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US 12,613,254 B2Granted
Automatic analyzing apparatus and control method for automatic analyzing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Medical Systems Corporation
InventorsMitsuo Okamoto, Yoshitaka Izawa, Masaaki Iwasaki
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Abstract
An automatic analyzing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a specimen container, a piercer, a detector, and processing circuitry. The specimen container is a container in which a specimen is housed, an opening of the specimen container being sealed by a cap. The piercer pierces the cap by a distal end. The detector detects a blot on the cap. The processing circuitry controls a piercing operation of the piercer.
Claims5
An automatic analyzing apparatus comprising:
- a probe;
- a specimen container that houses a specimen, an opening of the specimen container being sealed by a cap;
- a piercer configured to pierce the cap by a distal end part;
- a detector configured to detect a blot on the cap;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to control a piercing operation of the piercer, wherein
- the detector is electrically connected to the piercer, and is configured to detect the blot based on a change in capacitance between a distal end part of the piercer and the blot on the cap,
- the probe is configured to move inside the piercer in an axial direction of the piercer, and aspirate the specimen housed in the specimen container,
- the detector is electrically connected to the probe, and is configured to detect a liquid surface based on a change in capacitance between the distal end part of the probe and the liquid surface in the specimen container, and
- the piercer and the probe have a same electric potential.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.