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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Hitachi High-tech Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/04 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0437 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0496 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an automatic analyzer capable of reducing risks such as infection, injury, and damage to the device caused by manual operation of a user. In the automatic analyzer according to the present disclosure, an unused vessel holding unit is configured to be able to hold a cleaning member that cleans a hole for mounting a reaction vessel, and a reaction vessel transport unit or a specimen probe picks up the cleaning member from the unused vessel holding unit, transports the cleaning member to the reaction vessel mounting unit, and inserts and removes the cleaning member into and from the hole, thereby cleaning the inner surface of the hole.