Automatic sample analyzer and its components
First Claim
1. A sample analyzer comprising:
- a display device;
a start button displaying section for displaying a start button in a display form for starting an analytic operation on the display device;
a monitoring section for monitoring an operation state of the sample analyzer; and
a control section for changing the display form of the start button if the monitoring section judges that the analytic operation cannot be started.
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Abstract
An automatic sample analyzer includes: a pipette, a pipette driving device which moves the pipette to a sample vessel present in a predetermined position to cause the pipette to suck up a sample from the sample vessel, and then moves the pipette to an open vessel provided in another predetermined position to cause the pipette to discharge the sample into the open vessel, and an analyzing section for analyzing the discharged sample, the pipette driving device comprising a vertically movable main arm and an elongated guide arm cantilevered by the main arm and extending horizontally, the guide arm having a smaller flexural rigidity than the main arm, wherein the main arm vertically moves the pipette when the sample is to be sucked up from the sample vessel, and the guide arm guides the pipette to the open vessel and then vertically moves the pipette when the sample is to be discharged into the open vessel.
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20 Claims
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1. A sample analyzer comprising:
- a display device;
a start button displaying section for displaying a start button in a display form for starting an analytic operation on the display device;
a monitoring section for monitoring an operation state of the sample analyzer; and
a control section for changing the display form of the start button if the monitoring section judges that the analytic operation cannot be started. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- a display device;
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8. A computer program product used for a sample analyzer, comprising:
- first computer code for displaying a start button in a display form for starting an analytic operation on a display device of the sample analyzer;
second computer code for monitoring an operation state of the sample analyzer; and
third computer code for changing the display form of the start button if the second computer code judges that the analytic operation cannot be started. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- first computer code for displaying a start button in a display form for starting an analytic operation on a display device of the sample analyzer;
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15. A method of displaying a start button on a display device of a sample analyzer, comprising:
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displaying a start button in a display form for starting an analytic operation on the display device of the sample analyzer;
monitoring an operation state of the sample analyzer; and
changing the display form of the start button if it is judged in the monitoring step that the analytic operation cannot be started. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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Specification