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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masaki Shiba, Hitachinaka, JP;
Katsuaki Takahashi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/500 ; G06F 1/900 ; G01N 3/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/500 ; G06F 1/900 ; G01N 3/500 ;
Abstract
An automatic analysis system that, even if one module out of a plurality of analysis modules becomes analysis-incapable, allows the analysis to be continued without stopping the entire system. The automatic analysis system has a plurality of analysis modules and and a transferring line for transferring specimens to these analysis modules. During the analysis operation by the entire system, each analysis module is controllable as a standby state, namely, as a single-body analysis module in a state of being independent and being cut off from the control of the entire system.