Sample processing apparatus
AssigneeSysmex Corporation
InventorsTakashi Yamato, Hiroshi Kurono
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Abstract
A sample processing apparatus includes a sample processing unit for obtaining a sample from a sample container and performing a predetermined process of the sample; a transport unit which includes a transport region for transporting, in a transport operation, a sample rack holding the sample container to the sample processing unit, and a rack removal region where the sample rack is accessible to an operator. A restraining member is also provided, which restrains contact by the operator to the sample rack on the transport region. A transport controller controls the transport unit to transport the sample rack on the transport region to the rack removal region after a predetermined transport suspension event occurs during the transport operation.
Claims16
A sample processing apparatus, comprising:
- a sample processing unit for obtaining a sample from a sample container and performing a predetermined process on the sample;
- a processing operation detector for detecting an operation state of the sample processing unit;
- a transport unit which includes a rack set region where a sample rack holding the sample container is placed by an operator, a transport region for transporting the sample rack placed in the rack set region to the sample processing unit, a rack removal region where the sample rack is accessible to the operator and the sample rack is received from the transport region and retained, and a restraining member for restraining contact by the operator with the sample rack on the transport region;
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- a transport controller programmed to control the transport unit to transport the sample rack on the transport region to the rack removal region when the processing operation detector has detected an abnormality of the operation state of the sample processing unit during an operation of transporting the sample rack in the transport region.
A sample processing apparatus, comprising:
- a sample processing unit for obtaining a sample from a sample container and performing a predetermined process on the sample;
- a processing operation detector for detecting an operation state of the sample processing unit;
- a transport unit which includes a rack set region where a sample rack holding the sample container is placed by an operator, a transport region for transporting the sample rack placed in the rack set region to the sample processing unit, a rack removal region where the sample rack is accessible to the operator and the sample rack is received from the transport region and retained, and a restraining member for restraining contact by the operator with the sample rack on the transport region;
- a transport operation detector for detecting an operation state of the transport unit;
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- a transport controller programmed to control the transport unit to transport the sample rack to the rack removal region when the processing operation detector has detected an abnormality of the operation state of the sample processing unit during an operation of transporting the sample rack in the transport region, and programmed to control the transport unit to stop transport of the sample rack when the transport operation detector has detected an abnormality of the operation state of the transport unit during the operation of transporting the sample rack.
A sample processing apparatus, comprising:
- a transport unit configured to transport a plurality of samples in racks holding sample containers to a sample processing unit in a transport region, and configured to transport the racks from a rack set region where the racks holding the sample containers are placed by an operator to a rack removal region where at least the sample containers are accessible to the operator;
- a restraining member configured to prevent the operator from contacting at least the sample containers in at least a portion of the transport region;
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- a processor and a memory programmed to perform instructions comprising:
- electronically controlling the transport unit to transport at least one of the racks in the transport region to the rack removal region in response to a signal indicating an abnormality of an operation of the sample processing unit during an operation of transporting the sample rack in the transport region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.