Specimen transport device, specimen analysis system, specimen pretreatment system, and specimen transport method
AssigneeHitachi High-Tech Corporation
InventorsYuichiro Shiga, Kuniaki Onizawa
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Abstract
Provided are a specimen transport device, a specimen analysis system, a specimen pretreatment system, and a specimen transport method that can reduce human errors as compared with the related art. There are a plurality of magnetic bodies having different inductance characteristics, and a calculation unit calculates inductance characteristic values at a predetermined current value flowing through a magnetic pole detected by a current detection unit and specifies the type of the magnetic body having different inductance characteristics based on the obtained characteristic values to identify a holder.
Claims9
A specimen transport device comprising:
- a first magnetic body provided in a transport container in which a specimen vessel storing a specimen is installed;
- a magnetic circuit including a second magnetic body and a winding wound around the outer periphery of the second magnetic body;
- a drive unit configured to supply a current to the winding of the magnetic circuit;
- a current detection unit configured to detect a current value flowing in the magnetic circuit;
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- a calculation unit configured to identify the transport container based on a predetermined current value flowing through the magnetic circuit detected by the current detection unit, wherein
- the first magnetic body includes a plurality of magnetic bodies having different inductance characteristics, and
- the calculation unit calculates an inductance characteristic value at a predetermined current value flowing through the magnetic circuit detected by the current detection unit and specifies the type of the first magnetic body having the different inductance characteristics based on the obtained inductance characteristic value to identify the transport container.
A method for transporting a specimen stored in a specimen vessel held by a transport container provided with a first magnetic body, wherein
- the first magnetic body includes a plurality of magnetic bodies having different inductance characteristics,
- the method comprising:
- a current detection step of detecting a current value flowing when a current is supplied to a second magnetic body and a winding of a magnetic circuit having the winding wound around the outer periphery of the second magnetic body;
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- a calculation step of calculating an inductance characteristic value at a predetermined current value flowing through the magnetic circuit detected in the current detection step and specifying the type of the first magnetic body having the different inductance characteristics based on the obtained inductance characteristic value to identify the type of the transport container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.