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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2022
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe, JP;
Yuichi Hamada, Kobe, JP;
Daigo Fukuma, Kobe, JP;
SYSMEX CORPORATION, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A sample testing system comprising: a transporting apparatus; a testing apparatus for obtain a sample and performing testing on the obtained sample; and a controller. The controller executes operation of: controlling the transporting apparatus so as to transport the sample rack in first direction, such that each sample container held in a sample rack is transported to a obtaining position on which the testing apparatus obtains a sample and then the sample rack is transported toward the second position; changing, when retesting of a sample contained in a sample container is necessary, the transporting direction from the first direction to second direction, and then controlling the transporting apparatus so as to transport the sample container accommodating the sample, for which retesting is necessary, to the obtaining position again. Sample testing method and a computer program product are also disclosed.