Patent ID: 9063104
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. An automatic analyzer comprising: an analysis unit for analyzing a sample; a rack transport unit for transporting a sample rack, which holds a plurality of samples in respective sample vessels, to the analysis unit; a rack loading section for supplying the sample rack to the rack transport unit; a rack collecting section for collecting the sample rack from the rack transport unit; a buffer unit for holding the sample rack in a standby position; wherein the buffer unit is constructed such that the sample rack can be transported from the standby position to the analysis unit without using the rack transport unit; and an instruction means for controlling the automatic analyzer to unload the sample rack, wherein the instruction means controls the automatic analyzer to move the sample rack to a rack unloading position in the buffer unit when instructed to unload the sample in one of the sample vessels of the sample rack, the sample rack can be unloaded from the rack unloading position to an exterior of the automatic analyzer without passing through the rack transport unit, the instruction means is configured to perform a search to determine if the sample instructed to unload is in the automatic analyzer, and the instruction means is further configured to: when it is determined that the sample instructed to unload is not in the automatic analyzer, display on a screen that the sample instructed to unload is not in the automatic analyzer, and when it is determined that the sample instructed to unload is in the automatic analyzer, display on the screen an input field for a comment.