A sample identification system for an automated sampling device is described. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a sample holder having a plurality of apertures configured to receive a plurality of sample vessels therein, the sample holder having one or more corresponding sample holder identifiers positioned proximate to the sample holder; and an identifier capture device configured to detect the one or more sample holder identifiers positioned proximate to the sample holder and generate a data signal in response thereto, the data signal corresponding to at least an orientation of the sample holder relative to a surface on which the sample holder is positioned.

Disclosed is a transport method to be performed in an analysis system configured to transport a specimen to an analyzer configured to analyze an analyte contained in the specimen, the transport method comprising: cooling and preserving, in a cooling-and-preserving part, a quality control specimen containing an analyte having a known concentration; and controlling transport of the quality control specimen between the cooling-and-preserving part and the analyzer on the basis of a status of the analyzer.

Provided are a quality control method, a quality control system, a management apparatus, an analyzer, and a quality control abnormality determination method in which measurement results of both a quality control substance and a specimen are sufficiently utilized to improve the quality of quality control. The quality control method used in a management apparatus which is connected via a network to an analyzer installed in each of a plurality of facilities includes obtaining, from an analyzer in each facility via a network, first quality control information obtained by measuring an artificially generated quality control substance, and second quality control information obtained by measuring a plurality of specimens by the analyzer in each facility; and outputting information concerning quality control of an analyzer in at least one facility, based on the obtained first quality control information and second quality control information.

An optimization method of a diagnostic laboratory system. The method includes receiving, at a system controller, computer-readable data comprising an inventory of a plurality of analyzers included within the diagnostic laboratory system, and types of tests and numbers of the tests to be performed on samples by the diagnostic laboratory system over a planning period; and determining, via a reagent pack optimization module executing on the system controller, a reagent pack loading plan over the planning period. Diagnostic laboratory systems are disclosed, as are other aspects.

An automatic analysis device including liquid containers 3, 4, and 5 for storing liquid and liquid sending units 8, 9, and 10 for sending the liquid in the container through flow paths includes a detector 102 for detecting gas in the flow path, a priming function unit for replacing the liquid in the flow path, and a control device 29 for determining that bubbles are incorporated in the liquid in the flow path when the detector detects gas in the flow path. With this configuration, the incorporation of bubbles into a liquid and a shortage of a reagent can be more efficiently identified.

An embodiment provides a method for real-time management of analyte recovery within a system for measuring at least one parameter of a fluid within the system by monitoring signals from the system against a set of conditions, the method including: receiving, from the system, signals providing information regarding the system, wherein the system includes at least one reagent flowing into the system and recovers analytes within the fluid, wherein the analytes provide an indication of a value of the at least one parameter; identifying, by analyzing the signals, whether the analyte recovery of the system is meeting the set of conditions identifying a desired analyte recovery of the system; and modifying, based upon the analyte recovery not meeting the set of conditions, conditions of the system for recovery of the analyte, wherein the modifying includes adjusting at least one parameter of the system.

Proposed is a technique for facilitating work of cause investigation of a defect by an operator. The present disclosure proposes an automatic analyzer including: a reagent dispensing unit configured to aspirate a reagent from a reagent vessel that contains the reagent, and discharge the reagent into a reaction vessel that contains a reaction liquid containing a sample; a storage unit configured to store a type of the sample and concentration-related information determined for each type of the sample and related to a concentration of a component to be measured contained in the sample; a detection unit configured to detect a measurement concentration that is the concentration of the component to be measured contained in the reaction liquid; and a determination unit configured to determine whether an abnormality occurs in the reagent vessel based on the concentration-related information and the measurement concentration.

Provided is an automatic analysis device capable of adjusting the temperature of a plurality of portions requiring temperature control with less power consumption as a whole.

An automatic analysis device includes; an air-conditioned space 20 which is partitioned from the surroundings and in which a reagent is used; a Peltier unit 1 which includes a Peltier element 101 for adjusting an air temperature of the air-conditioned space 20; a heat sink 111 that cools or heats the Peltier unit 1 with a refrigerant; a first radiator 12 which performs heat exchange between the refrigerant which has exchanged heat with the heat sink 111 and the air in the atmosphere; pumps 10 and 11 that circulate the refrigerant; a reagent storage unit 30 which cools and stores the reagent; Peltier units 2, 3, and 4 which include Peltier elements 102, 103, and 104 which adjust a temperature of the reagent storage unit 30; heat sinks 112, 113, and 114 that cools or heats the Peltier elements 102, 103, and 104; and a second radiator 13 which dissipates the heat of the refrigerant that has exchanged heat with the heat sinks 112, 113, and 114.

An automatic authentication method includes an identification code reading step of reading an identification code assigned to an article from an apparatus side. The method includes a password part generation reproduction step of reproducing a procedure for generating a second password part according to a predetermined random character creation rule based on characters included in an identification information part and a first password part of the read identification code. The method includes a password collation step of collating the second password part generated by the reproduction with a second password part of the identification code of the article read by the identification code reading step. The method includes authentication steps of authenticating the article as a genuine product when the collated second password parts match each other.

Independent automatic analysis apparatuses include controllers for controlling an operation of each unit of the apparatus, reagent-related information input/output units for inputting and outputting reagent-related information I related to a reagent installed in a reagent supply portion including a reagent in use, reagent vessel detection units for detecting that a reagent vessel is taken in and/or taken out of the automatic analysis apparatus, and reagent-related information reading units for reading reagent-related information from the reagent and/or reagent vessel in use detected to be taken in by the reagent vessel detection unit. The controllers compare the reagent-related information read by the reagent-related information reading unit with the reagent-related information input to the reagent-related information input/output units, and control an operation of the reagent supply portion based on a comparison result thereof.