Examination apparatus

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

• a measurement line that has a transport passage for measurement, which linearly transports the cartridge for measurement in one direction from an upstream side to a downstream side, and that performs the measurement process while transporting the cartridge for measurement along the transport passage for measurement;
• a pre-treatment line that performs a pre-treatment in which, before performing the measurement process, the specimen is heated in a state in which the specimen is mixed with a pre-treatment liquid, the pre-treatment line having a transport passage for pre-treatment, which transports a cartridge for pre-treatment used in the pre-treatment, the cartridge for pre-treatment being different from the cartridge for measurement, and the pre-treatment line performing the pre-treatment while transporting the cartridge for pre-treatment along the transport passage for pre-treatment;
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• a specimen transfer mechanism that transfers a pre-treated specimen in which the pre-treatment is completed, from the cartridge for pre-treatment in the pre-treatment line to the cartridge for measurement in the measurement line,
• wherein the transport passage for pre-treatment and the transport passage for measurement are arranged such that a pre-treatment end position in the transport passage for pre-treatment, at which the pre-treatment is completed, is closer to the upstream side in a transport direction of the transport passage for measurement than the downstream side in the transport direction.