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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2017
Applicant:

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;

Inventors:

Michiaki Takeuchi, Otawara, JP;

Tomomi Muramatsu, Otawara, JP;

Masahiro Masubuchi, Yaita, JP;

Satoshi Matsumoto, Nasushiobara, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/06 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/0098 (2013.01); G01N 15/0606 (2013.01); G01N 15/0656 (2013.01); G01N 33/5302 (2013.01); G01N 35/025 (2013.01); G01N 35/1002 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0693 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00356 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00396 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00445 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00564 (2013.01); G01N 2035/1048 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an automatic analyzer includes dispenser, measurer, thermostat, cooler and cleaner. Dispenser dispenses a specimen and a reagent into a reaction vessel. Measurer measures a solution mixture of the specimen and the reagent in the vessel. Thermostat heats the mixture to a first temperature at which thermoresponsive polymers contained in the reagent aggregate. Cooler cools a cleaning fluid used to clean the vessel to a second temperature lower than the first temperature, at which the polymers contained in the reagent disperse. Cleaner cleans the vessel from which the mixture has been drained, using the cooled fluid.


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