Patent ID: 6898296

Claim:
A specimen processing system comprising: a plurality of specimen processing units each having flat sides and a specimen operating surface and operated singly, the specimen processing units having at least a same depth dimension, and the specimen operating surfaces of the specimen processing units having a same height dimension; coupling means for closely coupling right and left sides of the specimen processing units to each other; and a single driving control unit for controlling a related operation of all of the specimen processing units coupled to each other by the coupling means and a single operation of a designated one of the specimen processing units; each said specimen processing unit including: a unit housing having right and left sides parallel to each other said specimen operating surface being perpendicular to the right and left sides of said unit housing parallel to a around surface, and located at a set height above the around surface; a specimen carry-in/carry-out lane formed on said specimen operating surface and having a predetermined lane structure, one end of the specimen carry-in/carry-out lane facing at least one of the right and left sides; and a unit body for processina a specimen carried into the unit housing through the specimen carry-in/carry-out lane, the processed specimen being carried out through the specimen carry-in/carry-out lane.