Automated analyzer and method of controlling the automated analyzer
AssigneeJEOL Ltd.
InventorMakoto Asakura
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Abstract
An automated analyzer including: a stirring part provided with a stirring bar; a cleaning part that cleans the stirring bar; and a control unit that controls the stirring part and the cleaning part, when the control unit causes the stirring part to stir a liquid containing a specimen in a second cycle subsequent to a first cycle, the control unit performing first processing that sets a range of the stirring bar to be cleaned in the second cycle as a cleaning range R2, and when the control unit does not cause the stirring part to stir the liquid in the second cycle, the control unit performing second processing that sets a range of the stirring bar to be cleaned in at least one of the first cycle and the second cycle as a cleaning range R4 that is wider than the cleaning range R2.
Claims5
An automated analyzer comprising:
- a stifling part provided with a stirring bar configured to stir a liquid containing a specimen, causing an adhesion of the liquid on the stirring bar, the adhesion having an adhesion range;
- a cleaning part configured to clean the stifling bar;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the stirring part and the cleaning part,
- wherein the control unit determines whether an operation of causing the stifling part to stir the liquid containing the specimen in a second cycle subsequent to a first cycle is necessary or not, based on information on measurement schedule of the specimen,
- wherein, in response to the control unit having determined that the operation of causing the stifling part to stir the liquid in the second cycle is necessary, the control unit performs a first processing that sets a range of the stifling bar to be cleaned in the second cycle as a first range, and
- wherein, in response to the control unit having determined that the operation of causing the stifling part to stir the liquid in the second cycle is not necessary, the control unit performs a second processing that sets a range of the stifling bar to be cleaned in at least one of the first cycle and the second cycle as a second range that is wider than the first range.
A method of controlling an automated analyzer that includes a stifling part provided with a stirring bar, a cleaning part that cleans the stifling bar, and a control unit configured to control the stirring part and the cleaning part,
- the method comprising:
- stirring, by the stifling part, a liquid containing a specimen, causing an adhesion of the liquid on the stirring bar, the adhesion having an adhesion range;
- determining, by the control unit, whether an operation of causing the stirring part to stir the liquid containing the specimen in a second cycle subsequent to a first cycle is necessary or not, based on information on measurement schedule of the specimen;
- setting, by the control unit, a range of the stirring bar to be cleaned in a second cycle as a first range in response to determining that the operation of causing the stirring part to stir the liquid in the second cycle is necessary;
- and
- setting, by the control unit, a range of the stirring bar to be cleaned in at least one of the first cycle and the second cycle as a second range that is wider than the first range in response to determining that the operation of causing the stirring part to stir the liquid in the second cycle is not necessary.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.