Patent ID: 9664669
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G01N

Claim:
1. A urine specimen analyzing method comprising: flowing a measurement sample containing a urine specimen through a flow cell; irradiating light on the measurement sample flowing through the flow cell; generating a signal waveform indicating a temporal change of intensity of light given off by the measurement sample; and detecting casts distinguishably from mucus threads contained in the urine specimen, based on information related to respective slope at a leading end side and a trailing end side of the signal waveform corresponding to each formed element contained in the urine specimen, wherein the leading end side of the signal waveform represents a temporal change of signal intensity obtained from each formed element at a downstream side of the flow cell in the direction of flow and the trailing end side of the signal waveform represents a temporal change of signal intensity obtained from each formed element at an upstream side of the flow cell in the direction of flow; wherein detecting the casts distinguishably from mucus threads comprises: