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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Kazutoshi Tokunaga, Kobe, JP;
Toshikatsu Fukuju, Kobe, JP;
Tomoyuki Nishida, Kobe, JP;
Hiroyuki Nishikawa, Kobe, JP;
Keiji Tachibana, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
SYSMEX CORPORATION, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/59 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/59 (2013.01);
Abstract
An analyzer comprises a dispenser which dispenses a liquid into a container, a detector which comprises a phototransmitter which emits light to the container and a photoreceiver which receives light from the phototransmitter, a moving unit which changes a relative position between the container and the detector, and a controller which determines whether an amount of the liquid in the container is within a predetermined range, based on outputs from the detector at a plurality of the relative positions.