Patent ID: 8920724
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A specimen processing system, comprising: an imaging device that captures an image of a cap of a sealed specimen container containing a specimen; a system controller connected with the imaging device via a first interface, the system controller including a first computer readable memory including a first database and a first computer program embedded thereon, the first database comprising a relationship of feature values and types of specimen container; a specimen processing device, comprising: wherein the first computer program comprises instructions to: wherein the second computer program comprises instructions to: wherein the movement distance corresponds to an insertion amount of the pipette into the sealed specimen container which enables the pipette to approach near an inner bottom of the sealed specimen container without bringing into contact with the inner bottom; wherein an inner depth of the sealed specimen container varies depending on a specimen container type, and the movement distance is set to be customized for each specimen container type.