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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
Tadashi Haga, Shizuoka, JP;
Tadashi Haga, Shizuoka, JP;
Beckham Coulter, Inc., Brea, CA (US);
Abstract
Using a microplate having wells for the dispensing and reaction of a sample including blood and a reagent, an automatic analyzer captures an image of whether reactions have occurred inside the wells and performs analysis, the automatic analyzer comprising: a section for, with captured images obtained by capturing images of the inside of the wells corresponding to categories, calculating photometric parameters of the images, evaluating whether a measurement result based on the images is negative for each test, and analyzing characteristic information of the sample; a section for matching and storing characteristic information of samples and measurement results; a section for extracting a photometric parameter of a measurement result judged as negative; and a section for calculating a difference between maximum and minimum values of an extracted photometric parameter, determining whether a measurement is valid using the difference, and adding a result of the determination to characteristic information.