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- Patent Title: Automated analyzer
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Application No.: US16477219Application Date: 2018-01-24
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Publication No.: US11340241B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Shunsuke Sasaki , Takenori Okusa , Yoshihiro Yamashita , Hiroki Fujita , Kenta Imai , Toshiharu Suzuki
- Applicant: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Mattingly & Malur, PC
- Priority: JPJP2017-030611 20170222
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/002081 WO 20180124
- International Announcement: WO2018/155049 WO 20180830
- Main IPC: G01N35/00
- IPC: G01N35/00 ; B01L9/00 ; G01N35/04

Abstract:
An automated analyzer capable of continuously performing supply of consumables is realized while continuing measurement is performed, by a simple and small amount of mechanism. An automated analyzer includes a unit that executes processing necessary for sample analysis; a consumable supply unit that supplies consumables necessary for the sample analysis to the unit; and a control device that controls operations of the unit and the consumable supply unit, in which the consumable supply unit includes a consumable container holding portion that holds a consumable storage container in which consumables is aligned and accommodated, a preliminary storage portion that temporarily holds the consumables taken out from the consumable storage container, and a transport mechanism that transports the consumables to the unit, and in which the control device transports and stores at least a portion of the consumables taken out from the consumable storage container in the preliminary storage portion.
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