| CPC G01N 35/0095 (2013.01) [G01N 2035/00356 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0094 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
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1. An automatic analyzer comprising:
an incubator that includes a plurality of holding portions holding a plurality of reaction containers, which contain a reaction of a mixed solution of a sample and a reagent;
a receiving unit configured to receive analysis information relating to a measurement item of the sample;
a transport unit configured to transport each of the reaction containers to the holding portion;
an analyzing unit configured to perform analysis by operating a measurement sequence of a series of operations according to a predetermined reaction time of each of the reaction containers containing the mixed solution to which a predetermined reagent is added at a predetermined timing based on the analysis information; and
a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:
create an analysis schedule to be performed by the analyzing unit based on the analysis information,
for a plurality of different measurement items, determine whether each measurement sequence of the measurement items is a short measurement item or a standard measurement item, the short measurement item being a measurement item that requires a short period of time for a reaction, and the standard measurement item being a measurement item that requires a standard period of time for a reaction, and
determine whether to add an empty cycle into the analysis schedule, and upon determining to add the empty cycle, add the empty cycle before the measurement sequence of the short measurement item,
wherein the empty cycle is a cycle of the automatic analyzer in which no operations of either the short measurement item or the standard measurement item are performed.
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