Patent ID: 9134333
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A sample processing apparatus comprising: an aspiration section configured to aspirate a sample from a sample container; a sample container take-out/returning section configured to take out a sample container containing a sample which is to be aspirated by the aspiration section from a sample rack holding a plurality of sample containers, and to return the sample container from which the sample has been aspirated by the aspiration section to the sample rack; a sample processing section configured to process the sample aspirated by the aspiration section; a transport section configured to transport the sample rack to a take-out position to take out a sample container from the sample rack by the sample container take-out/returning section, to a processing position to perform a predetermined process on a sample container held by the sample rack, and to a returning position to return a sample container to the sample rack by the sample container take-out/returning section; and a transport controller comprising a memory having stored thereon a program that, when executed by the transport controller, the transport controller controls the transport section to wherein the processing position is a position different from the take-out position.