Patent ID: 8958990
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A sample analyzer comprising: (a) a measurement section that interrogates a sample of a patient animal, wherein e sample is prepared for a test in which a particular type of blood cells in the sample is targetedly analyzed; (b) a memory that stores cell size criteria for the targeted blood cells in relation to a respective of multiple different animal species, wherein the cell size criteria for the targeted blood cells are for discriminating the targeted blood cells by cell sizes; and (c) receive a first selection of animal species; (d) operate the measurement section to obtain a size distribution of the target blood cells in the sample; (e) store the obtained size distribution in the memory; (f) retrieve from the memory a first of the cell size criteria for the target blood cells stored in relation to the animal species of the first selection; (g) apply, to the stored size distribution, the first of the cell size criteria for the target blood cells to discriminate the target blood cells in the sample by cell sizes; and (h) as a test result of the test for the sample, store in the memory counts of respective discriminated target blood cells; (i) display the test result for the sample, along with a representation of the animal species of the first selection and a manual analysis button for initiating a reanalysis process in which the animal species of the first selection is corrected and the stored size distribution in the memory is re-evaluated without using the sample or obtaining another sample from the patient animal; (j) responsive to an operation of the manual analysis button, display a plurality of different animal species selectable to correct the animal species of the first selection; (k) in the reanalysis process, receive a second selection of animal species, wherein the animal species of the second selection is different from the animal species of the first selection; (l) in the reanalysis process, retrieve the stored size distribution from the memory; (m) in the reanalysis process, retrieve from the memory a second of the cell size criteria for the target blood cells stored in relation to the animal species of the second selection; (n) in the reanalysis process, apply, to the retrieved size distribution for a second time, the second of the cell size criteria for the target blood cells to re-discriminate the target blood cells by cell sizes; and (o) in the reanalysis process, as a correct result for the test for the sample, store counts of respective re-discriminated target blood cells over the test result for the sample already stored in the memory.