Method for Automatic Determination of Sample

Abstract

A method of determining a kind of a sample, in a method for analyzing a substance by the steps of supplying the sample to be analyzed to a reaction system by a supplying means comprising a transparent region composed of a transparent material, reacting a reagent for detecting the substance with the sample in the reaction system, and analyzing a signal derived from a product obtained by the reaction, characterized by irradiating the transparent region with light in the supplying step, and analyzing an optical intensity of the light.

1 . A method of determining a kind of a sample, in a method for analyzing a substance by the steps of supplying the sample to be analyzed to a reaction system by a supplying means comprising a transparent region composed of a transparent material, reacting a reagent for detecting the substance with the sample in the reaction system, and analyzing a signal derived from a product obtained by the reaction, characterized by irradiating the transparent region with light in the supplying step, and analyzing an optical intensity of the light. 
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the supplying means is a dispensing means in which a pipette tip can be mounted and liquid can be aspirated and poured out by means of the tip. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the supplying means is a tube or a channel. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the sample is whole blood, a serum, or plasma. 
     
     
         5 . An apparatus for analyzing a substance by the steps of supplying a sample to be analyzed to a reaction system by a supplying means, reacting a reagent for detecting the substance with the sample in the reaction system, and analyzing a signal derived from a product obtained by the reaction, characterized by comprising
 (a) a supplying means comprising a transparent region composed of a transparent material;   (b) an irradiating means capable of irradiating the transparent region with light in the supplying step;   (c) an optically analyzing means capable of analyzing a change in an optical intensity of the light; and   (d) a means for determining a kind of the sample by the optical intensity.   
     
     
         6 . The apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein the supplying means is a dispensing means in which a pipette tip can be mounted and liquid can be aspirated and poured out by means of the tip. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein the supplying means is a tube or a channel. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein the sample is whole blood, a serum, or plasma. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the sample is whole blood, a serum, or plasma. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 3 , wherein the sample is whole blood, a serum, or plasma. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein the sample is whole blood, a serum, or plasma. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein the sample is whole blood, a serum, or plasma.