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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2014
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Kazuki Asao, Kobe, JP;
Tsukasa Hirata, Kobe, JP;
Sysmex Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an analyzer comprising: a liquid container mounting section in which a liquid container are set; a container mounting section in which at least one tip container accommodating a plurality of pipette tips is set; a cover detecting section that detects a presence of a cover mounted on the tip container; a dispensing section that equips a pipette tip accommodated in the tip container and dispenses a quantity of liquid from the liquid container to a reaction container via the equipped pipette tip; a detecting section that interrogate a property of the liquid; and a controller programmed to prohibit a process of equipping the pipette tip by the dispensing section when the cover on the tip container is detected, and permits the process when no cover is detected.