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Measurement time shortening method for a measurement apparatus
Assignee: Shimadzu Diagnostics Corp
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Filing: 1994-03-18
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Granted: 1997-06-03
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Expires: 2014-03-18
Abstract
Abstract PCT No. PCT/JP94/00439 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 28, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 28, 1994 PCT Filed Mar. 18, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/22019 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 29, 1994In a measurement apparatus which performs reaction processings of plural measurement units in a timely overlapped manner, a predetermined time for performing the reaction processing is previously determined, pre-processings are divided when a sum time of required times for performing the plural pre-processings with a pre-processing apparatus is longer than predetermined time. Prior pre-processings among the divided pre-processings are then performed in package prior to the series of processings, so that a required time for the plural measurement units in the measurement apparatus is shortened.
Inventors
- 👤 Atsushi Kuwada
- 👤 Tatumi Toida
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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google_patents
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2026-11-05 13:06
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N35/00; G01N35/00584; G01N35/0092; G01N21/00; G01N21/62; G01N21/63; G01N21/64; G01N21/6428; G01N21/645; G01N21/648; G01N21/75; G01N21/77; G01N21/7703; G01N1/00; G01N1/28; G01N1/38
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
103 words
A method of shortening a measurement time for measuring one or more reaction processes, each of the reaction processes including a pre-processing step and a reaction step, comprising: determining a predetermined time for performing the reaction step; determining a total time required for performing each of the pre-processing steps; and when the total time is longer than the predetermined time, dividing each of the pre-processing steps into at least a first substep and a second substep, and carrying out at least the first substep of each pre-processing step in package prior to performing the second of each pre-processing step and the reactions steps.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
103 words
A method of shortening a measurement time for measuring one or more reaction processes, each of the reaction processes including a pre-processing step and a reaction step, comprising: determining a predetermined time for performing the reaction step; determining a total time required for performing each of the pre-processing steps; and when the total time is longer than the predetermined time, dividing each of the pre-processing steps into at least a first substep and a second substep, and carrying out at least the first substep of each pre-processing step in package prior to performing the second of each pre-processing step and the reactions steps.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
109 words
A method of shortening a measurement time for measuring one or more reaction processes, each of the reaction processes including a pre-processing step, a reaction step, and an after-processing step, comprising, for each reaction process: calculating a sum of time required for performing the pre-processing steps of each subsequent reaction process and for performing the after processing steps of each preceding reaction process; determining a longer time between a previously determined minimum reaction time for performing the reaction step and the calculated sum time; performing the reaction step according to the determined longer time; and correcting obtained measurement data for the reaction process based upon the determined longer time.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
109 words
A method of shortening a measurement time for measuring one or more reaction processes, each of the reaction processes including a pre-processing step, a reaction step, and an after-processing step, comprising, for each reaction process: calculating a sum of time required for performing the pre-processing steps of each subsequent reaction process and for performing the after processing steps of each preceding reaction process; determining a longer time between a previously determined minimum reaction time for performing the reaction step and the calculated sum time; performing the reaction step according to the determined longer time; and correcting obtained measurement data for the reaction process based upon the determined longer time.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
134 words
A method of shortening a measurement time for measuring one or more reaction processes, each of the reaction processes including a pre-processing step and a reaction step, comprising: determining a predetermined time for performing the reaction step; determining whether the pre-processing steps can be divided into at least a first sub-step and a second sub-step; when the pre-processing steps can be divided into at least a first sub-step and a second sub-step, determining a total time required for performing each of the pre-processing steps; and when the total time is longer than the predetermined time, dividing each of the pre-processing steps into at least the first substep and the second substep, and carrying out the least the first substeps of each pre-processing in package prior to performing the second substeps and the reactions steps.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
134 words
A method of shortening a measurement time for measuring one or more reaction processes, each of the reaction processes including a pre-processing step and a reaction step, comprising: determining a predetermined time for performing the reaction step; determining whether the pre-processing steps can be divided into at least a first sub-step and a second sub-step; when the pre-processing steps can be divided into at least a first sub-step and a second sub-step, determining a total time required for performing each of the pre-processing steps; and when the total time is longer than the predetermined time, dividing each of the pre-processing steps into at least the first substep and the second substep, and carrying out the least the first substeps of each pre-processing in package prior to performing the second substeps and the reactions steps.
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