Patent ID: 7968051

Claim:
A clinical laboratory apparatus, comprising: a plurality of reaction cuvettes; a first dispenser configured to dispense a subject sample into each of the plurality of reaction cuvettes; a second dispenser configured to dispense a reagent into each of the plurality of reaction cuvettes so that the subject sample and the reagent are mixed; a controller configured to categorize the plurality of reaction cuvettes into at least a first and a second group, designate at least a first and a second analysis item among two or more analysis items associated with the subject sample to the first and second groups, respectively, assign each of the plurality of reaction cuvettes to one of the two or more analysis items from which the first and second analysis items have been designated, compare the categorized group of each of the plurality of reaction cuvettes assigned to the first and second analysis item to the designated groups of the first and second analysis items to determine whether the categorized group of the reaction cuvette is identical to the designated group of the analysis item assigned to the cuvette, and if not identical cause the second dispenser to skip a first reaction cuvette and reassign a second reaction cuvette provided next to the first reaction cuvette to the first analysis item upon the determination that the first reaction cuvette, which was categorized in the second group, has been assigned to the first analysis item; and an analyzer configured to analyze a mixed result.