Patent ID: 9746398
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G01N

Claim:
1. An automated analyzer comprising: container holders for holding containers in which a liquid is stored; a probe for aspirating and dispensing the liquid between two of the containers held by the container holders; a diluent vessel having a top opening for storing a diluent, said vessel positioned within range of the probe such that the probe can be inserted into the top opening to aspirate a portion of the diluent and thereafter be removed; and a diluent supply mechanism for supplying the diluent into the diluent vessel via a first conduit, wherein said probe has a function of aliquoting a portion of the diluent stored in the diluent vessel into any one of the containers held by the container holders, and wherein said diluent vessel has a diluent discharging mechanism for discharging the diluent remaining in the diluent vessel from inside the diluent vessel via a second conduit having a valve therein after the probe is removed.