US 12,076,724 B2
Specimen processing apparatus, specimen measurement system and method for processing specimen
Kazuhiro Yamada, Kobe (JP); Kazuki Asao, Kobe (JP); and Keisuke Kuwano, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to SYSMEX CORPORATION, Kobe (JP)
Filed by SYSMEX CORPORATION, Kobe (JP)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/998,040.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-153282 (JP), filed on Aug. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0053050 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 9/06 (2006.01); G01N 21/01 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 21/85 (2006.01); G01N 33/49 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 3/5085 (2013.01) [B01L 9/06 (2013.01); G01N 21/01 (2013.01); G01N 21/6428 (2013.01); G01N 21/85 (2013.01); G01N 33/4915 (2013.01); B01L 2200/025 (2013.01); B01L 2200/143 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0627 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6439 (2013.01); G01N 2201/06113 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0633 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0636 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A specimen processing apparatus for performing processing on a specimen contained in a container, comprising:
holders having different shapes, each of the holders being configured to hold the container, wherein each of the holders has a same outline in a plan view except that each of the holders has an engagement portion provided at the outline such that the engagement portions of the holders are provided at different positions from one another or are provided in different shapes from one another in the plan view;
a holder placement unit that comprises holder receiving portions recessed in the holder placement unit, the shapes of the holder receiving portions corresponding to the shapes of the holders in the plan view, wherein each of the holders is configured to be received and fitted in a respective one of the holder receiving portions in a specific orientation with respect to the corresponding shapes of the respective holder and the respective holder receiving portion and wherein each of the holder receiving portions has a same outline in a plan view except that each of the holder receiving portions has an engagement portion provided at the outline such that the engagement portions of the holder receiving portions are provided at different positions from one another or are provided in different shapes from one another in the plan view; and
a specimen processing unit that is configured to perform processing on the specimen contained in the container held by one of the holders placed on the holder placement unit.