Collection apparatus and collection method
AssigneeCanon Medical Systems Corporation
InventorsKeisuke SUGAHARA, Kenta KAMINO, Hiroto SATAKE
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Abstract
A collection apparatus includes a holding unit configured to hold, as a sample, blood containing a target component and a non-target component, a collection unit configured to collect a part of the sample, and processing circuitry configured to identify a collection position of the sample to be collected by the collection unit in the holding unit, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: acquire distribution information regarding a distribution of at least either the target component or the non-target component held in the holding unit, and decide the collection position based on the acquired distribution.
Claims17
A collection apparatus comprising:
- a holding unit configured to hold, as a sample, blood containing a target component and a non-target component;
- a collection unit configured to collect a part of the sample;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to identify a collection position of the sample to be collected by the collection unit in the holding unit,
- wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
- acquire distribution information regarding a distribution of at least either the target component or the non-target component held in the holding unit, and
- decide the collection position based on the acquired distribution information.
A collection method comprising:
- holding, as a sample, blood containing a target component and a non-target component;
- identifying a collection position of the sample;
- in collecting a part of the sample, acquiring distribution information regarding a distribution of at least either the held target component or the non-target component;
- and
- deciding the collection position based on the acquired distribution information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.