US 11,666,920 B2
Method of cleaning aspiration tube and specimen measuring apparatus
Kota Misawa, Kobe (JP); Masaki Shiba, Kobe (JP); and Hiroki Kotake, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to SYSMEX CORPORATION, Kobe (JP)
Filed by SYSMEX CORPORATION, Kobe (JP)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/831,869.
Claims priority of application No. JP2019-062502 (JP), filed on Mar. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0306804 A1, Oct. 1, 2020
Int. Cl. B08B 9/023 (2006.01); B08B 3/04 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 13/02 (2019.08) [B08B 3/04 (2013.01); B08B 9/023 (2013.01); G01N 35/1004 (2013.01); A61M 1/84 (2021.05)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of cleaning an aspiration tube in a specimen measuring apparatus, comprising:
moving the aspiration tube from downward to upward while discharging a cleaning liquid onto an outer side surface of the aspiration tube, and stopping the upward movement of the aspiration tube in a state where a tip of the aspiration tube or a droplet attached to the tip contacts a surface of a flow of the cleaning liquid; and
moving the stopped aspiration tube in a direction away from the surface of the flow of the cleaning liquid.