| 摘要 |
<p>With an ordinary automatic analyzer for analyzing biological samples such as blood or urine, it takes a fairly long time from the time the power source of the analyzer is turned on until the analyzer reaches a state stable enough to start analyzing. Thus in order to deal with emergency analysis typically at night, the power source needs to be continuously turned on, which has incurred growing power consumption. Disclosed here is an automatic analyzer including power switches which, from among the components configuring the automatic analyzer, turn on and off the power source of the component serving as a heat source for raising the temperature inside the analyzer and the power source of the component as a cold source for lowering the temperature inside the analyzer; a selection means which selects any of a plurality of startup modes each corresponding to a temperature rise speed inside the analyzer following an analyzer startup; and a control mechanism which, in accordance with the startup mode selected by the selection means, controls the on/off operations of the power switch coupled to each of the components.</p> |
