Inventors:
David Tyvoll - La Jolla CA, US
Winthrop D. Childers - San Diego CA, US
Kirk Norton - San Diego CA, US
Bryan J. Johnson - San Diego CA, US
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX
International Classification:
G01N 33/48, G01N 27/00, G01N 1/18
US Classification:
436 95, 436 63, 436149, 436150, 436164, 436174, 436175, 436177, 422 8201, 422 8205, 422101, 435 14, 204547, 204554, 204556, 20440301, 204643
Abstract:
A method of analyzing blood includes delivering a blood sample to a test device, applying a spatially varying electric field to the blood sample to provide a depleted cell concentration in a portion of the blood sample, and sensing a property of the portion of the blood sample.