摘要 |
PURPOSE:To measure the deforming ability of red blood cells by passing dilute red blood through a filter having many pores of around 3mu diameter then passing the same through a fine hole. CONSTITUTION:An adapter 6 provided with a filter 5 having many pores of around 3mu diameter in the lower part is fitted to the bottom end of a detector 3 having a fine hole 4. A disc 7 consisting of rubby or sapphire having the hole 4 is fixed to the preceding end of the detector 3 consisting of glass or a synthetic resin and with the hole 4 as an electrical circuit, detecting electrodes 8, 9 are provided at the inside and outside of the detector. The adapter 6 is constituted of a soft synthetic resin or conductive metal, assumes a cylindrical vessel shape fixed with the filter 5 in the bottom and has a bore to fit onto the preceding end of the detector 3. The filter 5 is so constituted that the total areas of the pores is >=10 times the area of the hole 4 or that the total area of the pores is equal to or smaller than the area of the hole 4. Thus, red cells are detected by each piece and the height of detecting pulses is proportional to the size of the particles. The state of the red blood cells is monitored by viewing the sizes of the detecting pulses. |