Automatic analysis apparatus
AssigneeHitachi High-Technologies Corporation
InventorsKeiko Yoshikawa, Akihisa Makino
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Abstract
A configuration of detecting light from the front face of a light source is the best for confirming the variation of a light quantity, but when a plurality of light sources are present, as many detectors for checking a light quantity as the light sources are necessary and the apparatus configuration becomes complex. In the present invention, a detector for checking a light source light quantity is installed in a reaction container transfer mechanism used commonly for a plurality of detection sections, and the light quantities of light sources are checked with the detector.
Claims11
An automatic analysis apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of detection sections, each of which has a reaction container installation section in which a reaction container in which a sample and a reagent react is placed;
- a light source installed at the bottom of the reaction container installation section and projecting light;
- a first detector installed in the reaction container installation section and detecting the light scattered from the reaction container in the light projected from the light source;
- a reaction container transfer mechanism used commonly for the detection sections and holding, transferring, and placing the reaction containers;
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- a second detector installed in the reaction container transfer mechanism and detecting the light projected from the light sources.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.