Patent ID: 11860179
Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An automatic analysis apparatus, comprising:
an incubator configured to accommodate a plurality of reaction vessels;
a specimen dispensing mechanism configured to dispense a specimen into each of the plurality of reaction vessels;
a mounting unit configured to mount a dispensing tip on the specimen dispensing mechanism;
a suction unit configured to suck a specimen from a specimen vessel containing the specimen by means of the specimen dispensing mechanism having the dispensing tip mounted thereon;
a discharging unit provided in the incubator and configured to discharge the specimen from the specimen dispensing mechanism to the reaction vessel;
a disposal unit configured to discard the dispensing tip;
a sensor configured to detect whether the dispensing tip is mounted to the specimen dispensing mechanism; and
a control unit configured to control the specimen dispensing mechanism,
wherein the mounting unit, the suction unit, the discharging unit, and the disposal unit are arranged along a movement path of the specimen dispensing mechanism
the sensor is arranged so as to be able to detect the dispensing tip at a position sandwiched between any two of the mounting unit, the suction unit, the discharging unit, and the disposal unit, and
the suction unit, the disposal unit, the discharging unit and the mounting unit are arranged along the movement path in this order, and the sensor is arranged so as to be able to detect the dispensing tip at a position sandwiched between the disposal unit and the discharging unit.