Patent ID: 7384601

Claim:
An automatic analyzer for automatically analyzing samples, comprising: a sample loading section for loading sample racks containing sample holding vessels having samples therein; analysis units for analyzing said samples; transport lines for transporting said sample racks from said sample loading section to said analysis units; reaction vessels in said analysis units for reacting samples and reagents; a display section configured to display on a screen images of a flow of plural setup operation steps used for starting up said automatic analyzer, said display section further displaying images of analysis units on the same screen of said automatic analyzer; and a control section configured to control said display section to display the images of setup operation step or steps requiring a setup operation by an operator with a displaying manner different from a displaying manner of an image of another setup operation step or steps not requiring a setup operation by an operator, and to control said display section to display an image of an analysis unit requiring said setup operation by an operator with a said displaying manner different from an image of a displaying manner of analysis units not requiring setup operation by an operator, but in the same manner as the images of the setup operation step or steps.