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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2014
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Sysmex Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
The present invention is to present a specimen processing apparatus, comprising: an imaging device for imaging a cap of a covered specimen container containing a specimen; an aspirating device including a specimen aspirating tube, moving the specimen aspirating tube so as to pass the specimen aspirating tube through the cap of the covered specimen container and aspirating the specimen contained in the covered specimen container via the specimen aspirating tube; an aspiration controller for controlling a movement of the specimen aspirating tube into the covered specimen container based on an image obtained by the imaging device; and a specimen processing device for processing the specimen aspirated by the aspirating device.