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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2017
Hitachi High-technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiki Muramatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Yasui, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Aruga, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a highly reliable automatic analyzer and dispenser probe cleaning method that allows for the removal of leftover cleaning water from the outer wall surfaces of a probe without increasing the size of a cleaning bath and contaminating the outer wall surfaces of the probe. A cleaning bath() comprises: a cleaning water outletfor discharging into the cleaning bath() the cleaning water supplied from a cleaning water supply mechanism; and a compressed air outlet, disposed on the trajectory of the cleaning water discharged from the cleaning water outlet, for discharging the compressed air supplied from a compressed air supply mechanismtoward a sample probeor a reagent probeinserted in the cleaning bath().