Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Sysmex Corporation

Hiroaki Inokuchi

Yukio Iwasaki

Takashi Yoshida

Satoshi Ouchi

Takehiro Hasegawa

Chikako Murata

A sample pretreatment apparatus includes: a plurality of sample pretreatment sections, each of which executes a sample pretreatment prior to a measurement; and a robotic arm including: an articulated arm member; and a hand attached to the articulated arm member. The plurality of sample pretreatment sections includes a sample dispenser that dispenses a sample in a first sample container into a second sample container. For a first measurement, the robotic arm holds the second sample container with the hand and transports the second sample container to a pretreatment group of the plurality of sample pretreatment sections, the pretreatment group including the sample dispenser. For a second measurement, the robotic arm holds the second sample container with the hand and transports the second sample container to another pretreatment group of the plurality of sample pretreatment sections, the another pretreatment group including the sample dispenser.

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Kobe, Japan

Hiroaki Inokuchi