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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2005
Masaki Shiba, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hideyuki Yanami, Hitachinaka, JP;
Masaharu Nishida, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitoshi Ohtake, Hitachinaka, JP;
Masaki Shiba, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hideyuki Yanami, Hitachinaka, JP;
Masaharu Nishida, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitoshi Ohtake, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic analyzer capable of replenishing a reagent even during an analysis and minimizing a suspension of the analysis. The automatic analyzer includes a plurality of reaction cells and a unit for holding reagents used in analyses. A plurality of reagents are dispensed to a sample in each reaction cell with a time difference to develop a reaction, and a liquid after the reaction is measured. After temporarily stopping the operation of dispensing the sample for a preset time during the analysis, the sample dispensing operation is restarted. Then, the sample dispensing operation is temporarily stopped again for the preset time at the timing in the dispensing of the reagent corresponding to the timing at which the sample dispensing operation was temporarily stopped. In the automatic analyzer, therefore, an analysis suspension due to registration and replacement of reagents during the analysis can be minimized, a larger number of reagents can be loaded, and a throughput per unit time can be increased.