Patent ID: 9068956
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A specimen analyzing apparatus comprising: an analyzing unit for analyzing a specimen contained in an analyzing container, a transporting device for transporting specimen containers each containing a specimen; a first aspirating unit, which comprises a liquid aspirating tube, for aspirating a specimen from a specimen container; a second aspirating unit, which comprises a liquid aspirating tube formed so as to be able to penetrate through a lid of a specimen container, for aspirating a specimen from a specimen container; a controller controlling the first aspirating unit and the second aspirating unit, wherein in a first aspirating mode, the controller controls the first aspirating unit to dispense a first amount of specimen from a specimen container to an analyzing container; in a second aspirating mode, the controller controls the second aspirating unit to dispense a second amount of specimen from a specimen container to a reserve container, and the controller controls the first aspirating unit to dispense a third amount of specimen into the analyzing container from the reserve container.