AUTOMATIC ANALYZER

• US 20150377771A1
• Filed: 09/10/2015
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: ORIHASHI, Toshihide, TAKANO, Masaki, TOKUNAGA, Tatsuya, MIYAKI, Mariko
• Granted Patent: US 9,797,827 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2035/0091 GUI [graphical user interfaces]
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/31 Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry G01N21/72 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 35/00722 Communications; Identification

Abstract

A display is provided for an automatic analyzer to display statistics such as measurement results. A width of a display in a window that displays statistics may be adjusted and the amount of information to be displayed on the display is changed according to a level of detail of the information which the operator wants to confirm. Sample information, measurement results, and detailed information related to the measurement results are simultaneously displayed without a subwindow being displayed in overlapped form in the limited display area.

Claims

1. An automatic analyzer comprising:

an analyzing unit to measure a component concentrations in a plurality of biological samples;

a computer including a processor, a memory, and an input device; and

a display device connected to the computer, the computer controlling the display device to display a plurality of categories of information including a sample list and a measurement result list, and controlling horizontal sizes of the display of the sample list and a measurement result list on a same screen without overlap,

wherein the computer controls the display device to display the sample list and the measurement list in;

a first screen mode to display the sample list at a detailed level and the measurement result list, and

a second screen mode to display the sample list with a reduced horizontal size by reducing the level of detail of the sample list, and display the measurement result list with an increased horizontal size,

wherein the input device instructs the computer to control the display device to display detailed information of one of the biological samples in the measurement result list selected by the input device from the sample list, and

wherein the first screen mode displays a first button for the input device to instruct the computer to control the display device to change from the first screen mode to the second screen mode.

2. The automatic analyzer according to claim 1, wherein:

the sample list includes at least one of a sample measurement status, a sample ID, a sample name, and a sample setup position number of the respective biological samples, and

the measurement result list includes at least one of an analytical item name information, a first test value information, a retest value information, an information of a data alarm related to the first test value, an information of a data alarm relating to the retest value, an information of a sample-dispensing time corresponding to the first test value, and an information of a sample-dispensing time corresponding to the retest value of the respective biological samples.

3. The automatic analyzer according to claim 1, wherein:

the computer further controls the display device to display a sample measurement status of the sample list continuously in the second screen mode.

4. The automatic analyzer according to claim 1, wherein:

the input device is a mouse, and

the computer controls the display device to display scroll bars next to each of the sample list and the measurement list in the first screen mode and the second screen mode.

5. The automatic analyzer according to claim 1, wherein the computer controls the display device to display the sample list and the measurement list in:

a third screen mode that displays the measurement result list with a reduced horizontal size, the sample list with a reduced horizontal size, and a reaction process monitor related to the one of the biological samples and measurement results thereof, and

wherein the second screen mode displays a second button for the input device to instruct the computer to control the display device to change from the second screen mode to the third screen mode.

6. The automatic analyzer according to claim 1, wherein:

the second screen mode displays a third button for the input device to instruct the computer to control the display device to change from the second screen mode to the first screen mode.

7. The automatic analyzer according to claim 5, wherein:

the third screen mode displays a fourth button for the input device to instruct the computer to control the display device to change from the third screen mode to the first screen mode or the second screen mode.

8. The automatic analyzer according to claim 1, wherein the analyzing unit includes:

a reaction disk which holds a plurality of reaction vessels thereon;

a sample probe which dispenses the biological samples into the reaction vessels;

a reagent dispensing probe which dispenses a plurality of reagents into the reaction vessels;

a light source which irradiates the reaction vessels containing the reagents and the biological samples with light; and

a photometer which measures an intensity of light from the reaction vessels containing the reagents and the biological samples.