| 摘要 |
The present invention is principally characterized to include a management section (100) which holds information on the status of a sample transport system as a whole as well as sample information in order to transport and control a plurality of carriers as a consecutive group and which generates group information on a group of carriers to be handled simultaneously based on sample attributes and request information; and units (1, 2, 3) made up of a conveyer line (11), a connecting line (12), and a processing section (15) to control received carriers at a converging point (13) based on the group information, so as to permit group management control of the carriers. In this manner, the sample transport system processes as a single batch a plurality of samples collected for the same processing purpose. This constitutes a mechanism capable of transporting the multiple samples as a connected group under a group management control scheme without recourse to carriers each capable of carrying a plurality of containers. Simultaneously processing a plurality of samples allows the system to improve processing efficiency. The system further suppresses the rate of line occupancy under group management control, thus ensuring the above-mentioned processing efficiency and reducing processing time. |
