Sample analyzer and computer program product
First Claim
1. A sample analyzer comprising:
- a fluid supplying unit for preparing a measurement sample from a blood sample or a body fluid sample that differs from the blood sample and supplying the measurement sample;
a flow cell that the supplied measurement sample passes through;
a light source that irradiates a measurement sample passing through the flow cell with a light;
a light receiver that receives a light generated by irradiating the measurement sample passing through the flow cell with the light and outputs a characteristic information in correspondence to the received light, wherein the characteristic information represents a characteristic of components within the measurement sample;
a microcomputer configured to receive a designation of one measurement mode from among a plurality of measurement modes including at least a blood measurement mode for measuring the blood sample and a body fluid measurement mode for measuring the body fluid sample configured to control the fluid supplying unit so as to supply the blood sample during a first time period when a designation of the blood measurement mode has been received and configured to control the fluid supplying unit so as to supply the body fluid sample during a second time period that is longer than the first time period when a designation of the body fluid measurement mode has been received.
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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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6 Claims
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1. A sample analyzer comprising:
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a fluid supplying unit for preparing a measurement sample from a blood sample or a body fluid sample that differs from the blood sample and supplying the measurement sample; a flow cell that the supplied measurement sample passes through; a light source that irradiates a measurement sample passing through the flow cell with a light; a light receiver that receives a light generated by irradiating the measurement sample passing through the flow cell with the light and outputs a characteristic information in correspondence to the received light, wherein the characteristic information represents a characteristic of components within the measurement sample; a microcomputer configured to receive a designation of one measurement mode from among a plurality of measurement modes including at least a blood measurement mode for measuring the blood sample and a body fluid measurement mode for measuring the body fluid sample configured to control the fluid supplying unit so as to supply the blood sample during a first time period when a designation of the blood measurement mode has been received and configured to control the fluid supplying unit so as to supply the body fluid sample during a second time period that is longer than the first time period when a designation of the body fluid measurement mode has been received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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