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US 6,143,567 AGranted
Reagents and a method for the lysis of erythrocytes
AssigneeImmunotech
InventorsAndre Van Agthoven, David Jarrossay
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Abstract
The lysis of erythrocytes is accomplished by subjecting whole blood treated with an anticoagulant at a pH between 4 and 9 with a nitrogenous heterocyclic compound, most preferably pyrrolidine chloride.
Claims26
In a lysis reagent composition capable of lysing erythrocytes and being used for the cytometric analysis of leucocytes, comprising a lysis agent and at least one other component, the improvement wherein said lysis agent is a nitrogenous heterocyclic compound and said composition has a pH between 4 and 9.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.