Patent ID: 8641988

Claim:
A urine sample analyzer which transports a rack holding a plurality of sample containers and analyzes samples, the sample analyzer comprising: a urine qualitative measurement apparatus which measures samples; a urinary sediment measurement apparatus which is arranged downstream, in a transport direction, from the urine qualitative measurement apparatus, and which measures urine samples; a transporting apparatus which transports samples to a first supply position for supplying a sample to the urine qualitative measurement apparatus, and to a second supply position for supplying a sample to the urinary sediment measurement apparatus, and a controller which determines, based on a measurement result obtained by the urine qualitative measurement apparatus whether measurement by the urinary sediment measurement apparatus is necessary, wherein the transporting apparatus linearly transports a rack from the first supply position to the second supply position, and a distance between the first supply position and the second supply position is a multiple of a distance between adjacent sample containers held in the rack, and until the controller determines whether the measurement by the urinary sediment measurement apparatus is necessary, the controller is configured to control the transporting apparatus not to transport a sample for which the determination is made, to downstream from the second supply position.