Patent ID: 11933804
Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An automatic analyzer comprising:
a magazine that stores a plurality of tips for dispensing;
a probe for dispensing a sample;
a buffer that is a mounting base for mounting a tip on a tip portion of the probe, and has a first hole through which the tip passes so as to hold the tip;
an imaging unit that images the tip; and
a controller that controls the tip such that the tip is mounted on the probe by pressing the probe against the tip that passes through the first hole to be held by the buffer, wherein
the imaging unit is disposed to image the tip from an upper side to a lower side in a gravity direction, and
a deviation amount between an outer circumference of an upper end portion of the tip and a tip hole of a lower end portion of the tip is taken as a deviation amount between a center position of the probe and a center position of the tip hole.