SPECIMEN INSPECTION AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND SPECIMEN CHECK MODULE

摘要

The present invention comprises a pair of left and right gripping arms (36) that grips a test tube (33) by opening/closing in the left and right directions relative to an electrostatic capacitance sensor (34). The pair of left and right gripping arms contacts the test tube (33) at a position (36a) where the gripping arms are further to a front face side with respect to the electrostatic capacitance sensor (34) than a line (66) that passes through the center of the test tube (33) to be gripped and where the gripping arms do not protrude further toward the electrostatic capacitance sensor (34) side than an end face (64) of the test tube (33). The pair of left and right gripping arms is capable of securing the test tube by making the end face (64) of the test tube (33) protrude toward the electrostatic capacitance sensor (34) from an end face (65) of the gripping arms (36). The test tube (33) is raised up from a holder (22) by the gripping arms (36) when scanning a liquid level (56) and a blood clot interface (57) by the electrostatic capacitance sensor.