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Apparatus for automatically analyzing sample
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1998-08-04
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Granted: 2000-03-28
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Expires: 2018-08-04
Abstract
Abstract An object of the present invention is to provide a small and compact analytical apparatus. An input/output device for directing the analytical apparatus and displaying analytical results and operation conditions is detachably provided on a body of the apparatus. Since the input/output device can be fixed to an upper position of the body, the apparatus saves space and can be placed on a desk. The analytical apparatus includes a sample disk and a reagent disk. The diameter of the reagent disk is greater than that of the sample disk, and both disks are arranged at the front of the apparatus so that the center of the sample disk is nearer the operator side than the center of the reagent disk. Therefore, the whole arrangement is compact, and the apparatus itself is compact.
Inventors
- 👤 Mitsuru Oonuma
- 👤 Atushi Ninomiya
- 👤 Atsushi Katayama
- 👤 Isamu Takekoshi
- 👤 Ryuji Tao
- 👤 Hiroyasu Uchida
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-07 07:59
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N35/00; G01N35/02; G01N1/00; G01N2035/00178; G01N2035/00306; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T436/00; Y10T436/11; Y10T436/113332
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
189 words
An analytic apparatus for analyzing human blood or urine comprising a sample holding means, a reagent holding means, a reaction means for reacting a sample and a reagent to each other, a pipetting means for pipetting a sample and a reagent into a reaction solution vessel of the reaction means, an analyzing means for analyzing the reaction solution, an input/output device and a cover for the apparatus, characterized in that the input/output device is detachably disposed behind the sample holding means in an upper portion above the cover such that the input/output device can be operated with closed cover, a sample can be set into the sample holding means while the input/output device can be operated with open cover, the sample holding means is disposed on one side of the reagent holding means and that the reaction means and the analyzing means are arranged on the other side of the reagent holding means, and the pipetting means is obliquely arranged behind the sample holding means and the reagent holding means and can be moved linearly over the sample holding means and the reagent holding means to the reaction means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
189 words
An analytic apparatus for analyzing human blood or urine comprising a sample holding means, a reagent holding means, a reaction means for reacting a sample and a reagent to each other, a pipetting means for pipetting a sample and a reagent into a reaction solution vessel of the reaction means, an analyzing means for analyzing the reaction solution, an input/output device and a cover for the apparatus, characterized in that the input/output device is detachably disposed behind the sample holding means in an upper portion above the cover such that the input/output device can be operated with closed cover, a sample can be set into the sample holding means while the input/output device can be operated with open cover, the sample holding means is disposed on one side of the reagent holding means and that the reaction means and the analyzing means are arranged on the other side of the reagent holding means, and the pipetting means is obliquely arranged behind the sample holding means and the reagent holding means and can be moved linearly over the sample holding means and the reagent holding means to the reaction means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
167 words
An analytic apparatus for analyzing human blood or urine comprising a sample holding means, a reagent holding means, a reaction means for reacting a sample and a reagent to each other, a pipetting means for pipetting a sample and a reagent into a reaction solution vessel of the reaction means, an analyzing means for analyzing the reaction solution, an input/output device and a cover for the apparatus, characterized in that the input/output device is detachably disposed behind the sample holding means in an upper portion above the cover such that the input/output device can be operated with closed cover, a sample can be set into the sample holding means while the input/output device can be operated with open cover, and the cover comprises two separate cover portions, wherein a first cover portion covers the sample holding means, the input/output device passing through an opening of the first cover portion, and wherein a second cover portion covers the reagent holding means, the reaction means and the analyzing means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
167 words
An analytic apparatus for analyzing human blood or urine comprising a sample holding means, a reagent holding means, a reaction means for reacting a sample and a reagent to each other, a pipetting means for pipetting a sample and a reagent into a reaction solution vessel of the reaction means, an analyzing means for analyzing the reaction solution, an input/output device and a cover for the apparatus, characterized in that the input/output device is detachably disposed behind the sample holding means in an upper portion above the cover such that the input/output device can be operated with closed cover, a sample can be set into the sample holding means while the input/output device can be operated with open cover, and the cover comprises two separate cover portions, wherein a first cover portion covers the sample holding means, the input/output device passing through an opening of the first cover portion, and wherein a second cover portion covers the reagent holding means, the reaction means and the analyzing means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
201 words
An analytic apparatus for analyzing human blood or urine comprising a sample holding means, a reagent holding means, a reaction means for reacting a sample and a reagent to each other, a pipetting means for pipetting a sample and a reagent into a reaction solution vessel of the reaction means, an analyzing means for analyzing the reaction solution, an input/output device and a cover for the apparatus, characterized in that the input/output device is detachably disposed behind the sample holding means in an upper portion above the cover such that the input/output device can be operated with closed cover, a sample can be set into the sample holding means while the input/output device can be operated with open cover, the sample holding means is disposed on one side of the reagent holding means and that the reaction means and the analyzing means are arranged on the other side of the reagent holding means, and the cover comprises two separate cover portions, wherein a first cover portion covers the sample holding means, the input/output device passing through an opening of the first cover portion, and wherein a second cover portion covers the reagent holding means, the reaction means and the analyzing means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
201 words
An analytic apparatus for analyzing human blood or urine comprising a sample holding means, a reagent holding means, a reaction means for reacting a sample and a reagent to each other, a pipetting means for pipetting a sample and a reagent into a reaction solution vessel of the reaction means, an analyzing means for analyzing the reaction solution, an input/output device and a cover for the apparatus, characterized in that the input/output device is detachably disposed behind the sample holding means in an upper portion above the cover such that the input/output device can be operated with closed cover, a sample can be set into the sample holding means while the input/output device can be operated with open cover, the sample holding means is disposed on one side of the reagent holding means and that the reaction means and the analyzing means are arranged on the other side of the reagent holding means, and the cover comprises two separate cover portions, wherein a first cover portion covers the sample holding means, the input/output device passing through an opening of the first cover portion, and wherein a second cover portion covers the reagent holding means, the reaction means and the analyzing means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
236 words
An analytic apparatus for analyzing human blood or urine comprising a sample holding means, a reagent holding means, a reaction means for reacting a sample and a reagent to each other, a pipetting means for pipetting a sample and a reagent into a reaction solution vessel of the reaction means, an analyzing means for analyzing the reaction solution, an input/output device and a cover for the apparatus, characterized in that the input/output device is detachably disposed behind the sample holding means in an upper portion above the cover such that the input/output device can be operated with closed cover, a sample can be set into the sample holding means while the input/output device can be operated with open cover, the sample holding means is disposed on one side of the reagent holding means and that the reaction means and the analyzing means are arranged on the other side of the reagent holding means, the pipetting means is obliquely arranged behind the sample holding means and the reagent holding means and can be moved linearly over the sample holding means and the reagent holding means to the reaction means, and the cover comprises two separate cover portions, wherein a first cover portion covers the sample holding means, the input/output device passing through an opening of the first cover portion, and wherein a second cover portion covers the reagent holding means, the reaction means and the analyzing means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
236 words
An analytic apparatus for analyzing human blood or urine comprising a sample holding means, a reagent holding means, a reaction means for reacting a sample and a reagent to each other, a pipetting means for pipetting a sample and a reagent into a reaction solution vessel of the reaction means, an analyzing means for analyzing the reaction solution, an input/output device and a cover for the apparatus, characterized in that the input/output device is detachably disposed behind the sample holding means in an upper portion above the cover such that the input/output device can be operated with closed cover, a sample can be set into the sample holding means while the input/output device can be operated with open cover, the sample holding means is disposed on one side of the reagent holding means and that the reaction means and the analyzing means are arranged on the other side of the reagent holding means, the pipetting means is obliquely arranged behind the sample holding means and the reagent holding means and can be moved linearly over the sample holding means and the reagent holding means to the reaction means, and the cover comprises two separate cover portions, wherein a first cover portion covers the sample holding means, the input/output device passing through an opening of the first cover portion, and wherein a second cover portion covers the reagent holding means, the reaction means and the analyzing means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
57 words
An analytic apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the cover comprises two separate cover portions, wherein a first cover portion covers the sample holding means, the input/output device passing through an opening of the first cover portion, and wherein a second cover portion covers the reagent holding means, the reaction means and the analyzing means.
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