Automatic analyzer

Claim 1

An automatic analyzer communication system for use with an automatic analyzer, the system comprising: an automatic analyzer; a central processing unit; an operational control section which controls the operation of sample measurements performed by the automatic analyzer, monitors the progressive state of analysis, and detects the occurrence of an abnormality in the automatic analyzer; a message setting section which retrieves a transmission message corresponding to the type of abnormality detected by the operational control section, said transmission message being retrieved from a transmission message storage section in response to a signal from the operational control section, wherein said transmission message storage section comprises at least one transmission message classified by transmission destination and electronically stored; a transmission destination setting section which retrieves a transmission destination from a transmission destination storage section wherein every transmission destination and type of abnormality detected by the operational control system are stored, and which is responsive to the transmission message retrieved by the message setting section; a transmitter which transmits a signal responsive to the retrieved transmission destination and the transmission message retrieved by the message setting section in response to the type of abnormality detected by the operational control section, the signal having an alarm code, an analyzer identification code and a transceiver identification code; a transceiver, having a registered identification code, which receives the signal from the transmitter if the transceiver identification code is coincident with the registered identification code, the transceiver further comprising: a display which displays a message corresponding to the alarm code, a means for selecting an instruction code from a plurality of predetermined instruction codes, and a means for transmitting a signal responsive to the selected instruction code and the analyzer identification code; a receiver which receives the signal for the transceiver; an answer-back discrimination section in communication with the receiver, the answer-back discrimination section being responsive to the analyzer identification code, wherein the answer-back discrimination section provides the selected instruction received from the transceiver to the operational control section which causes the analyzer to operate in accordance therewith, and provides a set time passed signal to the analyzer which causes the analyzer to operate in accordance therewith if a counter indicates a set time period has lapsed since the transmission of the transmission message.