BLOOD ANALYSIS SYSTEM HAVING BLOOD STORAGE, TRANSPORT AND AUTOMATIC SLIDE-MAKING CAPABILITIES

摘要

A blood analyzer system is provided with improved slide-making capability by coupling a blood analyzer apparatus (20) to an automatic slide-making apparatus (40) by means of a clinically effective blood specimen transport assembly (60), which includes a blood conduit forming a curvilinear flow path that imparts a substantial angular velocity component to blood moving therein. The system enables a blood analyzer portion and a smear slide portion of a given sample to be aspirated with physical and temporal proximity.