Sample measurement system and method of transporting racks
AssigneeSysmex Corporation
InventorsKouichi Masutani, Yuji Wakamiya
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Abstract
A sample measurement system and method of transporting of racks are provided that collectively supply the consumables to the sample measurement units. The sample measurement system includes: sample measurement units that perform measurement on samples by using consumables; a setting part in which a user sets consumable racks housing the consumables; a first transport path that supplies the consumable racks set in the setting part to one of the sample measurement units; a collector that is arranged adjacent to the setting part and that collects empty racks that are emptied after being transported to at least one of the sample measurement units; and a second transport path that transports the empty racks to the collector.
Claims19
A sample measurement system comprising:
- sample measurement units that perform measurement on samples by using consumables;
- a setting part in which consumable racks housing the consumables are set;
- a first transport path that extends in a horizontal direction from the setting part to one of the sample measurement units and supplies the consumable racks set in the setting part to the one of the sample measurement units;
- a collector that is arranged adjacent to the setting part and that collects empty racks that are emptied after being transported to at least one of the sample measurement units;
- and
- a second transport path that extends in the horizontal direction from the one of the sample measurement units to the collector and transports the empty racks to the collector, wherein the second transport path is parallel to the first transport path.
A method of transporting racks in which consumable racks housing consumables are supplied to sample measurement units that perform measurement on samples by using the consumables and in which empty racks that are emptied after being transported to at least one of the sample measurement units are collected from the sample measurement unit;
- the method comprising:
- supplying the consumable racks housing the consumables from a setting part to one of the sample measurement units through a first transport path that extends in a horizontal direction from the setting part to one of the sample measurement units, the setting part being a part in which the consumable racks are set;
- collecting the empty racks that are emptied after being transported to at least one of the sample measurement units into a collector arranged adjacent to the setting part;
- and
- transporting the empty racks to the collector through a second transport path that extends in the horizontal direction from the one of the sample measurement units to the collector, wherein the second transport path is parallel to the first transport path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.