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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2021
Hitachi High-tech Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Teruhiro Yamano, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an automatic analysis device capable of replenishing consumables without loss of a specimen and without stopping analysis. The state of an automatic analysis deviceincludes a replenishment prohibition state in which replenishment of consumables (reaction vessel, specimen dispensing tipand external reagent vessels) is prohibited, and a replenishment permission state in which replenishment of consumables is permitted. In the replenishment prohibition state, a specimen dispensing mechanismperforms dispensing, and detection unitsandperform analysis. In the replenishment permission state, the specimen dispensing mechanismdoes not perform dispensing, and the detection unitsandperform analysis. A device state control unitcauses the automatic analysis deviceto transition to the replenishment permission state when the remaining amount or the remaining number of the consumables predicted by a consumables remaining amount prediction unitbecomes equal to or less than a predetermined value.