Patent ID: 8043561
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An analyzer comprising: a conveyance device for transporting a rack holding sample containers which contain analyte, each sample container having identification information, wherein the rack holds sample containers in a longitudinal direction thereof, and the conveyance device transports the rack in a predetermined direction straight along the longitudinal direction, such that the sample containers held on the rack are placed at a first position on the conveyance device one by one; an identification information reader for reading the identification information on a sample container transported to the first position on the conveyance device; an analyzer body for acquiring an analyte from a sample container transported to a second position on the conveyance device and for analyzing the analyte; an anomaly notification device for reporting an anomaly; and a controller in communication with the conveyance device, the identification information reader and the anomaly notification device, the controller configured for controlling the anomaly notification device to report the anomaly if the identification information reader consecutively reads the same identification information during transport of the rack by the conveyance device, wherein the controller controls the conveyance device to transport a container after the identification information reader has read identification information, controls the identification information reader to again read identification information, and controls the anomaly notification device to report the anomaly if the previously read identification information and the subsequently read identification information are identical.