Patent ID: 8343770

Claim:
An analyzer comprising: a first container holder configured to hold a first type of specimen container; a second container holder configured to hold a second type of specimen container which has a different geometry from the first type of specimen container; a supporting member supporting the first and second container holders thereon, the first container holder being supported apart from the second container holder with a distance; an aspirator configured to aspirate a specimen from the specimen container located in an aspiration position; a moving section configured to move the supporting member between a setting position and the aspiration position, wherein the setting position is located out of the analyzer to receive a specimen container, and the aspirating position is located in the analyzer; a sensor configured to detect a specimen container set in at least one of the first and second container holders at a detection position, wherein the detection position is located between the aspiration position and the setting position; an instruction receiver configured to receive an instruction to start a measurement; and a controller for which executes operations comprising: moving, by the moving section, the supporting member from the setting position to the detection position when the instruction is received by the instruction receiver; moving, by the moving section, the supporting member so that the first container holder is located at the aspiration position when a specimen container in the first container holder is detected by the sensor, or so that the second container holder is located at the aspiration position when a specimen container in the second container holder is detected by the sensor; and aspirating, by the aspirator, a specimen from the specimen container at the aspirating position.