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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1998
Yoshiaki Igarashi, Mito, JP;
Mikio Komata, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When processing a specimen by a plurality of specimen processing devices arranged along a transportation line, a specimen tag on which a coded group code representing a combination including at least one processing item is adhered on the specimen container. A plurality of such specimen containers are mounted on a specimen support bearing a specific carrier tag. Prior to transporting the specimen support, the specimen tags and the carrier tag are read, and based on the read result, an information management and controlling unit and the respective specimen processing devices manage a corresponding relationship between the carrier tag and the group codes. At the respective specimen processing devices the specimen support is identified and the processing corresponding to the group code is performed for the respective concerned specimen.