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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2012
Toshiki Yamagata, Hitachinaka, JP;
Kenichi Takahashi, Naka, JP;
Toshiki Yamagata, Hitachinaka, JP;
Kenichi Takahashi, Naka, JP;
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The automatic analysis system is equipped with a mechanism to transport a sample container having a stopper body, the system comprising: a sample dispensing mechanism that dispenses a predetermined amount of sample accommodated in the sample container; a stopper body removing/mounting mechanism that removes the stopper body from the sample container; a control unit that stores therein association between the sample container and the stopper body of the sample container; the stopper body removing/mounting mechanism that in accordance with the association stored into the control unit, mounts the stopper body back on the sample container containing the sample dispensed by the sample dispensing mechanism; and a stopper body transport mechanism that transports the sample that the stopper body removing/mounting mechanism has removed at a stopper removing position to a stopper mounting position.