Abstract: According to one embodiment, a measuring chip includes a chip body, an aspiration port, a plurality of terminals, and an attaching portion. The chip body accommodates a sample or a mixture liquid obtained by mixing a reagent that reacts with the sample or a diluent that dilutes the sample with the sample. The aspiration port is provided in the chip body and aspirate the sample or the mixture liquid. The plurality of terminals is provided in the chip body and measure a concentration of a target substance in the sample or the mixture liquid aspirated from the aspiration port. The attaching portion attaches the chip body to a transporter of an automatic analyzing apparatus.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sample preparation cartridge includes, in a container, a first capture unit which captures an inclusion, a second capture unit provided spaced apart from the first capture unit, which captures a contaminant, a first space provided on one surface side of the first capture unit, a second space provided on one surface side of the second capture unit, and an inflow channel on the other surface side of the second capture unit, the second space is provided in parallel with the first space, and the first space and the second space are communicated to a third space between the first capture unit and the second capture unit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an automatic analyzing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry carries out a calibration measurement to prepare a calibration curve for a test item, and then carries out an accuracy management measurement to calculate an accuracy of the prepared calibration curve, determines whether or not the calculated accuracy is within an acceptable range, specifies, if the calculated accuracy is within the acceptable range, an analyte for which the test item needs to be recomputed, and recomputes the test item of the specified analyte using the prepared calibration curve.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an automatic analyzer is configured to dispense a subject sample or a standard sample and a reagent into a reaction container and to subject a mixture liquid in the reaction container to measurement. The automatic analyzer includes control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to acquire, from a standard sample container containing the standard sample, standard sample information comprising at least one of item information, identification information for identification as a calibrator or an accuracy management sample, or concentration information. The control circuitry is configured to update, upon acquisition of the standard sample information, condition information on a condition of the standard sample.

Abstract: An analysis apparatus of embodiments includes a holder and processing circuitry, and the holder holds a blood sample collected from a subject. The processing circuitry measures at least one of the viscoelasticity or the viscosity of the held blood sample via a mediator in contact with the held blood sample.

Abstract: An automatic analyzer includes a transporter, a first dispensing probe, a second dispensing probe, a reagent dispenser, a first reaction container transporter, a fluid dispenser, and a second reaction container transporter. The reagent dispenser is configured to dispense the reagent into the first reaction container at a first dispensing position by the first dispensing probe. The first reaction container transporter is configured to move the first reaction container, from the first dispensing position to a sucking position by the transporter. The fluid dispenser is configured to dispense the fluid including the reagent from the first reaction container at the sucking position into the second reaction container at a second dispensing position by the second dispensing probe. The second reaction container transporter is configured to transport the second reaction container containing the fluid from the second dispensing position to the first dispensing position by the transporter.

Abstract: A reagent container according to an embodiment is used in an automatic analyzing system configured to measure a liquid mixture of a tested specimen and a reagent. The reagent container includes a case, a bag, and an outlet. The case is stored in a reagent storage. The bag is built in the case, is more flexible than the case, and is configured to contain the reagent. The reagent is taken out through the outlet.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an automatic analyzer includes a holding unit configured to hold a measurement sheet having a roll shape, the measurement sheet including a measurement section where a sample dispensed at a dispensing position is measured; a conveyance unit configured to convey the measurement sheet to the dispensing position and a measurement position where measurement is performed on the sample; and a measurement unit configured to move to the measurement position and measure a material property value of the sample.

Abstract: An automatic analyzing apparatus comprises a reaction disk on which a reaction tube is placed, a reaction tube transportation mechanism that transports the reaction tube, a controller that controls the reaction tube transportation mechanism to transport the reaction tube to at least one of a sample dispensing position and a reagent dispensing position, the sample dispensing position being a position where a sample is dispensed and the reagent dispensing position being a position where a reagent is dispensed, and transport to the reaction disk the reaction tube for which at least one of the sample and the reagent is dispensed.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an automatic analyzing apparatus includes a feeder and a mixer unit. The feeder is configured to feed a first liquid and a second liquid. The mixer unit includes an inflow part, an internal space, and an outflow part. The mixer unit is configured so that the first liquid and the second liquid fed from the feeder enter through the inflow part, the first liquid and the second liquid entering through the inflow part flow inside the internal space, and the first liquid and the second liquid flowing inside the internal space exit through the outflow part according to an inflow entering through the inflow part.

Abstract: An automatic analyzing device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a reagent cartridge and processing circuitry. The reagent cartridge includes a storing unit storing therein a reagent, a flow path for dispensing the reagent from the storing unit, and a dispensing mechanism configured to dispense the reagent into a reaction cuvette through the flow path. The processing circuitry is configured to control the dispensing mechanism so as to dispose of the reagent in the flow path.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a standard sample container includes a soft container, a discharging mechanism, and a chamber. The soft container is adapted to contain a standard sample for use in preparing a calibration curve or managing accuracy for an automatic analyzer. The discharging mechanism is adapted to discharge the standard sample present in the soft container into a reaction container via a dispensing nozzle. The chamber is adapted to accommodate the soft container.

Abstract: A reaction cuvette according to an embodiment is used for measurement performed by an automatic analyzing device, and is a reaction cuvette that houses a mixed liquid of a reagent and a sample to be measured. The reaction cuvette includes a cuvette main body and an aspiration port. The aspiration port is disposed on the cuvette main body, and allows a fluid to flow into an inner part of the cuvette main body from a bottom surface side of the cuvette main body.

Abstract: An automatic analyzer disclosed herein includes a first calibration curve generator configured to generate a first calibration curve indicating a relationship between a concentration and an absorbance based on a result of an optical measurement of a reaction solution obtained by adding a reagent to a reference sample including a known concentration of an object to be detected; and a corrected calibration curve generator configured to generate, after the first calibration curve is generated, a corrected calibration curve based on a result of an optical measurement of a mixed reaction solution obtained by mixing the reagent and the reference sample or water, or an optical measurement of the reagent, and data relating to the first calibration curve.

Abstract: A reagent container according to an embodiment is used in an automatic analyzing system configured to measure a liquid mixture of a tested specimen and a reagent. The reagent container includes a case, a bag, and an outlet. The case is stored in a reagent storage. The bag is built in the case, is more flexible than the case, and is configured to contain the reagent. The reagent is taken out through the outlet.