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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2001
Applicants:
Masato Ishizawa, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hideyuki Yanami, Hitachinaka, JP;
Inventors:
Masato Ishizawa, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hideyuki Yanami, Hitachinaka, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L003/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In order to reduce carry-over of sample liquids in an automatic analyzer by a pipeting probe and resulting contamination of sample liquids by immersing the pipeting probe into sample liquids as shallow as possible, said pipeting probe is moving down to a position which is calculated and determined according to the detected height of a container temporarily stopping said probe there, and further moving down said probe to immerse said probe into the liquid in said container.