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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2010
Nobuhiro Kitagawa, Akashi, JP;
Koichi Okubo, Kobe, JP;
Nobuhiro Kitagawa, Akashi, JP;
Koichi Okubo, Kobe, JP;
Sysmex Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A sample processing apparatus including: a preprocessing unit for performing predetermined preprocessing on a sample container; a transporting unit for transporting the sample container on which the preprocessing unit has performed the predetermined preprocessing; a sample processing unit for processing a sample contained in the sample container transported by the transporting unit; a plurality of container collection units for collecting respective sample containers transported by the transporting unit; and a collection controller for controlling, according to a result of the predetermined preprocessing by the preprocessing unit, at least one of the transporting unit and the plurality of container collection units such that the sample container transported by the transporting unit is collected in one of the plurality of container collection units.