WO2021182068A1 - 自動分析装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an automatic analyzer.
- an automatic analyzer that biochemically or immunologically analyzes a sample such as blood or urine has been known.
- the analysis is generally performed by reacting a sample with a reagent, and the reaction occurring between the reagent and the sample is detected optically and electrically.
- the reagents used for the reaction are put into a container for each reagent, and this container is placed in the reagent installation section in the reagent cold storage. Further, in order to stably store the reagent inside the reagent cool box, the reagent is kept cold at, for example, about 5 to 12 ° C.
- a through hole for suctioning a reagent is provided in the reagent cold storage in order to suck the reagent from the reagent container installed in the reagent cold storage.
- a through hole for suctioning a reagent is provided in the reagent cold storage in order to suck the reagent from the reagent container installed in the reagent cold storage.
- a tag for distinguishing reagents may be attached to the reagent container, which causes problems such as damage to the tag due to the adhesion of dew condensation water to the tag.
- the temperature inside the reagent cold storage is increased to atmospheric pressure or higher, so that cold air is blown out from the reagent suction holes and the outside air is prevented from flowing in from the reagent suction holes.
- An automatic analyzer that suppresses the occurrence of dew condensation in the reagent cold storage has been proposed.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic analyzer capable of suppressing the occurrence of dew condensation in a reagent cold storage and immediately draining the dew condensation water generated by introducing outside air.
- the present invention is an automatic analyzer including a reagent cold storage for storing a plurality of reagent containers while keeping them cold, and the reagent cold storage discharges condensed water generated inside the reagent cold storage. It has a drain and an outside air introduction path for guiding the air outside the reagent cooler to the inside.
- the outside air introduction path is provided along the bottom surface of the reagent cooler, and the outside air discharge port is the drain. It is characterized in that it is formed toward the upper opening.
- an automatic analyzer capable of suppressing the occurrence of dew condensation in the reagent cold storage and immediately draining the dew condensation water generated by introducing outside air.
- FIG. 1 A vertical cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the reagent cool box of FIG. 1 as viewed from the direction of arrow A.
- FIG. 2 is a horizontal cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration viewed from the direction of arrow B of the reagent cool box of FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a horizontal cross-sectional view schematically showing the state of dew condensation and the flow of dew condensation water in Example 1.
- the horizontal sectional view which shows the schematic structure of the reagent cooler which concerns on Example 2.
- FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the reagent cool box of FIG. 7 as viewed from the direction of arrow C.
- FIG. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional view schematically showing the state of dew condensation and the flow of dew condensation water in Example 3.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the overall configuration of the automatic analyzer of this embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the reagent cold storage of FIG. 1 as viewed from the direction of arrow A.
- FIG. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the reagent cool box of FIG. 2 as viewed from the direction of arrow B.
- the automatic analyzer 100 in this embodiment is an apparatus that reacts a sample and a reagent and measures the reacted reaction solution.
- the automatic analyzer 100 includes a reagent cooler 1, a reagent container 3, a sample dispensing nozzle 303, a reaction table 305, a reaction vessel transport mechanism 306, a sample dispensing chip / reaction vessel holding member 307, and a reagent disk. 2, a reagent dispensing nozzle 314, a processing unit 315, a detection unit 316, a rack transfer line 317, and a control device 319 are provided.
- the rack transport line 317 is a line for transporting a rack 301 on which a plurality of sample containers 302 containing a sample can be placed to a sample dispensing position or the like.
- the sample dispensing nozzle 303 is a nozzle for sucking the sample contained in the sample container 302 and discharging it to the reaction container 304.
- the reaction table 305 is a disk for carrying out the reaction between the sample and the reagent at a constant temperature, and the temperature is maintained at a predetermined temperature by a heater (not shown) to promote the reaction between the sample and the reagent.
- a plurality of reaction vessels 304 are held in the reaction table 305, and serve as a place for mixing and reacting a sample and a reagent.
- the reaction vessel transport mechanism 306 transports the reaction vessel 304.
- the sample dispensing tip / reaction vessel holding member 307 stores the disposable sample dispensing tip and the reaction vessel 304 used for sample dispensing.
- the reagent disk 2 is a disk for storing the reagent container 3, and is kept cold by the reagent cold storage 1 in order to stably store the reagent.
- the reagent container 3 can be accessed by a user or a reagent container transport mechanism (not shown) by opening the opening / closing lid 5 arranged on the lid 4. Further, a part of the lid 4 is provided with a reagent suction hole 6 which is a through hole for reagent suction.
- the reagent dispensing nozzle 314 is a nozzle for sucking the reagent stored in the reagent container 3 in the reagent disk 2 through the reagent suction hole 6 and discharging it to the reaction container 304.
- each reagent container 3 in this reagent disk 2 contains various assay reagents (first reagent) used for analysis of a sample.
- the processing unit 315 performs processing before the analysis of the sample by the detection unit 316.
- the detection unit 316 performs detection using the liquid in which the reaction has been completed in the reaction vessel 304.
- the control device 319 controls various operations of the above-mentioned members, and also performs arithmetic processing for obtaining the concentration of a predetermined component in the sample from the detection result performed by the detection unit 316.
- the control device 319 is provided with a temperature control unit 318 that executes temperature control of the reagent cold storage 1.
- the user Prior to the analysis, the user installs consumables such as the reagent container 3 and the sample dispensing chip and the reaction vessel 304 necessary for the analysis on the reagent disk 2 and the sample dispensing chip / reaction vessel holding member 307 in the analyzer. I will do it.
- consumables such as the reagent container 3 and the sample dispensing chip and the reaction vessel 304 necessary for the analysis on the reagent disk 2 and the sample dispensing chip / reaction vessel holding member 307 in the analyzer. I will do it.
- the user puts the rack 301 into the automatic analyzer with the sample such as blood or urine to be analyzed put in the sample container 302.
- the unused reaction vessel 304 and the sample dispensing chip are transported to the reaction table 305 and the sample dispensing chip mounting position by the reaction vessel transport mechanism 306 of the analyzer.
- the reagent dispensing nozzle 314 is attached so as to be able to rotate and move up and down, and after rotating and moving above the reagent suction hole 6 provided in the lid 4 of the reagent cold storage 1, it descends and sucks the reagent. It passes through the hole 6. After that, the tip of the reagent dispensing nozzle 314 that has passed through the reagent suction hole 6 is inserted into the reagent in the predetermined reagent container 3, and a predetermined amount of reagent is sucked. After that, the reagent dispensing nozzle 314 is raised and then rotationally moved above a predetermined position of the reaction table 305 to discharge the reagent into the reaction vessel 304 installed on the reaction table 305.
- the sample dispensing nozzle 303 attaches the sample dispensing chip, and the sample is dispensed from the sample container 302 to the reaction container 304.
- the reaction between the sample and the assay reagent begins.
- the reaction referred to here means, for example, binding a sample to a luminescent labeled substance by an antigen-antibody reaction using a luminescent labeled antibody that reacts only with a specific antigen of the sample as an assay reagent.
- the sample and the assay reagent are agitated by sucking and discharging the mixture of the sample and the assay reagent in the sample dispensing chip. After this operation is completed, the used sample dispensing tip is discarded in the sample dispensing tip disposal port 320.
- reaction vessel 304 placed on the reaction table 305 for a predetermined time is transferred to the processing unit 315 by the first transfer mechanism 308.
- magnetic separation and stirring of the sample are performed as pretreatment for detecting the sample.
- reaction vessel 304 is transferred to the reaction table 305 again by the first transfer mechanism 308.
- the reaction vessel 304 that has passed a predetermined time while being placed on the reaction table 305 is guided to the detection unit 316 by the second transfer mechanism 309.
- the detection unit 316 detects the signal from the reaction solution, notifies the user of the analysis result, and records it in the storage device.
- reaction vessel 304 is conveyed to the reaction vessel disposal port 321 by the second transfer mechanism 309 and the reaction vessel transfer mechanism 306, and is discarded.
- a reagent disk 2 is arranged inside the reagent cold storage 1 of the automatic analyzer 100, and a plurality of reagent containers 3 are installed in the reagent disk 2.
- the shape of the reagent cold storage 1 is arbitrary, but it is formed in a cylindrical shape so that the distances from the inner wall 7 of the reagent cold storage 1 on the same circle are even.
- the reagent disc 2 is formed so as to have a circular shape in a plan view, and the reagent container 3 is arranged so as to form a radial circle inside the cylindrical reagent cold storage 1. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, the rotation of the motor 8 provided outside the reagent cold storage 1 causes the reagent disk 2 to rotate inside the reagent cold storage 1.
- the predetermined reagent container 3 arranged on the reagent disk 2 is carried to just below the reagent suction hole 6, and in this state, the reagent dispensing nozzle 314 shown in FIG. 1 passes through the reagent suction hole 6.
- the reagent is aspirated from the reagent container 3.
- the reagent suction hole 6 is formed in the lid 4, and the outside air and the inside of the reagent cold storage 1 communicate with each other through the reagent suction hole 6.
- the lid 4 is formed with a reagent suction hole 6 through which the reagent dispensing nozzle 314 for sucking the reagent from the reagent container 3 can pass, and the inside and outside of the reagent cold storage 1 are the reagent suction holes. It communicates through 6.
- the reagent container 3 is basically kept cold by transferring the cold heat of the cooled inner wall 7 by convection or radiation through air.
- the cooling of the inner wall 7 is performed by directly cooling by the cooler 9 attached to the outside of the inner wall 7.
- a cooler 9 that absorbs heat from one side and dissipates heat from the other side by applying an electric current, such as a Pelche element, is used.
- the heat inside the reagent cool box 1 can be absorbed and dissipated to the outside of the reagent cool box 1.
- the heat dissipation side of the cooler 9 is an enlarged heat transfer surface by the heat sink 10.
- the heat sink 10 is air-cooled by forced convection by blowing air through the fan 11, and the heat is exhausted into the heat exhaust duct 12.
- the exhaust heat duct 12 is an air flow path leading to the outside of the automatic analyzer.
- the heat sink 10 and the fan 11 are not used, and for example, a water-cooled heat sink that transports heat by cooling water can be used.
- a plurality of coolers 9a to 9d are arranged in the circumferential direction on the lower side of the bottom surface of the inner wall 7.
- the cooler 9 exists only on the right side, but on the left side, the cooler 9 is provided for convenience in order to explain the structure of the drain 18 and the like for draining the condensed water generated inside the reagent cooler. It has been omitted.
- the pipe 15 is arranged so as to form an outside air introduction path connecting a portion drawn from the outside of the reagent cold storage 1 into the reagent cold storage 1 to the drain 18. Further, as shown in FIG.
- the pipe 15 is drawn into the reagent cooler 1 from a portion without the cooler 9 through the bottom surface of the inner wall 7, and is drawn above the cooler 9a among the plurality of coolers. It is arranged to go through.
- the pipe 15 when the pipe 15 is drawn into the reagent cold storage 1, it has an advantage that it is not necessary to provide another through hole in the inner wall 7 by passing through the inner diameter side of the drain 18.
- the temperatures of the plurality of coolers 9 are measured by temperature sensors 14 mounted in the vicinity of the respective coolers 9. Using the measured temperature, the temperature control unit 318 adjusts the temperature of each cooler 9 so that it becomes a preset temperature. At this time, the temperature of the cooler 9a closest to the pipe discharge port 15a is set lower than the temperatures of the other coolers 9b, 9c, and 9d.
- the temperature distribution of the reagent can be suppressed because the temperature of the inner wall 7 is uniform in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. Therefore, it is desirable to use a material having high thermal conductivity such as copper or aluminum as the material of the inner wall 7.
- the cooling of the inner wall 7 is not direct cooling by the cooler 9, but a cooling fluid path is formed inside the inner wall 7, and the inner wall 7 is cooled by the cooling water flowing inside the inner wall 7, and the air inside the reagent refrigerator 1 is cooled. It is also possible that the reagent container 3 is cooled. In this case, since the temperature distribution of the inner wall 7 depends on the temperature distribution of the cooling water, it is possible to use a material having a relatively low thermal conductivity such as stainless steel or resin.
- the temperature of the reagent cold storage 1 is measured by a temperature sensor 14 attached to the inside of the reagent cold storage 1 or the inner wall 7.
- the temperature of the cooler 9 is adjusted by the temperature control unit 318 using the measured temperature, and the reagent container 3 is kept cold at an appropriate temperature.
- the reagent cold storage 1 is insulated by a heat insulating material 13 attached to the outside thereof, and the heat inside the reagent cold storage is difficult to escape to the outside, so that the reagent container 3 can be efficiently kept cold.
- the heat insulating material 13 is made of a material having low thermal conductivity such as expanded polystyrene and expanded polyurethane.
- the outside air that has entered through the reagent suction hole 6 may condense on the reagent disk 2 or the reagent container 3. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the invasion of the outside air from the reagent dispensing hole by introducing the outside air into the reagent cold storage 1 and making the inside of the reagent cold storage 1 higher than the atmospheric pressure. Further, by lowering the temperature of the introduced outside air to be lower than the surface temperature of the reagent container 3 and the reagent disk 2, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of dew condensation on the reagent container 3 and the reagent disk 2.
- the air introduced into the reagent cold storage 1 is cooled on the pipe 15 and blown out from the pipe discharge port 15a. At that time, the dew condensation water generated in the pipe 15 is also drained from the pipe discharge port 15a.
- the pipe 15 is cooled by being directly attached to the inner wall 7.
- the pipe discharge port 15a forms the outside air discharge port as it is, but when another member such as a wind direction plate is connected to the tip of the pipe discharge port 15a, the tip of the member discharges the outside air. It will be the exit.
- the blower 16 used for blowing air can blow air in an environment where the pressure loss is high.
- a diaphragm pump, a centrifugal fan, a piezo fan, or the like can be used. Is. Further, it is desirable to provide a filter or the like before introducing the outside air in order to prevent dust and bacteria from entering the reagent cold storage 1.
- the amount of outside air introduced into the reagent cold storage 1 is equal to or greater than the amount of air that enters the reagent cold storage 1 through the reagent suction holes and leaks to the outside of the reagent cold storage 1.
- dew condensation water may be mixed in the reagent container and affect the analysis performance, so it is necessary to suppress it. Further, the dew condensation generated on the wall surface of the reagent cold storage 1 adheres to the surface of the inner wall 7 for a long period of time, which causes the dew condensation water to deteriorate.
- the reagent cold storage 1 has a structure in which the reagent dispensing nozzle is intermittently accessed through the reagent suction hole 6, and outside air invades when the reagent container 3 is taken out and installed by opening the opening / closing lid 5. Although it is possible to suppress dew condensation inside the reagent cold storage 1, it is difficult to completely eliminate it. That is, it is desirable to prevent the occurrence of dew condensation on the reagent container 3 and the reagent disc 2, and then immediately drain the dew condensation water generated in the reagent cold storage 1 and the pipe 15 without staying in the reagent cold storage 1.
- the pipe discharge port 15a is arranged in the vicinity of the upper opening 18a of the drain 18, the bottom surface of the inner wall 7 of the reagent cold storage 1 is arranged so as to be inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal direction, and the drain 18 is inclined. It is arranged on the lower side in the vertical direction of the bottom surface of the inner wall 7 of the reagent cold storage 1.
- the pipe 15 penetrates the heat insulating material and the inner wall 7 of the reagent cold storage 1, is introduced into the reagent cold storage 1 from the outside of the reagent cold storage 1, and is piped along the bottom surface of the inner wall 7 of the reagent cold storage 1.
- the pipe discharge port 15a located at the tip of the pipe 15 is formed toward the upper opening 18a of the drain 18. Further, the vertical projection of the pipe discharge port 15a may be arranged so as to exist within the range of the upper opening 18a of the drain 18.
- the cross-sectional shape of the pipe 15 can be deformed, for example, a rectangular shape, a circular shape, or a trapezoidal shape.
- the pipe 15 and the pipe discharge port 15a do not have to be one, for example, when there are two pipes 15 and two pipe discharge ports 15a each, or even if there are two pipe discharge ports 15a for one pipe 15. good.
- the material of the pipe is a material having high thermal conductivity represented by copper or aluminum, for example, so that it can be easily cooled directly by the cooler via the inner wall 7.
- the bottom surface of the inner wall 7 is arranged so that the inner wall 7 is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane, or only the bottom surface of the inner wall 7 is arranged so as to be inclined with respect to the water surface.
- the bottom surface of the inner wall 7 is inclined so that only one point of the upper opening 18a of the drain 18 is the lowermost point.
- the bottom surface of the inner wall 7 is inclined with respect to the horizontal direction, whereas the rotation axis of the reagent disk is vertical. As a result, it is not necessary to tilt the reagent container 3 and the reagent dispensing nozzle.
- the bottom surface of the inner wall 7 There are no restrictions on the shape of the bottom surface of the inner wall 7, and a groove or protrusion shape may exist. However, it is desirable that the grooved or protruding surface is inclined with respect to the horizontal direction and the installation direction of the drain 18.
- the upper end side of the drain 18 and the portion connected to the bottom surface of the inner wall 7 has an upper opening 18a having a hole diameter larger than the hole diameter of the main body of the drain 18. Then, an inclined surface is formed from the upper opening 18a so that the hole diameter gradually decreases, and is connected to the drain 18 main body. Therefore, the condensed water on the bottom surface of the inner wall 7 and in the vicinity of the drain 18 is easily guided to the drain 18.
- the outside air introduced from the blower 16 is cooled when passing through the pipe 15. Since the pipe 15 is attached along the bottom surface of the reagent cold storage 1, it is possible to cool the outside air to a temperature close to the temperature of the reagent cold storage 1. At this time, when the outside air is hot and humid, the outside air is cooled to become below the dew point, and dew condensation occurs in the pipe 15. The generated dew condensation water is pushed out by the blower 16 and drained from the pipe discharge port 15a together with the cooled outside air. Since the pipe discharge port 15a is formed toward the upper opening 18a of the drain 18, the drained water flows into the upper opening 18a of the drain 18 and is immediately drained without flowing through the bottom surface of the other inner wall 7. Will be done.
- the surface of the portion where the temperature is lower than the outside air discharged into the reagent cold storage 1 and the outside air invading when the opening / closing lid is opened / closed due to the replacement of the reagent container 3 become the dew point or less. Condensation occurs. This dew condensation is guided to the upper opening 18a of the drain 18 by the inclination of the bottom surface of the inner wall 7 of the reagent cold storage 1. Here, the condensed water is drained so as to collect at one point of the upper opening 18a of the drain 18 which is the lowermost part of the bottom surface of the inner wall 7. Therefore, when the reagent cooler is viewed from above, a certain amount of condensed water is not stored on the ring due to surface tension as compared with the reagent cooler whose lowermost portion in the vertical direction is annular.
- the pipe 15 is provided in contact with or close to the bottom surface of the inner wall 7, the dew condensation water on the outer peripheral side of the pipe 15 and on the bottom surface of the inner wall 7 is formed between the pipe 15 and the bottom surface of the inner wall 7. It is attracted to the outer peripheral surface of the pipe 15 by the capillary force due to the gap. The condensed water sucked in this way is guided to the upper opening 18a of the drain 18 along the outer circumference of the pipe 15.
- the dew condensation water does not stay on the bottom surface of the reagent cold storage, and the generated dew condensation is always drained to the drain 18, so that the inside of the reagent cold storage 1 can be kept hygienic.
- the temperature of the cooler 9a located below the portion where the pipe 15 is laid out among the plurality of coolers 9 is set lower than that of the other coolers 9b to 9d. The effect of this will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.
- FIG. 4 is a horizontal cross-sectional view schematically showing a dew condensation state when the temperatures of the coolers 9a to 9b are constant as a comparative example.
- FIG. 5 is a horizontal cross-sectional view schematically showing a dew condensation state when the temperature of the cooler 9a is lower than that of the other coolers 9b to 9d as in the present embodiment.
- the dew condensation generated in the pipe 15 directly flows into the upper opening 18a of the drain 18 located near the pipe discharge port 15a and is drained.
- the temperature of the coolers 9b and 9c is lower than the outside air discharged from the pipe discharge port 15a, dew condensation occurs on the upper parts of the coolers 9b and 9c.
- the bottom surface of the inner wall 7 is inclined with the upper opening 18a of the drain 18 as the lowermost part, the dew condensation generated at the upper parts of the coolers 9b and 9c is drained so as to collect at one point of the upper opening 18a. ..
- the temperature of the discharged outside air is lower than the surface temperature of the inner wall 7 on the coolers 9b, 9c, 9d and is unlikely to be below the dew point. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the coolers 9b, 9c, 9d Condensation on the top can be suppressed. As a result, the range of dew condensation can be narrowed around the upper opening 18a of the cooler 9a and the drain 18, and it is easy to keep many areas in the reagent cooler 1 more hygienic.
- a plurality of coolers are provided, but one cooler may be provided only in the portion where the pipe 15 is laid.
- FIG. 6 is a horizontal cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the reagent cool box according to the second embodiment.
- the path of the pipe 15 is arranged so as to surround the central axis of rotation of the reagent disk. Therefore, the pipe 15 of this embodiment passes above all the coolers 9a to 9d.
- the temperature of the cooler 9a located below the path of the pipe 15 closest to the pipe discharge port 15a, that is, the path of the pipe 15 on the most downstream side is the temperature of the cooler 9a located below the path on the upstream side of the pipe 15. That is, it is set lower than that of the coolers 8b to 9d.
- FIG. 7 is a horizontal cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the reagent cool box according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the reagent cool box of FIG. 7 as viewed from the direction of arrow C.
- the pipe discharge port 15a is located in the vicinity of the cooler 9, and the inner wall 7 forms a flow path connecting the pipe discharge port 15a to the upper opening 18a of the drain 18.
- an outside air discharge port is formed by the cover opening end 21a and the bottom surface of the inner wall 7.
- the outside air introduction path is formed by the pipe 15 on the upstream side, and is formed by the cover 21 and the bottom surface of the inner wall 7 on the downstream side.
- a drainage groove 20 that is lower than the bottom surface of the other inner wall 7 is provided on the bottom surface of the inner wall 7 where the cover 21 is provided.
- the drainage ditch 20 is inclined so that the upper opening 18a of the drain 18 is at the bottom.
- the shape of the drainage ditch 20 is not limited as long as the upper opening 18a is inclined so as to be the lowermost portion.
- the drainage ditch 20 and the cover 21 may be used to form a labyrinth-shaped flow path so that the contact length between the outside air and the inner wall 7 becomes long.
- FIG. 9 is a horizontal cross-sectional view schematically showing a dew condensation state in this embodiment.
- the outside air introduced from the pipe 15 enters the cover 21 from the pipe discharge port 15a, passes through the outside air introduction path formed by the gap between the drainage groove 20 and the cover 21, and is transmitted from the outside air discharge port at the tip of the cover 21. It is discharged into the reagent cold storage 1 toward the upper opening 18a.
- the generated dew condensation water is drained to the upper opening 18a of the drain 18 via the drainage ditch 20.
- the distance between the surface of the drainage groove 20 and the cooler 9a in the thickness direction is narrower than that of the other cooler 9b, 9c, 9d installation portions, the distance above the drainage groove 20 above the cooler 9a The surface temperature of is lower than that of the coolers 9b, 9c, 9d.
- the temperature of the outside air discharged from the vicinity of the drain 18 to the reagent refrigerator 1 is cooled by the surface temperature of the inner wall 7 on the coolers 9b, 9c, 9d. It is possible to suppress the occurrence of dew condensation inside the refrigerator 1. Further, at the upper part of the cooler 9a where the temperature is the lowest and dew condensation is likely to occur, the contact area with the bottom surface of the inner wall 7 is expanded and the cooling efficiency of the outside air is increased. Condensation can be suppressed in other places.
- the same effect can be obtained by lowering the temperature of the cooler 9a as compared with the other coolers 9b, 9c, 9d.
- the present invention is not limited to the above examples, and includes various modifications. It is also possible to replace a part of the configuration of one embodiment with the configuration of another embodiment, and it is also possible to add the configuration of another embodiment to the configuration of one embodiment. It is also possible to add / delete / replace a part of the configuration of each embodiment with another configuration.
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これらの問題に対して、特許文献1には、冷却した空気を直接試薬保冷庫の内部に導入することで、試薬保冷庫内を大気圧以上にすることにより、試薬吸引用孔から冷気が噴き出し、この試薬吸引用孔から外気が流入することを防いで試薬保冷庫内での結露発生を抑制する自動分析装置が提案されている。
本実施例の自動分析装置について、図1乃至図5を用いて説明する。まず、図1乃至図3を用いて、本実施例に係る自動分析装置の全体構成について概略を説明する。図1は、本実施例の自動分析装置の全体構成を示す平面図である。図2は、図1の試薬保冷庫を矢印A方向より眺めた概略構成を示す鉛直断面図である。図3は、図2の試薬保冷庫の矢印B方向より眺めた概略構成を示す水平断面図である。
実施例2について、図6を参照して説明する。図6は、実施例2に係る試薬保冷庫の概略構成を示す水平断面図である。
図7は、実施例3に係る試薬保冷庫の概略構成を示す水平断面図である。また、図8は、図7の試薬保冷庫の矢印C方向から眺めた概略構成を示す鉛直断面図である。
Claims (7)
- 複数の試薬容器を保冷しながら格納する試薬保冷庫を備える自動分析装置において、前記試薬保冷庫は、前記試薬保冷庫内部に発生した結露水を排出するドレインと、前記試薬保冷庫外部の空気を内部に導く外気導入路と、を有し、前記外気導入路は、前記試薬保冷庫の底面に沿って設けられ、その外気吐出口が、前記ドレインの上方開口部に向かって形成されている、自動分析装置。
- 複数の試薬容器を保冷しながら格納する試薬保冷庫を備える自動分析装置において、前記試薬保冷庫は、前記試薬保冷庫内部に発生した結露水を排出するドレインと、前記試薬保冷庫外部の空気を内部に導く外気導入路と、を有し、前記外気導入路は、前記試薬保冷庫の底面に沿って設けられ、その外気吐出口の鉛直投影が、前記ドレインの上方開口部の範囲内にある、自動分析装置。
- 複数の試薬容器を保冷しながら格納する試薬保冷庫を備える自動分析装置において、前記試薬保冷庫は、前記試薬保冷庫内部に発生した結露水を排出するドレインと、前記試薬保冷庫外部の空気を内部に導く外気導入路と、を有し、前記試薬保冷庫の内壁壁面は傾斜しており、前記ドレインの上方開口部が、前記試薬保冷庫の内壁底面の最下部に位置する、自動分析装置。
- 複数の試薬容器を保冷しながら格納する試薬保冷庫を備える自動分析装置において、前記試薬保冷庫は、前記試薬保冷庫内部に発生した結露水を排出するドレインと、前記試薬保冷庫外部の空気を内部に導く外気導入路と、前記試薬保冷庫の内壁底面の下方に設けられた複数の冷却器と、を有し、最下流側の前記外気導入路の下方に位置する前記冷却器が、他の前記冷却器よりも低い温度に設定される、自動分析装置。
- 請求項1乃至4のいずれかに記載の自動分析装置において、前記外気導入路は、前記ドレインの内径側に位置する、自動分析装置。
- 請求項1乃至4のいずれかに記載の自動分析装置において、前記外気導入路は、上流側が、前記試薬保冷庫の外部から内部へ導くパイプで形成され、下流側が、前記試薬保冷庫の内壁底面と、その上方に設けられたカバーと、で形成され、前記外気吐出口は、前記カバーの開口端に形成される、自動分析装置。
- 請求項6に記載の自動分析装置において、前記カバーの下方に位置する前記内壁底面には、他の前記内壁底面よりも低くなる排水溝が設けられている、自動分析装置。
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