Automated analyzer
US9618526B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 8, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2035/1032
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An automated analyzer that can effectively reduce contamination of a diluted low-concentration specimen resulting from a high-concentration specimen not being diluted. The automated analyzer includes a specimen nozzle that performs both the function of pipetting a specimen from a specimen container accommodating the specimen and the function of pipetting a specimen diluted by the analyzer, and means for washing the specimen nozzle with a predetermined detergent. When a pipetting process of a high-concentration specimen not being diluted and a pipetting process of a low-concentration specimen diluted by the analyzer are consecutively performed for the same specimen by the specimen nozzle, between the pipetting process of a high-concentration specimen and the pipetting process of a low-concentration specimen, the analyzer performs a washing processing in which the specimen nozzle is washed with the predetermined detergent.
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