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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Arkray, Inc., Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Takayoshi Izumi, Hyogo, JP;
Keisuke Tsutsumida, Hyogo, JP;
Toru Mizumoto, Hyogo, JP;
Shinya Nakajima, Kyoto, JP;
Koji Fujimoto, Kyoto, JP;
SYSMEX CORPORATION, Hyogo, JP;
ARKRAY, INC., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A sample analyzer which transports and analyzes samples, includes: a first measurement apparatus which measures samples; a second measurement apparatus which is arranged downstream, in a transport direction, from the first measurement apparatus, and which measures samples; a transporting apparatus which transports samples to a first supply position for supplying a sample to the first measurement apparatus, and to a second supply position for supplying a sample to the second measurement apparatus; and a controller which controls transportation of a sample present at the first supply position, in accordance with a processing status of a sample present at the second supply position.