;
means for intermittently rotating the rotor through an angle corresponding to one-half of one segment to bring a sample in a segment to a treatment position corresponding to a position on one of said stators; and
means for performing one of a plurality of different sample treatments for each of the plurality of different samples, including means for performing a first sample treatment and thereafter performing a second sample treatment different from the first sample treatment following each angular rotation of the rotor.
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Abstract
This invention relates to an apparatus for analyzing cells in a biological liquid sample, such as blood, in which apparatus a flow passage in a sample pretreatment system can be shortened with a simple construction. A sample metering chamber, a mixing chamber and a measurement liquid extracting chamber are formed in a rotary sliding member of a pretreatment portion. The rotary sliding member is intermittently rotated so as to shift a sample from one chamber to another to perform a necessary treatment. Fluorescence or scattering light with respect to the sample, mixed with a reagent in the pretreatment portion, is detected by a flow cell.
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1. A cell analysis apparatus for effecting multiple types of sample treatments to multiple samples, comprising:
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a rotor radially divided equally into a plurality of segments of the same angle, each of said segments having a plurality of chambers therein of identical construction; a pair of stators sandwiching said rotor; means for providing each of a plurality of different samples to a chamber of a different one of the segments; means for intermittently rotating the rotor through an angle corresponding to one-half of one segment to bring a sample in a segment to a treatment position corresponding to a position on one of said stators; and means for performing one of a plurality of different sample treatments for each of the plurality of different samples, including means for performing a first sample treatment and thereafter performing a second sample treatment different from the first sample treatment following each angular rotation of the rotor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of cell analysis for effecting multiple kinds of sample treatments to a sample by rotating a rotor sandwiched by two stators so as to change the sample treatments, comprising the steps of:
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providing a rotor that is radially divided equally into a plurality of segments of the same angle, each of said segments having a plurality of chambers therein of identical construction; providing a plurality of different samples, one sample to a respective chamber of one of said equally divided segments; performing one of a plurality of different sample treatments for each of the plurality of different samples; and intermittently rotating said rotor through an angle corresponding to one-half of one segment; wherein said plurality of sample treatments are changed with each angular rotation of the rotor. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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