Connection device and specimen inspection automating system provided with same

A connection device comprising:

• a specimen carrier transport unit configured to transport a specimen carrier configured to house a specimen;
• and
• a carousel configured to rotate to transport a plurality of specimen carriers carried in from the specimen carrier transport unit, at a predetermined interval, to a specimen collection position where a specimen collection mechanism from an external automatic analysis device is received;
• and
• a specimen carrier lifting-lowering ramp installed in a lower portion of a transport path of the carousel that raises a height of the specimen carrier relative to the carousel at the specimen collection position, wherein
• the carousel includes a plurality of specimen carrier holding units that hold the specimen carrier, a specimen clamp mechanism cam, and a specimen clamp that is disposed in each of the plurality of specimen carrier holding units and opens and closes in accordance with rotation of the carousel according to a shape of the specimen clamp mechanism cam, and
• the specimen clamp is in an open state at a carry-in position where the specimen carrier is carried in the carousel and clamps the specimen carrier at the specimen collection position.