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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2012
Toshiki Yamagata, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiki Yamagata, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic analyzer of the present invention includes: a cap opening and closing mechanism including a plurality of types of support bodies, each being adaptable to a specific type of cap; an information control mechanism for sample containers; a cap opening and closing mechanism that performs uncapping and capping operations based on a sample container identifying process; and an uncapping/capping monitoring mechanism that determines an uncapping or capping operation. The cap opening and closing mechanism is thus configured so as to be capable of performing the uncapping and capping processes for different types of caps. This provides a cap opening and closing mechanism that enables the single cap opening and closing mechanism to perform the uncapping process and the capping process for different types of caps on a transfer path of sample containers in the automatic analyzer.