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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Takaaki Nagai, Kobe, JP;
Daigo Fukuma, Kobe, JP;
Mitsuo Yamasaki, Kobe, JP;
Noriyuki Nakanishi, Kobe, JP;
Syunsuke Yao, Kobe, JP;
SYSMEX CORPORATION, Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a sample processing apparatus that comprises a rack with positions to hold sample tubes, the rack including a rack identification suited to a kind of sample tube, a rack set unit that accepts the rack in a detachable manner, a tube transfer unit with mechanical movement to grab and take out each sample tube from a rack held in the rack set unit, a rack detector comprising a sensor to detect the rack identification of the rack held in the rack set unit, and a controller that controls movement of the tube transfer unit based on a detection result of the rack detector.