Patent ID: 11921106
Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A blood cell analyzer comprising:
a plurality of detectors each configured to sense cells in a sample, the sample selectively comprising (i) a blood sample or (ii) a body fluid sample, wherein the body fluid sample contains body fluid, other than blood, which is selected from a group consisting of cerebrospinal fluid, thoracic fluid, abdominal fluid, fluid collected in a cardiac sac, synovial fluid, dialysate from peritoneal dialysis, and intraperitoneal rinse;
a processor programmed to selectively operate the blood cell analyzer in a blood measuring mode or a body fluid measuring mode, wherein the blood measuring mode includes a sequence of operations for measuring cells in the blood sample, and the body fluid measuring mode includes a sequence of operations for measuring cells in the body fluid sample, wherein a respective sequence of operations for measuring cells in the blood sample and in the body fluid sample comprises (a) a sensing operation comprising preparation for measurement and sensing of the cells in the sample by a detector and (b) an analyzing operation comprising analysis of sample measurements and display of analysis results, the sensing operation performed in the body fluid measuring mode being different, at least partially, from the sensing operation performed in the blood measuring mode, and further wherein the plurality of detectors include one or more multi-mode detectors configured to operate in both the blood measuring mode and the body fluid measuring mode, the processor programmed to:
perform the sensing operation in the blood measuring mode to: introduce the blood sample into a multi-mode detector; sense cells in the introduced blood sample by said multi-mode detector; and derive blood-sample measurements of cells in the introduced blood sample; and
perform the sensing operation in the body fluid measuring mode to: introduce the body fluid sample into said multi-mode detector; sense cells in the introduced body fluid sample by said multi-mode detector; and derive body-fluid-sample measurements of cells in the introduced body fluid sample.