Patent ID: 9134334
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: B01L,G01N

Abstract:
1. An analysis apparatus comprising: a first sample container for containing a sample; a second sample container for containing a sample; an information recording medium provided on said first sample container and recording information regarding the sample contained in said first sample container; a pipetting mechanism for distributing the sample contained in said first sample container into said second sample container; and a transportation mechanism for transporting said second sample container, wherein said second sample container is received at a container holding portion of said analysis apparatus, said container holding portion including an information recording medium into which information can be read and written in a non-contact way; said analysis apparatus further comprising a copying mechanism for copying at least a part of the information recorded in said information recording medium provided on said first sample container into the information recording medium provided on said container holding portion on which said second sample container is arranged when said pipetting mechanism pipettes the sample from said first sample container into said second sample container, and wherein said information recorded in said information recording medium provided on said first sample container and transferred to said information recording medium provided on said container holding portion concerns the sample contained in said first sample container and transferred to said second sample container.