Patent ID: 11885825
Assignee: JEOL LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 4:
5. A method of controlling an automated analyzer that includes a stifling part provided with a stirring bar, a cleaning part that cleans the stifling bar, and a control unit configured to control the stirring part and the cleaning part,
the method comprising:
stirring, by the stifling part, a liquid containing a specimen, causing an adhesion of the liquid on the stirring bar, the adhesion having an adhesion range;
determining, by the control unit, whether an operation of causing the stirring part to stir the liquid containing the specimen in a second cycle subsequent to a first cycle is necessary or not, based on information on measurement schedule of the specimen;
setting, by the control unit, a range of the stirring bar to be cleaned in a second cycle as a first range in response to determining that the operation of causing the stirring part to stir the liquid in the second cycle is necessary; and
setting, by the control unit, a range of the stirring bar to be cleaned in at least one of the first cycle and the second cycle as a second range that is wider than the first range in response to determining that the operation of causing the stirring part to stir the liquid in the second cycle is not necessary.