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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2018
Hitachi High-technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is possible to realize a sample container transfer device capable of handling a plurality of racks in which a sample container can be efficiently transferred from a preprocessing system to a carrier used in an analysis system and can be transferred to a plurality of kinds of carriers of the analysis system. A plurality of kinds of racks A and racks B is held by an empty rack holding areaThe racks A or the racks B can be used for conveyance of specimen containers according to the application of a specimen. After a fixed number of specimen containers separated by a separation mechanismaccording to an application are collected by stoppersand, the specimen containers are conveyed to a transfer start positionto be transferred from a holder to a rack. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress an occurrence of a state in which the rack does not have a part where no specimen is mounted.