Patent ID: 7957935

Claim:
An analyzer comprising: a specimen preparing section for preparing a measuring specimen including a specimen and a reagent, the specimen preparing section including a plurality of units performing predetermined operations; a detecting section for detecting a predetermined component from the measuring specimen prepared by the specimen preparing section; a start command receiver for receiving an instruction for starting measurement operations including preparing the measuring specimen by the specimen preparing section and detecting the predetermined component of the measuring specimen by the detecting section; a measurement controller for controlling the plurality of units and the detecting section so as to perform the measurement operations when the start command receiver receives the instruction for starting the measurement operations; an error detecting section for detecting an error in the operations of the plurality of units; a measurement abort controller for stopping the operations of the plurality of units when the error detecting section detects the error; a restart command receiver for receiving an instruction for restarting the measurement operations after the measurement abort controller stops the measurement operations; and a remeasurement controller for moving the plurality of units to initial positions thereof and then controlling the plurality of units and the detecting section so as to restart the measurement operations when the restart command receiver receives the instruction for restarting the measurement operations.