Automatic analysis device
AssigneeHitachi High-Tech Corporation
InventorsMiki Furuya, Emiko Ushiku, Masahiko Iijima
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Abstract
An ISE measurement unit that measures the electrolyte concentration of a sample, a spectrophotometer that measures biochemical parameters of a sample, a pH measurement mechanism that measures the pH of a sample ,sample dispensing mechanisms that dispense the sample for measurement in the ISE measurement unit or the spectrophotometer from a container that contains the sample; and a conveyance mechanism that conveys the container. The conveyance mechanism, the sample dispensing mechanisms, and the pH measurement mechanism are disposed such that the dispensing of the sample by the pH measurement mechanism for pH measurement, or pH measurement, is performed after the dispensing of the sample by the sample dispensing mechanisms.
Claims9
An automatic analysis device for automatically performing an analysis of a sample, the device comprising:
- an electrolyte measurement unit configured to measure an electrolyte concentration of the sample;
- a colorimetric measurement unit configured to measure a biochemical item of the sample;
- a pH measurement unit configured to measure pH of the sample;
- a reaction disk having a plurality of reaction vessels;
- a first dispensing unit configured to perform dispensing of the sample for measurement by at least one of the electrolyte measurement unit and the colorimetric measurement unit from a container containing the sample;
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- a conveying unit configured to convey the container only one way from an upstream side to a downstream side,
- wherein the first dispensing unit is disposed between the reaction disk and the conveying unit and at least one of the reaction vessels on the reaction disk is within an operable range of the first dispensing unit, and
- wherein the first dispensing unit and the pH measurement unit are disposed along the conveying unit such that the pH measurement unit is disposed downstream from the first dispensing unit and a dispensing of the sample for pH measurement by the pH measurement unit or the pH measurement is performed after dispensing of the sample by the first dispensing unit.
An An automatic analysis device for automatically performing an analysis of a sample, the device comprising:
- an electrolyte measurement unit configured to measure an electrolyte concentration of the sample;
- a colorimetric measurement unit configured to measure a biochemical item of the sample;
- a pH measurement unit configured to measure pH of the sample;
- a first dispensing unit configured to perform dispensing of the sample for measurement by at least one of the electrolyte measurement unit and the colorimetric measurement unit from a container containing the sample;
- a conveying unit configured to convey the container only one way from an upstream side to a downstream side;
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- a control unit configured to control an operation of a mechanism of the automatic analysis device, wherein the control unit is configured to:
- control the conveying unit such that a dispensing of the sample for pH measurement by the pH measurement unit or the pH measurement is performed after dispensing of the sample by the first dispensing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.