SPECIMEN INSPECTION AUTOMATIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHECKING SPECIMEN

• Main Authors: YANO SHIGERU, HAMANO SATOHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 01.09.2016
• Subjects: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; TESTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a specimen inspection automatization system and a method for checking a specimen with which it is possible to inspect specimens automatically without delaying a turn-around time (TAT) even when a large amount of specimens need to be processed.SOLUTION: Among the units constituting a specimen inspection automatization system 110, the weights of a container and a specimen are measured by a weight measurement part of a specimen supply unit 105 positioned upstream from a liquid quantity measurement unit 107, the specimen weight is then converted into a liquid quantity, which is compared with a liquid quantity needed for inspection, and the specimen is thereby subjected to screening by an operation control unit 101 to see if liquid quantity measurement is required. A specimen for which determination is made that the liquid quantity is sufficient and there is no need to measure an exact liquid quantity is not stopped in at the liquid quantity measurement unit 107.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】多量の検体を処理しなければならない時間においてもＴＡＴ（Ｔｕｒｎ Ａｒｏｕｎｄ Ｔｉｍｅ）を遅延させることなく検体の検査を自動で行うことが可能な検体検査自動化システムおよび検体のチェック方法を提供する。【解決手段】検体検査自動化システム１１０を構成するユニットの中で、液量測定ユニット１０７よりも上流側に位置する検体投入ユニット１０５の重量測定部で容器と検体の重量を測定し、検体重量を求めた後に液量に換算して、検査に必要な液量と比較することで、操作制御ユニット１０１において液量測定を必要とする検体か否かをスクリーニングし、精確な液量測定をしなくとも液量が足りているであろうと判別した検体は液量測定ユニット１０７に立寄らないようにする。【選択図】図１