Apparatus and method for cell analysis
AssigneeSysmex Corporation
InventorShinichiro Oguni
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Abstract
A cell analysis apparatus includes a test sample preparation part for preparing a test sample by treating an analyte with a dye for staining an intracellular substance of cells in the analyte, a detector for detecting scattered light and fluorescence from each cell in the test sample, and a controller for identifying living mononuclear cells based on the scattered light and the fluorescence detected by the detector. A cell analysis method includes preparing a test sample by treating the analyte with a dye for staining an intracellular substance of cells in the analyte; detecting scattered light and fluorescence from each cell in the test sample; and identifying living mononuclear cells based on the scattered light and the fluorescence detected.
Claims11
A cell analysis apparatus for analyzing cells contained in an analyte, comprising:
- a test sample preparation unit for preparing a test sample comprising the analyte treated with at least a nucleic acid-staining dye for staining an intracellular substance of the cells in the analyte;
- a detection unit for detecting scattered light and fluorescence from each cell in the test sample;
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- a controller configured for performing operations comprising:
- classifying the cells into a plurality of cell groups based on the scattered light and the fluorescence detected by the detection unit, wherein the plurality of cell groups comprises a living mononuclear cell group and a dead mononuclear cell group;
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- counting the classified cells in the living mononuclear cell group as living mononuclear cells, wherein the living mononuclear cells comprise living stem cells and living lymphocytes.
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