Sample processing apparatus, sample container transporting apparatus, sample processing method and sample container transporting method
AssigneeSysmex Corporation
InventorKoichi Okubo
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Abstract
The present invention is a sample processing apparatus including: a sample processing unit configured to process a sample contained in a sample container; one or more detectors located to detect the sample container both before and after the sample contained therein is processed by the sample processing unit; and a controller configured to perform an operation to alert a user if the one or more detectors fail to detect the sample container after the sample processing unit processed the sample in the sample container.
Claims20
A sample processing apparatus comprising:
- a sample processing unit configured to process a sample contained in a sample container;
- one or more detectors located to detect the sample container both before and after the sample contained therein is processed by the sample processing unit;
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- a controller configured to perform an operation to alert a user if the one or more detectors fail to detect the sample container after the sample processing unit processed the sample in the sample container.
A sample container transporting apparatus for transporting a sample container to a sample processing apparatus for processing a sample in the sample container, comprising:
- a transport unit configured to transport the sample container from a first position to a second position;
- a first detector located to detect the sample container at the first position;
- a second detector located to detect the sample container transported to the second position;
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- a controller configured to perform an operation to alert a user if the second detector fails to detect the sample container which was detected by the first detector.
A sample processing method comprising:
- (a) performing an operation of detecting a sample container containing a sample;
- (b) processing the sample contained in the sample container detected in the step (a);
- (c) performing an operation of detecting the sample container after the step (b);
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- (d) performing an operation to alert a user if the step (c) fails to detect the sample container which was detected in the step (a).
A sample container transporting method of transporting a sample container to a sample processing apparatus for processing a sample in the sample container, comprising:
- (a) performing an operation of detecting a sample container at a first position;
- (b) transporting the sample container to a second position from the first position by a transport unit;
- (c) performing an operation of detecting the sample container transported to the second position;
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- (d) performing an operation to alert a user if the step (c) fails to detect the sample container which was detected in the step (a).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.