Analyzing apparatus

An analyzer for analyzing a sample, using an analysis piece provided with a marker and at least one reagent pad on a base material, the analyzer comprising:

• a placement part on which the analysis piece is placed;
• a photometric measurer for photometric measurement of the marker and said at least one reagent pad of the analysis piece;
• a computing part for analyzing information from the photometric measurer;
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• a conveyor mechanism for moving the analysis piece in a conveying direction from the placement part toward the photometric measurer,
• wherein the placement part is configured to hold the analysis piece in a first orientation in which a first end of the base material provided with said at least one reagent pad is oriented in a first direction perpendicular to the conveying direction with respect to a second end of the base material closer to the marker, and a second orientation in which the first end is oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the second end, the second direction being perpendicular to the conveying direction and parallel to the first direction;
• and
• wherein the computing part comprises an orientation determiner that determines whether the analysis piece is in the first orientation or in the second orientation based on the information from the photometric measurer.

An analyzer for analyzing a sample, using an elongate analysis piece provided with at least one reagent pad on a base material, the base material including a first end provided with said at least one reagent pad, the base material also including a second end not provided with a reagent pad, the analyzer comprising:

• a placement part on which the analysis piece is placed, the placement part being open sidewise at a first side and at a second side opposite to the first side lengthwise of the analysis piece that is placed on the placement part;
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• a photometric measurer for photometric measurement of the analysis piece;
• the analysis piece being moved in a conveying direction from the placement part toward the photometric measurer;
• wherein the placement part is configured to hold the analysis piece in a first orientation in which the first end of the base material is located closer to the first side of the placement part than it is to the second side of the placement part, and a second orientation in which the first end is located closer to the second side of the placement part than it is to the first side of the placement part;
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• wherein the analyzer further comprises an orientation determiner for determining whether the analysis piece is in the first orientation or in the second orientation based on information from the photometric measurer.