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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2018
Hitachi High-technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Chikook Ha, Tokyo, JP;
Mohamed Abouelsoud, Mannheim, DE;
HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
In an automatic analyzer in which required maintenance can be executed efficiently, without omission, an operation control unit controls operations of an analysis module (ISE, AU, AU) including a sample vessel transport mechanism, a reagent vessel transport mechanism, a reaction vessel transport mechanism, a sample dispensing mechanism, and a reagent dispensing mechanism, and of a display unit, and analyzes a sample accommodated in a reaction vessel. The operation control unit stores a validity period for each maintenance item of the analysis module (ISE, AU, AU) and an execution time for each maintenance item in a memory, displays an execution time together with an identification representation of execution priority level based on the expiration dates on the display unit, rearranges the display order of the maintenance items on the basis of the execution priority level, in accordance with an operator's instruction inputted through an operation input portion.