Claims
- 1. A method of determining the adequacy of squamous (ectocervical) cells, columnar (endocervical) cells, neutrophils, and noncellular material in a liquid based cytology specimen comprising:
a. adding a dye to said specimen; b. analyzing said liquid based cytology specimen using flourescent emission and light scatter to create a characteristic multi-parameter pattern representing a predetermined cell; and c determining the presence of squamous (ectocervical) cells versus columnar (endocervical) cells versus neutrophils versus noncellular material using the results of said multi-parameter pattern analysis.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said light scatter is forward light scatter.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein said light scatter is side light scatter.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein said light scatter is both side and forward light scatter.
- 5. A method of determining the adequacy of at least one target cell in a specimen comprising:
adding a dye to said specimen; using flourescent emission and light scatter to determine if an adequate amount of at least one target cell is present in the specimen prior to subjecting the specimen to further analysis.
- 6. The method of claim 5 wherein the target cell is an ectocervical cell.
- 7. The method of claim 5 wherein the target cell is an endocervical cell.
- 8. The method of claim 5 wherein the specimen is to be used in a cervical cancer screening test.
- 9. The method of claim 5 wherein said light scatter is forward light scatter.
- 10. The method of claim 5 wherein said light scatter is side light scatter.
- 11. The method of claim 5 wherein said light scatter is both side and forward light scatter.
- 12. A method of determining the adequacy of at least one target cell in a pap smear specimen comprising:
adding a dye to said specimen; using flourescent emission and light scatter to determine if an adequate amount of at least one target cell is present in the specimen prior to subjecting the specimen to further analysis.
- 13. The method of claim 12 wherein the target cell is an ectocervical cell.
- 14. The method of claim 12 wherein the target cell is an endocervical cell.
- 15. The method of claim 12 wherein said light scatter is forward light scatter.
- 16. The method of claim 12 wherein said light scatter is side light scatter.
- 17. The method of claim 12 wherein said light scatter is both side and forward light scatter.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Pat. No. 6,329,164, filed Dec. 5, 2000, and granted on Dec. 11, 2001.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Number |
Date |
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Parent |
09730223 |
Dec 2000 |
US |
Child |
10013618 |
Dec 2001 |
US |