Patent ID: 8234941

Claim:
A specimen analyzing apparatus comprising: a detector for detecting component information regarding a component in a specimen contained in each of analyzing containers, the analyzing containers comprising first and second analyzing containers; an analyzing part for analyzing the component information detected by the detector; a transporting device for transporting specimen containers each containing a specimen, the specimen containers comprising first and second specimen containers; an operation mode selector for selecting one of a first operation mode for supplying the specimen of a first amount, which is a necessary amount for analyzing the specimen, from the first specimen container to the first analyzing container, and a second operation mode for supplying the specimen of a second amount greater than the first amount from the second specimen container to a reserve container and for supplying the specimen of the first amount from the reserve container to the second analyzing container; a first supplying device for supplying the specimen of the first amount; a second supplying device for supplying the specimen of the second amount; and a supply controller for controlling the first and second supplying devices in accordance with an operation mode selected by the operation mode selector.