Automated analysis device

Abstract

Provided is an automated analysis device with which sufficient reaction process data can be acquired irrespective of the scale of the device, and with which it is possible to ensure freedom of the device configuration. An automated analysis deviceis provided with: a reaction diskwhich circumferentially accommodates a plurality of reaction vessels; a specimen dispensing mechanismwhich dispenses a specimen into the reaction vessels; a reagent dispensing mechanismwhich dispenses a reagent into the reaction vessels; a measuring unitwhich measures a reaction process of a mixture of the specimen and the reagent in the reaction vessels; and a cleaning mechanismwhich cleans the reaction vesselsafter measurement. Further, the automated analysis deviceincludes a controllerwhich controls the drive of the reaction disksuch that in one cycle the reaction vesselsmove by an amount Ain the circumferential direction in such a way that N and A are mutually prime, B and C are mutually prime, and the relationship A×B=N×C±1 holds, where N is the total number of reaction vesselsaccommodated in the reaction disk, the reaction diskmoves through C (where C>1) rotations+an amount equivalent to one reaction vessel after B (where B>2) cycles, and the number of reaction vesselsmoved in one cycle is A (where N>A>N/B+1).