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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1999
Eiji Watanabe, Chikushino, JP;
Kanji Yahiro, Onojo, JP;
Akira Higuchi, Kasuga, JP;
Naoki Miyazaki, Karatsu, JP;
Kenichi Kuroda, Fukuoka, JP;
Kenji Ishiyama, Fukuoka, JP;
Takashi Daikoku, Fukuoka, JP;
Hideyoshi Kitahara, Kasuga, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In an automatic testing apparatus comprising, a specimen holder area adapted to hold thereon a specimen substrate for receiving therein a specimen, a reagent injector adapted to inject a reagent toward the specimen in the specimen substrate on the specimen holder area to mix the specimen with the reagent, a mixture reaction device adapted to hold thereon the specimen substrate including the mixture of the specimen and the reagent within a predetermined circumferential condition during a time period, and a transferring device for transferring the specimen substrate relative to the specimen holder area, the mixture reaction device has a take-in area to which the specimen substrate is transferred from the specimen holder area by the transferring device, and the take-in area is arranged adjacent to the specimen holder area.