Blood condition analyzing device, blood condition analyzing system, blood conditon analyzing method, and blood condition analyzing program for causing computer to execute the method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYoshihito Hayashi, Marcaurele Brun, Yoichi Katsumoto
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Abstract
There is provided a blood condition analyzing device including an erythrocyte quantitative evaluation unit configured to evaluate a hematocrit value and/or a hemoglobin amount on the basis of an electrical characteristic of a blood sample at a frequency of 2 to 25 MHz.
Claims15
A blood condition analyzing device comprising:
- at least a pair of electrodes configured to measure an electrical characteristic of a blood sample at a frequency of 2 to 25 MHz over time;
- and
- at least one processor, operatively coupled to the at least the pair of electrodes, programmed to:
- obtain, from the at least the pair of electrodes, the electrical characteristic of the blood sample at the frequency of 2 to 25 MHz;
- determine a hematocrit value and/or a hemoglobin amount on the basis of the electrical characteristic of the blood sample at the frequency of 2 to 25 MHz;
- and
- output the hematocrit value and/or the hemoglobin amount.
A blood condition analyzing device comprising:
- at least a pair of electrodes configured to:
- measure temporal change data of an electrical characteristic of a blood sample at a first frequency over time;
- and
- measure electrical measurement data of the blood sample at a second frequency of 2 to 25 MHz;
- and
- at least one processor, operatively coupled to the at least the pair of electrodes, programmed to:
- obtain, from the at least the pair of electrodes, the temporal change data of the electrical characteristic of the blood sample at the first frequency;
- obtain, from the at least the pair of electrodes, the electrical measurement data of the blood sample at the second frequency of 2 to 25 MHz;
- and
- determine rouleaux formation of erythrocytes by dividing the temporal change data of the electrical characteristic of the blood sample at the first frequency by the electrical measurement data of the blood sample at the second frequency of 2 to 25 MHz.
A blood condition analyzing system comprising:
- at least a pair of electrodes configured to measure an electrical characteristic of a blood sample at a frequency of 2 to 25 MHz over time;
- and
- at least one processor, operatively coupled to the at least the pair of electrodes;
- and
- at least one non-transitory storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method comprising:
- obtaining, from the at least the pair of electrodes, the electrical characteristic of the blood sample at the frequency of 2 to 25 MHz;
- determining a hematocrit value and/or a hemoglobin amount on the basis of the electrical characteristic of the blood sample at the frequency of 2 to 25 MHz;
- and
- outputting the hematocrit value and/or the hemoglobin amount.
A blood condition analyzing system comprising:
- at least a pair of electrodes configured to:
- measure temporal change data of an electrical characteristic of a blood sample at a first frequency over time;
- and
- measure electrical measurement data of the blood sample at a second frequency of 2 to 25 MHz;
- and
- at least one processor, operatively coupled to the at least the pair of electrodes;
- and
- at least one non-transitory storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method comprising:
- obtaining, from the at least the pair of electrodes, the temporal change data of the electrical characteristic of the blood sample at the first frequency;
- obtaining, from the at least the pair of electrodes, the electrical measurement data of the blood sample at the second frequency of 2 to 25 MHz;
- and
- determining rouleaux formation of erythrocytes by dividing the temporal change data of the electrical characteristic of the blood sample at the first frequency by the electrical measurement data of the blood sample at the second frequency of 2 to 25 MHz.
A blood condition analyzing method comprising:
- measuring, using at least a pair of electrodes, an electrical characteristic of a blood sample at a frequency of 2 to 25 MHz over time;
- determining, using at least one programmed processor operatively coupled to the at least the pair of electrodes, a hematocrit value and/or a hemoglobin amount on the basis of the electrical characteristic of the blood sample at the frequency of 2 to 25 MHz;
- and
- outputting, using the at least one programmed processor, the hematocrit value and/or the hemoglobin amount.
A blood condition analyzing method comprising:
- measuring, using at least a pair of electrodes, temporal change data of an electrical characteristic of a blood sample at a first frequency over time;
- measuring, using the at least the pair of electrodes, electrical measurement data of the blood sample at a second frequency of 2 to 25 MHz;
- and
- determining, using at least one programmed processor operatively coupled to the at least the pair of electrodes, rouleaux formation of erythrocytes by dividing the temporal change data of the electrical characteristic of the blood sample at the first frequency by the electrical measurement data of the blood sample at the second frequency of 2 to 25 MHz.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a blood condition analyzing program comprising:
- obtaining, from at least a pair of electrodes, an electrical characteristic of a blood sample at a frequency of 2 to 25 MHz over time measured using the at least the pair of electrodes;
- determining a hematocrit value and/or a hemoglobin amount on the basis of the electrical characteristic of the blood sample at the frequency of 2 to 25 MHz;
- and
- outputting the hematocrit value and/or the hemoglobin amount.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a blood condition analyzing program comprising:
- obtaining, from at least a pair of electrodes, temporal change data of an electrical characteristic of a blood sample at a first frequency over time measured using the at least the pair of electrodes;
- obtaining, from the at least the pair of electrodes, electrical measurement data of the blood sample at a second frequency of 2 to 25 MHz measured using the at least the pair of electrodes;
- and
- determining rouleaux formation of erythrocytes by dividing the temporal change data of the electrical characteristic of the blood sample at the first frequency by the electrical measurement data of the blood sample at the second frequency of 2 to 25 MHz.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.