Patent ID: 9470674
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G01F,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A method for detecting clots in serum, the serum being in a sample container, the sample container comprising a centrifuged blood sample, the blood sample being separated into the serum and at least one other component, the method comprising: irradiating light having a first wavelength to the sample container by a first light source at a vertical irradiating position such that the light irradiated by the first light source passes through the sample container along a first measurement path; measuring an intensity of light having the first wavelength passing along the first measurement path and exiting the sample container; rotating the sample container and/or the first light source around a vertical axis of the sample container without changing the vertical irradiating position such that the light irradiated by the first light source passes through the sample container along a second measurement path being different from the first measurement path; measuring an intensity of light having the first wavelength passing along the second measurement path and exiting the sample container; and detecting clots in serum in response to the measured intensity corresponding to the first measurement path and the measured intensity corresponding to the second measurement path.