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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2003
Hitomi Katagi, Tokyo, JP;
Aloka Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A sample pretreatment system is provided with a pipettig table. On the pipetting table, there are provided on its front side a normal area in which a plurality of normal secondary sample racks are placed and on its back side an urgent area in which a plurality of urgent secondary sample racks are placed. Each of the normal secondary sample racks holds a plurality of normal secondary sample containers and each of the urgent secondary sample rack holds a plurality of urgent secondary sample containers . In a normal pipetting mode, a sample is pipetted from a normal source sample container to the normal secondary sample containers , and in an urgent mode, a sample is pipetted from a source sample container to the urgent secondary sample containers . The urgent secondary sample rack is formed into a portable type and has a size smaller than the normal secondary sample rack . According to this sample pretreatment system, secondary sample containers to which an urgent source sample has been pipetted can be located easily.