Patent ID: 8703055

Claim:
An automatic analysis apparatus analyzing a test specimen held in a reaction vessel on a basis of a property of a mixed liquid of the test specimen and a reagent, comprising: a moving unit which moves a plurality of reaction vessels then stops them at every analysis recycle; a sample unit which aspirates the test specimen from a specimen vessel to infuse the test specimen to a first reaction vessel among the plurality of the reaction vessels stopped by the moving unit; and a processor configured to control the sample unit so as to aspirate the test specimen during movements of the reaction vessels, infuse the test specimen to the first reaction vessel of the plurality of the reaction vessels after the reaction vessels are stopped, and repeatedly aspirate the test specimen and infuse the test specimen to one or more reaction vessels except the first reaction vessel among the plurality of the reaction vessels in a time period after the reaction vessels are stopped again and before the reaction vessels are moved.