Container Storage Device, Container Conveying Method, and Analysis System

Abstract

To provide a container storage device that reduces a decrease in processing capacity of an automatic analyzer to be connected and a delay in a measurement result of a measurement request sample and efficiently conveys the sample. A container storage device 1 includes a buffer 21 in which a rack 23 configured to accommodate a first container 22 and a second container 22 is placed, and a control unit 101. The control unit 101 includes a reception unit 102 configured to receive conveying commands for the first container 22 and the second container 22 from an analyzer 11, is configured to confirm whether a predetermined time elapses since the reception unit 102 receives the conveying command for the first container 22, and is configured to perform control such that when the conveying command for the second container 22 is received before the predetermined time elapses, the rack 23 on which the first container 22 and the second container 22 are placed is conveyed to the analyzer 11 at a timing at which the conveying command for the second container 22 is received, and when the conveying command for the second container 22 is not received even after the predetermined time elapses, the rack 23 on which the first container 22 is placed is conveyed to the analyzer 11.

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