Specimen conveyance device

Abstract

A specimen transport apparatus capable of reading a specimen identifier is provided, by which an increase in the size of an apparatus and a decrease in processing ability are suppressed. In a specimen transport apparatus including: a specimen holder that holds a specimen container to which a specimen identifier is attached and that is provided with a transport magnetic body; and a plurality of electromagnets that are arranged under a transport surface to transport the specimen holder by attracting or repelling the transport magnetic body, a magnetic flux center of the transport magnetic body is eccentric with respect to a central axis of the specimen container.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.