Automated analyzing apparatus
US9989550B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 20, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2035/1051
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In an automated analyzing apparatus, problems arise when a reagent container is carried in during analysis, since it is necessary to stop all accesses of mechanisms etc. to a location of the apparatus where the reagent container is placed and, in a situation in which measurements have been already started, it is impossible to carry the reagent container after waiting about several minutes. To address the problems, when a remaining amount of a reagent corresponding to a predetermined item becomes equal to or less than a first threshold value, a pause cycle of reagent suction is generated in which the reagent dispensing mechanism does not suction the reagent from inside of a reagent container of a reagent disc at regular intervals, and a reagent container containing the same kind of reagent in the reagent disc by the reagent container carrying mechanism is automatically carried in the pause cycle.
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