Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Bruce S. Weintrub
  • Apparatus for obtaining increased particle concentration for optical examination
    Patent number: 6599480
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for analyzing a blood or other biological fluid sample in a quiescent state, whereby particulate constituents of biological samples that contain sparse populations of interesting cellular species can be enumerated and inspected using an optical scanning instrument. Specifically, this invention relates to a method and apparatus for obtaining increased cellular or particulate concentrations within the use of said optical scanning method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Brian G. Scrivens, Dwight Livingston, Robert S. Frank, Klaus W. Berndt