Patent ID: 8357273
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. An analyzer to be used with an analytical tool mounted thereto and used for analyzing a particular component contained in a sample supplied to the analytical tool, the analyzer comprising: at least one detection terminal pair including a first detection terminal and a second detection terminal which are capable of selecting a mutually contacting state and a non-contacting state; a current measurer operably connected to the at least one detection terminal pair and configured to measure in a process of mounting the analytical tool whether current flows between the first detection terminal and the second detection terminal; a detector operably connected to the current measurer and configured to: an abnormality detector operably connected to the detector and configured to detect an abnormality of said at least one detection terminal pair based on either the first signal or the second signal as generated by said detector, wherein the abnormality detector determines, in the process of mounting the analytical tool, that there is no abnormality in the detection terminal pair when shifting of the first and the second detection terminals from a mutually contacting state to a non-contacting state is confirmed and determines that there is an abnormality in the detection terminal pair when shifting of the first and the second detection terminals from the mutually contacting state to the non-contacting state is not confirmed.