Patent ID: 9568428
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G01N

Claim:
1. A system for analyzing a cellular sample in a specimen tube, the system comprising: a well; a mixing station including a rocker having an axis of rotation; a probe displaceable above the rocker and above the well, the probe having a longitudinal axis; a flow cytometer coupled to the well; and a processor to control the mixing station, the probe, and the flow cytometer, wherein the processor is programmed to direct: the rocker to displace the specimen tube in a rocking motion about the axis of rotation, the axis of rotation being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the probe; the rocker to orient the specimen tube upright; the probe to transfer the cellular sample from the upright specimen tube to the well; and the flow cytometer to aspirate from the well and to analyze the cellular sample.