Patent ID: 11860177
Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. An analysis method of an automatic analyzer, the automatic analyzer including a rack insertion unit into which a rack is inserted, a transport line that transports the rack, a detection unit that detects a rack identifier from the rack or an attribute from a sample container which accommodates therein a sample as an object to be examined and which is mounted on the rack, an analysis module that includes a light source and a spectrometer which measures a measurement value to analyze the sample, a rack standby unit in which the rack stands by, a rack recovery unit that recovers the rack, wherein the rack is transported from the rack insertion unit to the transport line, and after a measurement result in the analysis module is output, the rack is then transported to the rack recovery unit without standing by in the rack standby unit, the analysis method comprising:
a step of transporting the rack from the rack insertion unit to the transport line, and, after the measurement result in the analysis module is output, transporting the rack to the rack recovery unit without standing by in the rack standby unit according to a second mode;
a step of detecting an identifier from the rack or an attribute from the sample container accommodating the sample and mounted on the rack;
a step of determining that a predetermined rack of interest is transported from the rack insertion unit to the transport line, and in response to determining that the predetermined rack of interest is transported from the rack insertion unit to the transport line, change the second mode to a first mode;
a step of transporting a subsequent rack transported subsequent to the predetermined rack of interest to the analysis module for examination;
a step of determining the examination mode is the first mode; and
a step of transporting the subsequent rack from the analysis module to the rack standby unit and making the subsequent rack stand by in the rack standby unit until the measurement result in the analysis module is output, and then transporting the subsequent rack to the rack recovery unit according to the first mode.