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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2013
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Yuichiro Ohmae, Kobe, JP;
SYSMEX CORPORATION, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
To provide a specimen storage device capable of preventing liquid such as immersion oil and the like attached to the specimen plate from leaking to the outside of the rack and capable of enhancing the operation efficiency by automating the supply and discharge of the rack. Provided is a specimen storage device which stores a imaged specimen plate in a bottomed-shaped rack having an opening at an upper part, the specimen storage device including a rack transport mechanism which transports the rack with the opening directed upward, and a specimen transport mechanism which transports the specimen in an up-down direction, wherein the rack transport mechanism transports the rack to a predetermined specimen storage position, and the specimen transport mechanism stores the specimen to the rack positioned at the specimen storage position from above the rack.