Automatic analysis system

An automatic analysis system for performing predetermined preprocessing on a plurality of samples and then performing a predetermined analysis on the plurality of samples that has been preprocessed, the system comprising:

• a) a preprocessing device configured to perform the predetermined preprocessing on the plurality of samples;
• b) an analysis device configured to perform the predetermined analysis on the plurality of samples that have been preprocessed;
• and
• c) a controller,
• wherein the preprocessing device comprises a first sample placement section on which a first plurality of sample containers each containing one of the plurality of samples is placed, and performs the predetermined preprocessing on one of the plurality of samples contained in one of the first plurality of sample containers placed in the first sample placement section,
• wherein the analysis device comprises:
• a second sample placement section on which a second plurality of sample containers each containing one of the plurality of samples that has been preprocessed is placed;
• a sampling unit;
• and
• a measurement unit,
• wherein the controller controls the sampling unit so as to collect one of the plurality of samples that has been preprocessed by a predetermined amount from one of the second plurality of sample containers and introduce the collected sample into the measurement unit,
• wherein the measurement unit is configured to perform the predetermined analysis on the sample introduced by the sampling unit,
• wherein the controller allocates an identical number to a first sample placement position and a second sample placement position, the first sample placement position being a vial position defined on the first sample placement section, at which one of the first plurality of sample containers is placed, and the second sample placement position being a vial position defined on the second sample placement section, at which one of the second plurality of sample containers is placed,
• wherein the controller displays a first sample arrangement image and a second sample arrangement image, the first sample arrangement image showing an arrangement of the first plurality of sample containers in the first sample placement section with a first plurality of display regions corresponding thereto, the second sample arrangement image showing an arrangement of the second plurality of sample containers in the second sample placement section with a second plurality of display regions corresponding thereto,
• wherein the controller displays the identical number in association with one of the first plurality of display regions and one of the second plurality of display regions respectively, and
• wherein one of the plurality of samples that has been preprocessed is delivered from the first sample placement position to the second sample placement position, with the identical number allocated by the controller.