Patent ID: 8480977
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: B01L,G01N

Abstract:
1. An automatic analyzer comprising: a first sample container for containing a sample; a first information recording medium provided on said first sample container and recording information regarding the sample contained in said first sample container and inspection conditions necessary for determining the contents of the analysis process; a second sample container for containing a second sample dispensed from said first sample container; a pipetting mechanism for dispensing the second sample from said first sample container into the second sample container; a plurality of container holding tanks in an analysis portion of said automatic analyzer, each of said container holding tanks holding said second sample container at a process step portion of said automatic analyzer; a second information recording medium provided on each of said container holding tanks, said second information recording medium recording information regarding the second sample contained in said second sample container and inspection conditions necessary for determining the contents of the analysis process,the information being recorded on said second information recording medium being recorded with out contacting said second information recording medium; a transportation mechanism for transporting said second sample container from a first container holding tank to each of the other container holding tanks a fist information reader/writer for copying at least a part of information regarding the sample contained in said first sample container into said second information recording medium at the time of a dispensing operation of said pipetting mechanism to dispense the second sample into said second sample container from said first sample container, said information regarding the sample contained in said first sample container being stored in said first information recording medium provided on said first sample container; and a second information reader/writer,attached to the transportation mechanism, for copying at least a part of information regarding the second sample contained in said second sample container into one of said second information recording medium provided on a container holding tank from another said second information recording medium provided on another container holding tank at the time of a transfer operation of said transfer mechanism to transfer said second sample container to another of said container holding tanks.