Patent ID: 9244088
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G01N,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An automated analyzer comprising: a first nozzle which sucks a reaction solution in a reaction vessel and one or more reagents in a plurality of reagent vessels, and whose location is fixed during analysis; a flow cell which is connected with the first nozzle and into which the reaction solution is sucked by the first nozzle; a retainer having a plurality of mounting regions on which the reaction vessel that accommodates the reaction solution and the reagent vessels that accommodate the reagents necessary for the analysis are placed, respectively; a horizontal transport mechanism which rotationally or linearly moves the retainer in a horizontal plane to transport one of the mounting regions on which the reaction vessel or one of the reagent vessels is placed in accordance with a phase of the analysis to a first position below the first nozzle; a vertical transport mechanism coupled to the retainer and which moves the retainer in a vertical direction to transport the one of the mounting regions on which the reaction vessel or one of the reagent vessels is placed from the first position to a second position where the first nozzle sucks the reaction solution in the reaction vessel or the one of the reagents in the one of the reagent vessels.