A cell counting device for counting target cells within a fluid

Abstract

A cell counting device for counting target cells within a fluid, the device comprising: a detection module comprising a light source and a photodetector, the detection module configured to receive a detection chip comprising a cell fluid channel configured to conduct a flow of a cell-containing fluid, the detection module configured to receive the detection chip such that it is held between the light source and photodetector; wherein the light source is configured to illuminate cells flowing through the cell fluid channel when the detection chip is received in the detection module; wherein the photodetector comprises a detection area comprising a plurality of detector pixels, arranged such the cell fluid channel runs over the detection area when the detection chip is received in the detection module; the cell counting device further comprising: a control unit configured to determine a selection of the detector pixels for collecting a signal, receive a signal from the selection of photodetector pixels and determine the presence of a target cell type flowing through the cell fluid channel based on the signal.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.