Patent ID: 7225360

Claim:
An automatic analysis apparatus comprising: a) an analysis unit for analyzing an object to be analyzed; b) a mail creation unit for creating a notification e-mail based on a defect detected by the analysis unit; c) a reception unit for receiving a control e-mail from a person in charge via a wire line or a wireless communication line; d) a data extraction unit for extracting a specific data from the control e-mail; and e) a control unit for controlling the analysis unit based on the specific data extracted by the data extraction unit, f) wherein the notification e-mail is automatically sent to the person in charge, g) wherein the person in charge can cure the defect by selecting a choice from a plurality of choices contained in the notification e-mail and transmitting the choice as the specific data in the control e-mail to the analysis unit, and h) wherein the control unit resumes operation of the analysis unit upon curing the defect.