Examination apparatus

An examination apparatus for performing a measurement process using a cartridge for measurement, having a reaction cell in which a specimen is dispensed and mixed with a reagent, the examination apparatus comprising:

• a linear transport passage that transports both cartridges of a cartridge for pre-treatment which is used for a pre-treatment performed on the specimen before the measurement process is executed, the pre-treatment being performed by heating the specimen in a state in which the specimen is mixed with a pre-treatment liquid, and which has a cell for pre-treatment accommodating the specimen and the pre-treatment liquid, and the cartridge for measurement, the transport passage being capable of transporting the cartridge for pre-treatment while performing the pre-treatment on the specimen;
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• a specimen transfer mechanism that transfers the pre-treated specimen in which the pre-treatment is completed, from the cartridge for pre-treatment transported at any position between, in the transport passage, a specimen dispensing position where the specimen is dispensed into the reaction cell of the cartridge for measurement and a detection position where an examination target substance in the specimen is optically detected in a downstream of the transport passage in a transport direction, to the cartridge for measurement disposed at the specimen dispensing position.