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US 10,591,500 B2Granted
Sample analyzer, sample analyzing method, and reagent container holder
AssigneeSysmex Corporation
InventorsTakuya Fujii, Hironori Katsumi, Akio Toyoda
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Abstract
A sample analyzer includes: a reagent container holder including a reagent container holder body configured to hold a reagent container, and a tilt changing part configured to change a tilt of the reagent container holder body; a reagent dispenser configured to aspirate a reagent contained in the reagent container held in the reagent container holder body; a detector configured to detect a signal for analysis from a measurement specimen containing a sample and the reagent dispensed by the reagent dispenser; and a controller that analyzes the sample on the basis of the signal detected by the detector.
Claims12
A sample analyzer comprising:
- a plurality of reagent container holders, wherein each reagent container holder comprises:
- a reagent container holder body configured to hold a reagent container;
- and
- a lever configured to be manually pushed or pulled, thereby to change a tilt of the reagent container holder body, wherein
- in response to the lever being manually pushed or pulled to a first state, the reagent container holder body is placed at a first position, and
- in response to the lever being manually pushed or pulled to a second state, the reagent container holder body is placed at a second position at which the reagent container is held at a larger tilt than the reagent container held in the reagent container holder body placed in the first position;
- a reagent dispenser configured to aspirate a reagent contained in the reagent container held in the reagent container holder body placed in the first position and a reagent contained in the reagent container held in the reagent container holder body placed in the second position;
- a detector configured to detect a signal for analysis from a measurement specimen containing a sample and the reagent aspirated and dispensed by the reagent dispenser;
- and
- a controller that analyzes the sample on the basis of the signal detected by the detector, wherein
- each of the plurality of reagent container holders is individually adjustable to be placed in the first position and in the second position,
- the lever comprises an engagement part provided thereon configured to engage with the reagent container holder body, and
- the lever is configured to move the reagent container holder body by moving the engagement part engaging with the reagent container holder body.
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A sample analyzing method in a sample analyzer comprising:
- individually adjusting positions of a plurality of reagent container holder bodies of a plurality of reagent container holders between a first position and a second position at which a reagent container is held at a larger tilt than the reagent container held in the reagent container holder body placed in the first position, the positions of the plurality of reagent container holder bodies individually adjusted in response to respective levers of the plurality of reagent container holders being manually pushed or pulled to a first state corresponding to the first position and a second state corresponding to the second position;
- aspirating, by a reagent dispenser, a reagent in the reagent container held in the reagent container holder body, wherein the reagent dispenser is capable of aspirating the reagent in the reagent container held in the reagent container holder body placed in the first position and the reagent contained in the reagent container held in the reagent container holder body placed in the second position;
- detecting a signal for analysis from a measurement specimen containing a sample and the reagent aspirated and dispensed by the reagent dispenser;
- and
- analyzing the sample on the basis of the detected signal, wherein
- each of the respective levers comprises an engagement part provided thereon configured to engage with the reagent container holder body, and
- each of the respective levers is configured to move the reagent container holder body by moving the engagement part engaging with the reagent container holder body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.