Patent ID: 11953421
Assignee: DIAGNOSTICA STAGO
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. An analysis apparatus comprising:
a flow cytometer comprising a measurement cell intended for the passage of biological cells of a biological sample to be analyzed and measuring means configured to measure cytometry parameters of the biological cells of the biological sample to be analyzed, and
a processing unit configured to:
determine, for each biological cell of the biological sample to be analyzed, a point in a N-dimensional space whose coordinates are defined depending on the cytometry parameters measured for the corresponding biological cell, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 3,
cluster the points into different cell clusters depending on the cytometry parameters measured for each biological cell of the biological sample to be analyzed, so as to define a sample cluster file,
perform an analysis action on the sample cluster file so as to detect at least one possible anomaly in the sample cluster file, wherein the analysis action comprises analyzing the cell clusters of the sample cluster file and detecting an anomaly if the presence or absence of at least one predetermined cell cluster is detected,
compare the sample cluster file with reference cluster files, each of the reference cluster files being defined from cytometry parameters of a respective pathological or abnormal biological sample.