Automatic analysis apparatus
First Claim
1. An automatic analytical apparatus for optically measuring a specific colour produced by a reaction between a specimen and a reagent, the apparatus comprising:
- at least two parallel rotatable turrets holding circularly arranged therein a plurality of reaction tubes containing specimens and reagents,a reagent vessel holder disposed coaxially with one of said at least two turrets and holding circularly arranged therein a plurality of reagent vessels,a first driving means for rotating the reagent vessel holder to bring a selected reagent vessel to a predetermined charging position,charging means for charging reagent from a regent vessel at the charging position into an adjacent reaction tube,reaction tube exchange means for simultaneously exchanging reaction tubes held at a predetermined position in a first one of said at least two turrets for reaction tubes held at a predetermined position in a second one of said at least two turrets, andoptical measuring means for optically measuring mixtures of specimen and reagent in the reaction tubes while the reaction tubes are held in the second one of said at least two turrets.
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Abstract
A novel automatic analysis apparatus in which a plurality of reaction tub according to the necessity, are held by a pair of turret tables disposed in predetermined spaces, and a reaction tube exchange means held between the tables automatically exchanges the reaction tubes held by one table for those of the other table at a predetermined position without stopping the rotation of the tables, and thereby achieves a charging operation, a measuring operation and a cleaning operation necessary for analysis of a specimen, such as blood, reagent or the like at a high speed with high precision and, in addition, facilitates measurement of an urgent specimen such as for operation.
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10 Claims
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1. An automatic analytical apparatus for optically measuring a specific colour produced by a reaction between a specimen and a reagent, the apparatus comprising:
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at least two parallel rotatable turrets holding circularly arranged therein a plurality of reaction tubes containing specimens and reagents, a reagent vessel holder disposed coaxially with one of said at least two turrets and holding circularly arranged therein a plurality of reagent vessels, a first driving means for rotating the reagent vessel holder to bring a selected reagent vessel to a predetermined charging position, charging means for charging reagent from a regent vessel at the charging position into an adjacent reaction tube, reaction tube exchange means for simultaneously exchanging reaction tubes held at a predetermined position in a first one of said at least two turrets for reaction tubes held at a predetermined position in a second one of said at least two turrets, and optical measuring means for optically measuring mixtures of specimen and reagent in the reaction tubes while the reaction tubes are held in the second one of said at least two turrets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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