Blood analysis apparatus, blood analysis method, and recording medium
AssigneeHoriba, Ltd.
InventorsRyota ISSHIKI, Motohide IKEDA, Kenta OSAWA
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Abstract
A blood analysis apparatus includes: a container information acquisition portion that acquires container information on the type of sample container to be used; a needle that sucks and discharges a blood sample contained in the sample container; a blood analysis portion having a chamber that receives the blood sample sucked from the sample container and discharged into it with the needle; and a control portion that controls suction and discharge of the blood sample with the needle based on the container information. The control portion sets the amount of blood sample to be sucked with the needle based on the container information.
Claims18
A blood analysis apparatus comprising:
- a container information acquisition portion that acquires container information on a type of a sample container to be used;
- a needle that sucks and discharges a blood sample contained in the sample container;
- a blood analysis portion having a chamber that receives the blood sample sucked from the sample container and discharged thereinto with the needle;
- and
- a control portion that controls suction and discharge of the blood sample with the needle based on the container information,
- wherein
- the control portion sets an amount of the blood sample to be sucked with the needle based on the container information.
A blood analysis method comprising:
- a suction amount setting step of setting an amount of a blood sample to be sucked with a needle based on container information on a type of a sample container to be used;
- a suction step of sucking with the needle the set suction amount of the blood sample from the sample container;
- a discharging step of discharging at least part of the sucked blood sample from the needle into a chamber in a blood analysis portion;
- and
- an analyzing step of analyzing the blood sample discharged in the chamber.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for making a computer execute:
- a suction amount setting step of setting an amount of a blood sample to be sucked with a needle based on container information on a type of a sample container to be used, and
- an output step of outputting information on the set suction amount to a blood analysis apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.