SPECIMEN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

摘要

A specimen transportation system is configured from linear modules, turn modules, and connection modules, wherein adjacent modules are connected to one another, and the modules form multiple paths through which specimen racks outputted from one specimen output device are transported to multiple analysis devices. Each path is associated with a node signal indicating whether said path can be used for transportation, and a node signal sequence comprising multiple node signals of the paths is configured. In the specimen transportation system, the node signal sequence is transferred from the downstream side to the upstream side, and problems such as the detention of a specimen rank in the specimen transportation system are dealt with by using said node signal sequence.

主权项

1. A specimen transport system comprising a plurality of modules, wherein
a plurality of paths for transporting a specimen from upstream to downstream are formed by the plurality of modules, for each of the paths, a node signal indicating possibility/impossibility of transport in the path is correlated, and a node signal array made of a plurality of the node signals for the plurality of paths is formed, the plurality of modules include an intermediate module placed partway on each path, and the intermediate module has: a function to transport a specimen which has been transported from the upstream side to the downstream side; a function to transmit the node signal array acquired from the downstream side to the upstream side; and a function to change, when the intermediate module becomes unable to transport, a node signal of a path including the intermediate module in the node signal array to be transmitted to transport impossible.