| 摘要 |
Disclosed are apparatus and methods for analyzing bodily fluids, such as blood samples, using an integrated hematology analyzer and flow cytometer system. Under the present approach, an integrated system may operate as a closed fluidic system or an open fluidic system, and may selectively perform automated hematologic protocols, flow cytometer protocols, and custom protocols. Such apparatus may, for example, identify and enumerate multiple cell types in whole blood based on cellular morphology, analyze cellular immunoassays using antibodies labeled to cells, and also detect low abundant analytes in whole blood as well as serum and other bodily fluids not attached to cells using bead-based immunoassay methods. The system may include a fluid handling system to control sample flow, an optical transducer that includes a flow cell, optical detectors for light scatter and/or fluorescence, and also an illumination source. |
