Transport rack, automatic analyzing apparatus, and automatic analyzing system
AssigneeCanon Medical Systems Corporation
InventorsTakeshi KINPARA, Takafumi FUJIWARA, Takahiro OMORI, Hideto KOJIMA, Yoshifumi YAMAGATA, Tomoaki KURANO
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Abstract
A transport rack according to the present embodiment comprises a holder configured to hold a storage container that stores a sample or a reagent that is reacted with the sample, a first observation window configured to enable reading of identification information on the storage container, and a second observation window configured to enable observation of the sample or the reagent stored in the storage container.
Claims20
A transport rack, comprising:
- a holder configured to hold a storage container that stores a sample or a reagent that is reacted with the sample;
- a first observation window configured to enable reading of identification information on the storage container;
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- a second observation window configured to enable observation of the sample or the reagent stored in the storage container.
An automatic analyzing apparatus, comprising:
- an information reader configured to read identification information on a storage container held by a transport rack via a first observation window and read observation result information via a second observation window, the storage container storing a sample or a reagent that is reacted with the sample, the transport rack transporting the storage container, the first observation window enabling reading of the identification information, the observation result information being an observation result of the sample or the reagent stored in the storage container, and the second observation window enabling observation of the sample or the reagent stored in the storage container held by the transport rack;
- a dispensing probe configured to suck the sample or the reagent stored in the storage container;
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- a processing circuitry configured to control the dispensing probe based on the identification information and the observation result information.
An automatic analyzing system comprising:
- a transport rack configured to hold a storage container that stores a sample or a reagent that is reacted with the sample;
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- an automatic analyzing apparatus configured to analyze the sample by using the sample or the reagent stored in the storage container held by the transport rack,
- wherein the transport rack comprises:
- a holder configured to hold the storage container that stores the sample or the reagent that is reacted with the sample;
- a first observation window configured to enable reading of identification information on the storage container;
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- a second observation window configured to enable observation of the sample or the reagent stored in the storage container;
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- wherein the automatic analyzing apparatus comprises:
- an information reader configured to read the identification information via the first observation window and read observation result information via the second observation window, and the observation result information being an observation result of the sample or the reagent stored in the storage container held by the transport rack;
- a dispensing probe configured to suck the sample or the reagent stored in the storage container;
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- the processing circuitry configured to control the dispensing probe based on the identification information and the observation result information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.