Hitachi-high-technologies Corporation

Hitachi High-tech Corporation

Hitachi, Ltd.

Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

Katsuhiro Kambara

Hiroyasu Uchida

Hiroshi Watanabe

Hiroyuki Kobayashi

Satoru Kaneko

Yasuaki Aoyama

Kuniaki Onizawa

Shigenori Watari

Ryosuke Hoshi

Takeshi Tamakoshi

Hajime Katou

Mitsuru Oonuma

Hiroyuki Noda

Hiroaki Sakai

Yukinori Sakashita

Tomonori Mimura

Takenori Okusa

Ryo Miyake

Miki Taki

Akira Inagaki

Yoichiro Suzuki

Takeshi Shibuya

Yutaka Ito

Hiroshi Sasaki

Taku Sakazume

Yoshihiro Yamashita

Tetsuji Kawahara

Toshiki Yamagata

Takushi Miyakawa

Hidenobu Komatsu

Kentaro Wada

Kazuhiro Noda

Stephan Sattler

Takayuki Nakakawaji

Tatsuya Fukugaki

Tomoyuki Tobita

Shigeru Yano

Shigeki Yamaguchi

Toru Shibata

Reinhold Kraemer

Susumu Sakairi

Masashi Endo

Akihiro Shimase

Mina Amo

Yoshihiro Kabe

Shugo Okabe

Tooru Miyasaka

Hidetoshi Sugiyama

Kohei Kinugawa

A conveying device conveys a container including a magnetic body to a target position along a conveyance path and includes a conveyance surface configured by arranging a plurality of magnetic poles including a core and a coil, and including a conveyance path, a drive unit supplying a current to the coil, and a position detection unit estimating the position of the container. The position detection unit excites a first magnetic pole to detect the position of the container and applies a voltage to at least one second magnetic pole that is peripheral in a predetermined range from the first magnetic pole and is different from the first magnetic pole in a direction in which the polarity becomes opposite to the exciting current of the first magnetic pole, and a process of estimating the position of the container based on the current value of the first magnetic pole.

Conveying device and analysis system

A transport device and a transport method efficiently increase a thrust to suppress power consumption. The transport device has a first magnetic body on a side of a to-be-transported object, a magnetic circuit with a core consisting of a second magnetic body, and a winding wound around an outside of the core, and a drive circuit supplying a current to the winding of the magnetic circuit. The magnetic circuit has first and second magnetic circuits, and in a case where the first magnetic body is located on a side of the second magnetic circuit relative to a first predetermined position between the first magnetic circuit and the second magnetic circuit, the drive circuit supplies a current to a winding of the first magnetic circuit in such a manner to cause an electromagnetic repulsive force to be generated between the first magnetic body and the first magnetic circuit.

Transport device and transport method

Provided is a technique for increasing discriminating ability, preventing human error, and improving efficiency of discrimination in a discrimination operation for extracting a sample satisfying a specific condition from among a plurality of samples. A sample discrimination system according to the present disclosure is provided with a plurality of sample retaining devices for retaining samples, and a sample information query device for querying a sample retaining device that matches predetermined query information from among the plurality of sample retaining devices. The sample information query device has a query information input unit for inputting of predetermined query information, and a query information transmission unit for transmitting predetermined query information to the sample retaining devices. The sample retaining devices are each characterized by having a storage unit for storing sample information, a comparison unit for comparing predetermined query information and sample information, and a first display unit for outputting the result of comparison by the comparison unit.

Sample discrimination system and sample automatic processing apparatus using same, and sample discrimination method

The weight of a body-to-be-conveyed constituting a conveying device is reduced, and the friction force between the sliding surface of the body-to-be-conveyed and the conveyance path is reduced. A body-to-be-conveyed that is a component of a conveying device that uses electromagnetic force as thrust and can move in a horizontal direction includes a mover in which a bottom surface is arranged so that a predetermined gap is formed in a vertical direction with respect to the sliding surface thereof, in which the mover includes a permanent magnet and a cover, a gap facing surface of the permanent magnet facing the gap includes one magnetic pole, the cover is installed on a side of the permanent magnet opposite from the gap facing surface in the vertical direction, the horizontal outermost diameter of the cover is larger than the horizontal outermost diameter of the permanent magnet, and the cover is formed of a flat plate.

Body-to-be-conveyed, container carrier, and conveying device

The present invention provides a transport device and a specimen analysis system including the transport device that reduce the pulsation of thrust for moving an object to be transported, reduce vibration of the object to be transported during transport, and realize stable transport. The transport device of the present invention includes a first electromagnet unit including a first tooth made of a magnetic body, a first core connected to the first tooth and made of a magnetic body, and a first winding formed around the first core; a second electromagnet unit including a second tooth installed adjacent to the first electromagnet unit and made of a magnetic body, a second core connected to the second tooth and made of a magnetic body, a second winding formed around the second core; and a magnetic coupling unit made of a magnetic body between the first tooth of the first electromagnet unit and the second tooth of the second electromagnet unit.

Transport device and specimen analysis system including transport device

The present invention comprises: an object to be conveyed that has at least one permanent magnet; a magnetic polethat has a corecomprising a second magnetic body and a windingwound around the outer periphery of the core; a drive circuitfor supplying a current to the windingof the magnetic pole; a current detection unitfor detecting the value of the current flowing through the winding; and a computation unitfor estimating the position of the permanent magneton the basis of the current value detected by the current detection unitand controlling the value of the current supplied from the drive circuitto the windingon the basis of information about the estimated position of the permanent magnet

Conveyance apparatus, sample analysis system including the same, and sample preprocessing apparatus

The invention provides a conveying device having a conveying performance higher than that of the related art, a sample analysis system and sample pretreatment device with the conveying device and a method for conveying a conveyance object. A conveying deviceincludes a permanent magnetwhich is provided on a sample rackside, magnetic poleseach of which includes a coremade of a second magnetic body and a windingwound around an outer periphery of the core, drive circuitseach of which supplies a current to the windingof the magnetic pole, and current command calculation unitseach of which controls a value of the current to be supplied to the windingfrom the drive circuit. The current command calculation unitmakes the currents to be supplied to the windingsvary.

Conveying device, sample analysis system and sample pretreatment device including the conveying device, and method for conveying conveyance object

Provided is a transport device in which reliability is increased by suppressing deterioration of the transport surface and transport efficiency is increased by suppressing electrical current loss. A transport devicecomprising a transported body having either a permanent magnetor a magnetic body, and an electromagnet unit in which coilsare wound around teethcomprising magnetic bodies, and having recesses on surfaces of the teethfacing the transported body. Specifically, the surfaces of the teethfacing the transported body have at least two surfaces (first facing surface, second facing surface, etc.) which have different distances to the transported body.

Conveying device

The purpose of the present invention is to constantly keep a state in a flow cell steady by filling a detection flow channel with a liquid. The configuration of the present invention for solving the aforementioned problem is as follows. Specifically, the present invention is an automatic analysis apparatus provided with a detection unit including a flow cell that accommodates a liquid serving as an analysis subject; a suction nozzle that is positioned upstream of the flow cell and that sucks the liquid to be introduced into the flow cell; a pump that is positioned downstream of the flow cell and that supplies the liquid to the flow cell; flow channels that connect the flow cell, the suction nozzle, and the pump; a power source; and a power-cutting instructing unit that gives an instruction to cut the power supply at least to the pump. The automatic analysis apparatus is characterized by being provided with a control unit that performs first liquid supply processing when the power-cutting instruction from the power-cutting instructing unit is not received, and that performs second liquid supplying processing when the power-cutting instruction from the power-cutting instructing unit is received, thus supplying the liquid to the flow cell.

Automatic analysis apparatus

The sample container loading or storing unit includes a sample rack tray and a sample rack tray installation portion on which the sample rack tray is installed, the sample rack tray installation portion includes a claw portion that moves in a contact direction with a sidewall portion of the sample rack tray, the sample rack tray includes a claw guard portion provided on the sidewall portion of the sample rack tray, and the claw guard portion is configured to be separated from the sidewall portion of the sample rack tray by being pushed by a sample rack.

Sample container loading or storing unit and sample test automation system provided with same

A specimen inspection automation system includes holder orientation adjustment mechanisms that adjust the orientations of specimen container holders that each holds one specimen container. The holder orientation adjustment mechanisms each includes: a stopper mechanism that is disposed above a conveyance line that conveys a specimen container holder and restricts the downstream movement of the specimen container holder by abutting, at the same height as a notched part provided on one side of a base of the specimen container holder, an outer circumferential part other than the notched part in the circumferential direction of the base; and a holder rotation mechanism that restricts the movement of the specimen container holder away from the stopper mechanism and rotates the specimen container holder in the circumferential direction. As a result, it is possible to appropriately adjust the orientation of a specimen container in which a specimen is accommodated and reduce work complexity.

Specimen inspection automation system

Plug-closing processing units are provided with: a first plug chuck parts that grasp plugs; and a second plug chuck part located above the first plug chuck parts, wherein the first plug chuck parts each include at least two first supports that grasp the plugs from more than one direction, and the second plug chuck part is provided with a plug-closing mechanism that includes a second support disposed in the radial direction of plugs and having an inclined lower end surface. Thus, provided are a plug processing device capable of stable plug-opening processing and plug-closing processing on a conveyor line for a specimen container, and a specimen test automation system including the plug processing device.

Plug processing device and specimen test automation system including same

The purpose of the present invention is to stably hold the lid of a reagent container in an open state without being influenced by reagent container lid opening and closing operations. An automated analyzer is provided with reagent containers-, a cassette, a reagent container lid opening and closing mechanism, and a lid holding mechanism. The reagent containers-accommodate the reagent and have lids-that pivot about a pivot point. The reagent containers-are mounted on the cassette. The reagent container lid opening and closing mechanism opens and closes the lids-. The lid holding mechanismholds the lidsopened by the reagent container lid opening and closing mechanism.

Automated analyzer

The nozzle cleaning method includes the following steps: a first cleaning step in which a pre-pressurization liquid is discharged from a dispensing nozzle in a first cleaning position so as to clean the inside wall thereof and a first cleaning liquid is applied to the outside wall of the dispensing nozzle so as to clean said outside wall; a second cleaning step in which a second cleaning liquid is suctioned into the dispensing nozzle in a second cleaning position so as to clean the inside wall thereof; and a third cleaning step in which the second cleaning liquid is discharged from the dispensing nozzle in a third cleaning position so as to clean the inside wall thereof and a third cleaning liquid is applied to the outside wall of the dispensing nozzle so as to clean said outside wall.

Nozzle cleaning method and automated analyzer

An automatic analysis device has a structure that allows the operator to add or replace a reagent. A reagent container loading portion has an opening through which a reagent container is adapted to be introduced into the device. A reagent container transport tool has a plurality of reagent container insertion slots and is movable up and down. A refrigerator to cool a plurality of reagent containers has an opening that allows the reagent container transport tool to pass therethrough. An elevating and lowering mechanism is configured to elevate or lower the reagent container transport tool. A reagent container loading portion has a plurality of guide grooves arranged radially on its lower surface in front of the opening that are adapted to guide a reagent container. The guide grooves communicate with the respective reagent container insertion slots arranged radially on the reagent container transport tool at an elevated position.

Automatic analysis device

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Hitachinaka, Japan

Katsuhiro Kambara