摘要:
A method for determining platelet activation by utilizing numeric counts of platelets before a sample of platelets has been activated and after the activatable platelets are activated with a platelet activation agonist and using the difference between such counts as an indication of the platelet activity of the sample. There is also disclosed a method for using the electronic impedance cell counting technique for determining platelet activation wherein EDTA is used as a preservative by counting the platelets in an EDTA preserved sample using an electronic impedance cell counting technique and subtracting from that number the number of platelets remaining after the activatable platelets in a second sample have been activated with a platelet agonist in the absence of EDTA and using that difference as a measure of platelet activity.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method and to a diagnostic agent for detecting hemostasis disturbances, wherein, as a consequence of blood platelet aggregation, clot formation and/or clot dissolution, substances are brought to a distance from each other which permits or prevents an interaction, in particular an energy transfer, between the substances, and the extent of the interaction is measured.
摘要:
A serum/clot separation surface determination apparatus includes a test tube formed of a non-magnetic material containing a blood sample which is separated into a serum and a clot by a silicon separating medium, a detection coil fitted on an outer surface of the test tube, a measurement signal supply unit which supplies a measurement signal having a given frequency to the detection coil, a drive control unit which variably controls a relative position between the detection coil and the test tube in a longitudinal direction of the test tube by moving at least one of the detection coil and the test tube, a signal level detector which detects a level of the measurement signal that varies with the relative position, and a determination unit which determines a position of a sample separation surface obtained by the silicon separating medium, based on the level of the detected measurement signal.
摘要:
The invention is a method, reagent and test cartridge for the determination of the clotting time of a blood sample by means of a reagent containing tissue factor and a sulfatide. In an alternative embodiment, the reagent may contain tissue factor and at least one of the group consisting of a phosphatide and a sulfatide. This invention is preferably used to monitor the effectiveness of heparin therapy in patients that have been administered low to moderate heparin doses to achieve blood heparin levels from 0 to about 3 U/mL, and may also be used for determining clotting time at higher heparin levels of up to about 6 U/mL.
摘要:
A reagent and kit are disclosed for determining if a patient is hypercoagulable, hypocoagulable or normal. The test involves providing a test sample from the patient and initiating coagulation in the sample in the presence of an activator, which is added to the sample in an amount which will result in intrinsic tenase-dependent fibrin. Then the formation of the intrinsic tenase-dependent fibrin polymerization is monitored over time so as to derive a time-dependent profile, with the results of the fibrin polymerization monitoring determining whether the patient is hypercoagulable, normal or hypocoagulable. The coagulation activator is added in an amount that triggers a thrombin explosion that is dependent on the propagation phase and amplification pathways. In this way, a single assay can assess the hemostatic potential of a sample.
摘要:
Method and apparatus to determine the speed of sedimentation of blood and other parameters connected thereto, said method being carried out by detecting the development over time of the optical density, or absorbance, of a sample of blood, said sample being sent in the form of a flow inside a capillary container (12), said detection being made in correspondence with a point of said capillary container (12) and the relative data acquired being processed to obtain said speed of sedimentation and said connected parameters, said method providing to instantly interrupt the flow of the blood sample flowing inside said capillary container (12), in order to determine a thickening of the red cells in said blood sample and their consequent sedimentation, said detection being made substantially simultaneously with said instant interruption.
摘要:
A coagulation test for determining the activated clotting time (ACT) of blood in the presence of heparin that produces test results that are substantially insensitive to the drug aprotinin. The activator is formulated to be a combination of celite and bentonite. The ACT results obtained with this formulation are similar to celite ACT tests on heparinized blood while simultaneously being unaffected by aprotinin. Additionally, a method for quantifying the aprotinin effect of different ACT formulations is disclosed.
摘要:
The present invention provides methods for inhibiting blood clotting. In general, the methods include adding corn trypsin inhibitor (CTI) to blood or a blood product in an amount sufficient to inhibit the clotting. The CTI can be used alone or in combination with other anti-coagulants. In one aspect, the invention features plasma clotting assays featuring substantially prolonged clotting times. Clotting assays using whole or minimally altered blood are also provided. Further provided are methods for storing blood or blood products at low temperature with the CTI.
摘要:
A method and apparatus are provided for measuring hemostasis. The apparatus includes a torque sensing column having a torque sensing element and a drive ring disposed around a body of the column and in registration with the column so as to allow rotation of the drive ring around a longitudinal axis of the column. The apparatus further includes a first guide shaft rigidly secured to the drive ring, the guide shaft extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the column and a cup holder movably attached to the guide shaft, allowing the cup holder to move parallel to the longitudinal axis of the column. The apparatus also includes a sample cup adapted to engage the cup holder on a outer surface and the torque sensing element of the torque sensing column on an inner surface.
摘要:
An anticoagulant for blood cell counting containing at least two kinds of the following antiplatelet agents: theophyllines, adenosines and dipyridamoles. The anticoagulant also contains citric acid, an alkali metal salt thereof or a mixture of citric acid and an alkali metal salt thereof.