Automatic analyzer with a control unit for displaying background maintenance operation notifications
US12111327B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 13, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2035/0091
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The automatic analyzer is capable of performing other operations concurrently with a maintenance operation and notifying a user when a user action is required in executing maintenance and displaying guidance. Automatic analyzer includes analysis modules and that analyze a sample, a display device that displays information related to maintenance in the analyzer including the analysis modules and, and an overall management computer that controls a constant display area to be displayed on a display screen of the display device, in which when there is a need to notify a user of a maintenance status at a timing when the maintenance in the analyzer is executed in a background and a screen other than a maintenance screen is displayed on the display device, the overall management computer displays notification information on the screen including global areas and of the display device.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.