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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Takehiko Oonuma, Sakura, JP;
Hiroko Takayama, Otawara, JP;
Inventors:
Takehiko Oonuma, Sakura, JP;
Hiroko Takayama, Otawara, JP;
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A specimen is sequentially sampled by a probe, and at least one of the number of times of cleaning and a cleaning time when cleaning the probe is changed based on at least one of the number of times of sampling of the specimen by the probe and a sampling amount of the specimen.