Conveying device and sample processing method
AssigneeSysmex Corporation
InventorHiroki Koike
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Abstract
A conveying device, intended for use in conveying a rack, which holds a sample container, to a sample supplying position for supplying a sample in the sample container to a sample processing device for processing the sample, comprising a conveying section for conveying the rack in a conveying direction from a predetermined position on the conveying device to the sample supplying position along a path connecting the predetermined position and the sample supplying position, wherein the conveying section is adapted to convey the rack from the sample supplying position in a direction opposite to the conveying direction, is disclosed. A sample processing method is also disclosed.
Claims20
A conveying device, intended for use in conveying a rack, which holds a sample container, to a sample supplying position for supplying a sample in the sample container to a sample processing device for processing the sample, comprising:
- a conveying section for conveying the rack in a conveying direction from a predetermined position on the conveying device to the sample supplying position along a path connecting the predetermined position and the sample supplying position;
- wherein the conveying section is adapted to convey the rack from the sample supplying position in a direction opposite to the conveying direction.
A conveying device, intended for use in conveying racks, which hold sample containers to a sample supplying position for supplying a sample in the sample container to a sample processing device for processing the sample, comprising:
- a conveying mechanism for conveying the racks forward to the sample supplying position one by one;
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- a space maker for making a space for at least one rack, on the conveying device, to receive a rearward-moving rack.
A sample processing method for processing a sample, comprising:
- (a) conveying a sample forward to a sample supplying position;
- (b) processing the sample with a sample processing device;
- (c) in response to a reprocessing command, conveying the sample rearward;
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- (d) again conveying the sample forward to the sample supplying position for reprocessing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.