Stirring determining device, stirring determining method, and analyzer
AssigneeBeckman Coulter, Inc.
InventorNobuyoshi Tsuda
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Abstract
A stirring determining device that determines whether stirring by a stirrer, which stirs liquid contained in a vessel using sound wave generated by a sound-wave generating unit that is attached to the vessel, is successful or unsuccessful. The stirring determining device includes a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the liquid; and a determining unit that determines whether stirring of the liquid contained in the vessel is successful or unsuccessful depending on the temperature of the liquid measured at least before and after the stirring by the temperature sensor.
Claims10
A stirring determining device that determines whether stirring by a stirrer, which stirs liquid contained in a vessel using sound wave generated by a sound-wave generating unit that is attached to the vessel, is successful or unsuccessful, the stirring determining device comprising:
- a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the liquid;
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- a determining unit that determines whether stirring of the liquid contained in the vessel is successful or unsuccessful depending on the temperature of the liquid measured at least before and after the stirring by the temperature sensor.
A stirring determining method for determining whether stirring by a stirrer, which stirs liquid contained in a vessel using sound wave generated by a sound-wave generating unit, is successful or unsuccessful, the stirring determining method comprising:
- a temperature measuring step of measuring a temperature of the liquid;
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- a determining step of determining whether stirring of the liquid contained in the vessel is successful or unsuccessful depending on the temperature of the liquid measured at least before and after the stirring.
An analyzer comprising:
- a stirrer that stirs liquid contained in a vessel using sound wave generated by a sound-wave generating unit attached to the vessel;
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- a stirring determining device that determines whether stirring by the stirrer is successful or unsuccessful, the stirring determining device comprising:
- a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the liquid;
- and
- a determining unit that determines whether stirring of the liquid contained in the vessel is successful or unsuccessful depending on the temperature of the liquid measured at least before and after the stirring by the temperature sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.