WO2022255042A1 - 自動分析装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to automated analyzers.
- Automatic analyzers perform qualitative and quantitative analysis of specific components contained in biological samples such as blood and urine.
- the sample is dispensed from the sample container to the reaction container by the dispensing probe
- the reagent is dispensed from the reagent container to the reaction container by the dispensing probe
- the concentration of the target item is calculated from information such as absorbance and luminescence obtained from the reaction solution.
- the amount of cleaning liquid will change. If the amount of washing liquid is small, for example, the probe cannot be sufficiently washed, and carryover or the like may occur. On the other hand, when the amount of cleaning liquid is large, for example, water droplets may remain on the tip of the probe. In order to cope with such changes in the amount of cleaning liquid, maintenance is generally performed by the operator periodically to adjust the amount of cleaning liquid. was doing
- Patent Document 1 is known as a technique for checking the amount of cleaning liquid.
- This patent document 1 discloses that "determining the discharge state of the cleaning liquid flow using the liquid level detection function of the nozzle and the pressure fluctuation detection function in the nozzle pipe" (summary).
- an object of the present invention to provide an automatic analyzer that increases the accuracy of adjusting the amount of cleaning liquid by detecting changes in the amount of cleaning water with high sensitivity.
- the automatic analyzer of the present invention includes a dispensing mechanism including a dispensing probe for dispensing a sample or a reagent into a reaction container, a cleaning nozzle for discharging a cleaning solution to the dispensing probe, and the a control unit for controlling a dispensing mechanism, detecting the height of the cleaning liquid discharged from the cleaning nozzle at a plurality of positions with different horizontal distances from the cleaning nozzle, and determining the discharge state of the cleaning liquid. At least one of said plurality of positions is further from said washing nozzle than a washing position of said dispensing probe.
- an automatic analyzer with improved accuracy in adjusting the amount of cleaning liquid by detecting changes in the amount of cleaning water with high sensitivity.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of a sample dispensing mechanism according to Example 1.
- FIG. 10A is a diagram showing an example of the lowered position of the sample pipetting probe, where (a) is a state in which the height of the washing liquid is detected at the first height detection position, and (b) is at the second height detection position.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state in which the height of cleaning liquid is being detected;
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a control block for probe cleaning and probe cleaning fluid volume adjustment; 4 is a flow chart showing a cleaning liquid ejection state determination and adjustment method in Example 1.
- FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a cleaning liquid height detection position in Example 2;
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of the automatic analyzer of this embodiment.
- the automatic analysis device 100 is a device for measuring the reaction liquid chemically reacted in the reaction vessel 102 and analyzing the components.
- This automatic analyzer 100 has, as main components, a reaction disk 101, a cleaning mechanism 103, a spectrophotometer 104, a stirring mechanism 105, a cleaning tank 106, a first reagent dispensing mechanism 107, a second reagent dispensing mechanism 107a, a cleaning It has a tank 108 , a reagent disk 109 , a first sample dispensing mechanism 111 , a second sample dispensing mechanism 111 a , a cleaning tank 113 , a sample conveying mechanism 117 and a controller 118 . Also, the first reagent dispensing mechanism 107, the second reagent dispensing mechanism 107a, the first sample dispensing mechanism 111, and the second sample dispensing mechanism 111a have a liquid level detection function.
- Reaction containers 102 are arranged in a circle on the reaction disk 101 .
- a plurality of reaction vessels 102 are arranged on the reaction disk 101 to contain a mixture of a sample and a reagent.
- a sample transport mechanism 117 that transports a sample rack 116 carrying a sample container 115 is arranged near the reaction disk 101 .
- a first sample pipetting mechanism 111 and a second sample pipetting mechanism 111a which are rotatable and vertically movable are arranged between the reaction disk 101 and the sample transport mechanism 117, each having a sample pipetting probe 111b.
- a sample syringe 122 is connected to each of the sample dispensing probes 111b.
- the sample pipetting probe 111b moves horizontally while drawing an arc around the rotating shaft, and moves up and down to pipette the sample from the sample container 115 to the reaction container 102.
- the reagent disk 109 is a storage box in which a plurality of reagent bottles 110 containing reagents, detergent bottles 112, etc. can be placed on the circumference.
- the reagent disk 109 is kept cool.
- a first reagent dispensing mechanism 107 and a second reagent dispensing mechanism 107a capable of rotating and moving up and down are installed, each equipped with a reagent dispensing probe 120. .
- the reagent-dispensing probe 120 is vertically and horizontally moved by the first reagent-dispensing mechanism 107 or the second reagent-dispensing mechanism 107a.
- a reagent syringe 121 is connected to each of the reagent dispensing probes 120 . With this reagent syringe 121 , reagents, detergents, diluents, pretreatment reagents, etc. sucked from the reagent bottle 110 , the detergent bottle 112 , the diluent bottle, the pretreatment reagent bottle, etc. via the reagent dispensing probe 120 are reacted. Dispense into container 102 .
- a cleaning mechanism 103 for cleaning the inside of the reaction container 102
- a spectrophotometer 104 for measuring the absorbance of light that has passed through the mixed liquid in the reaction container 102, and a sample dispensed into the reaction container 102.
- a stirring mechanism 105 or the like is arranged for mixing the reagent with the reagent.
- washing tank 108 for the reagent dispensing probe 120 is located above the operating range of the first reagent dispensing mechanism 107 and the second reagent dispensing mechanism 107a.
- a washing tank 113 for the sample pipetting probe 111b and a washing tank 106 for the stirring mechanism 105 are disposed on the operating range of the stirring mechanism 105, respectively.
- the controller 118 which is a control unit, is composed of a computer or the like, controls the operation of each mechanism described above in the automatic analyzer, and performs arithmetic processing to determine the concentration of a predetermined component in a liquid sample such as blood or urine. .
- the analysis processing of the test sample by the automatic analyzer 100 as described above is executed in the following order.
- the sample in the sample container 115 placed on the sample rack 116 transported near the reaction disk 101 by the sample transport mechanism 117 is transferred to the sample of the first sample pipetting mechanism 111 and the second sample pipetting mechanism 111a.
- the reagent used for analysis is dispensed from the reagent bottle 110 on the reagent disk 109 to the reaction container 102 into which the sample was previously dispensed by the first reagent dispensing mechanism 107 or the second reagent dispensing mechanism 107a. note.
- the mixture of the sample and the reagent in the reaction container 102 is stirred by the stirring mechanism 105 .
- the light generated from the light source is transmitted through the reaction container 102 containing the mixed liquid, and the luminous intensity of the transmitted light is measured by the spectrophotometer 104 .
- the light intensity measured by spectrophotometer 104 is sent to controller 118 via an A/D converter and interface. Then, the controller 118 performs calculations to determine the concentration of a predetermined component in a liquid sample such as blood or urine, and displays the result on a display unit (not shown) or the like.
- An automatic analyzer that determines the concentration of a predetermined component using the spectrophotometer 104 will be described as an example. It may be used in an analyzer or an automatic coagulation analyzer.
- the sample pipetting mechanism includes a sample pipetting arm 111c having a sample pipetting probe 111b at its tip, a horizontal movement mechanism 111d for moving the sample pipetting arm 111c in the horizontal direction (x direction), It is composed of a vertical movement mechanism 111e that moves the sample dispensing arm 111c in the vertical direction (z direction) and a rotational movement mechanism (not shown) that rotates the sample dispensing arm 111c.
- the sample dispensing mechanism moves the sample dispensing probe 111b to an aspiration position for aspirating the sample from the sample container 115, a discharge position for discharging the aspirated sample to the reaction container 102, and a sample dispensing in the washing tank 113.
- the tip of the probe 111b is moved to a cleaning position for cleaning.
- the sample pipetting mechanism lowers the sample pipetting probe 111b according to the heights of the sample container 115, the reaction container 102 and the washing tank 113 at the suction position, the discharge position and the washing position.
- cleaning of the sample pipetting probe 111b will be described as an example, but the same can be applied to reagent pipetting probes. It can also be applied to a device that dispenses a sample and a reagent with a single probe.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the washing liquid amount adjusting means of the sample dispensing probe 111b.
- the cleaning liquid amount adjusting means includes a cleaning liquid supply pump 208 that supplies cleaning liquid from a pure water facility (not shown), an adjustment valve 215 that can change its open/closed state by a control current, and A solenoid valve 216 that turns ON/OFF the liquid, a control valve 217 that can adjust the flow rate by an opening/closing operation (manually turning the screw of the valve), a cleaning nozzle 202 that discharges the cleaning liquid, and the cleaning liquid discharged from the cleaning tank 113. It is composed of a waste liquid tank 219 for storing waste liquid and a channel 218 connecting each part.
- a liquid level detector 210 (for example, a capacitance sensor) is mounted in the sample pipetting arm 111c of the sample pipetting mechanism.
- the cleaning liquid sent from the cleaning liquid supply pump 208 is discharged from the cleaning nozzle 202 by opening the electromagnetic valve 216, and the liquid flow from the cleaning nozzle 202 is applied to the outer surface of the sample pipetting probe 111b. By contacting with , the dirt attached to the outer surface of the sample pipetting probe 111b is removed.
- This embodiment shows an example in which one adjustment valve 215 adjusts the amount of cleaning liquid from one cleaning nozzle 202, but one adjustment valve 215 can also adjust the amount of cleaning liquid for two or more cleaning nozzles.
- one adjustment valve 215 can also adjust the amount of cleaning liquid for two or more cleaning nozzles.
- either the flow path configuration from the cleaning liquid supply pump 208 to the cleaning nozzles should be the same, or each flow path may be provided with an adjustment valve so that the It is desirable to adjust in advance so that the amount of liquid to be ejected is approximately the same.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the lowered position of the sample dispensing probe 111b in Example 1.
- FIG. FIG. 4(a) shows a state in which the sample dispensing probe 111b is lowered at the first height detection position 301 on the upstream side of the cleaning liquid flow (position close to the cleaning nozzle) to detect the cleaning liquid
- FIG. 4(b) shows the cleaning liquid flow.
- the sample dispensing probe 111b is lowered at the second height detection position 302 on the downstream side of (a position far from the washing nozzle) to detect the washing liquid.
- the control unit when judging the ejection state of the cleaning liquid, the control unit first lowers the sample dispensing probe 111b to the first height detection position 301 to detect the height of the cleaning liquid flow 300.
- the control unit After moving the horizontal position of the sample pipetting probe 111b to the second height detection position 302, the control unit lowers the sample pipetting probe 111b to detect the height of the cleaning liquid flow 300.
- the controller determines the discharge state of the cleaning liquid.
- the washing liquid flow 300 obliquely discharged from the washing nozzle 202 has a small change in the upper end position on the upstream side close to the washing nozzle 202, and the difference between the normal discharge state and the discharge state when the liquid amount is low is small.
- the change in the upper end position of the cleaning liquid flow 300 is large due to the influence of gravity, and the difference between the normal ejection state and the ejection state when the liquid amount is low becomes large. Therefore, in the present embodiment, at least one of the height detection positions, specifically the second height detection position, is located downstream (far from the washing nozzle 202) of the washing position of the sample dispensing probe 111b. . This makes it possible to easily detect changes in the amount of cleaning liquid and to increase the detection sensitivity, so that the discharge state of the cleaning liquid can be accurately determined.
- the positional relationship between the cleaning nozzle 202 and the sample dispensing probe 111b will change during maintenance. If it is, there is a possibility that it will be misjudged. For example, when the sample pipetting probe 111b, the electromagnetic valve 216, or the like is replaced, or the cleaning tank 113 is removed, the detection height at the second height detection position 302 may change even if the amount of cleaning liquid itself does not decrease. may decline.
- the control unit of the present embodiment uses the height of the cleaning liquid flow 300 at the first height position on the upstream side to determine the ejection state of the cleaning liquid, thereby suppressing erroneous determination. Specifically, the control unit detects the upper end position (height Z1) of the cleaning liquid flow 300 detected at the first height detection position 301 and the upper end position (height Z1) of the cleaning liquid flow 300 detected at the second height detection position 302. Z2) and the difference (Z1-Z2) is calculated, and if this difference is equal to or greater than the reference value, it is determined that the amount of cleaning liquid has decreased.
- the reference value is as follows ( It can be expressed by the formula 1).
- Equation 1 indicates the decrease in the cleaning liquid height detected at the second height detection position 302 when the flow velocity of the cleaning liquid flow 300 decreases by 30%. This is because if the flow rate decreases by 30%, the cleaning effect of the dispensing probe cannot be guaranteed, and carryover may occur.
- the horizontal distance x' is determined so as to satisfy the following (Equation 2), where F is the error caused by the fluctuation of the liquid flow, the detection error of the liquid level, the difference in the liquid properties, etc., and the safety factor is S. Then, it is possible to reliably determine the ejection state.
- the liquid level detection signal may be time-averaged.
- the method of determining the horizontal distance x' is not limited to this. For example, according to experiments by the inventors, it was found that a certain accuracy can be obtained if the horizontal distance x' is 1 mm or more, so it may be set to a predetermined value of 1 mm or more (for example, 2 mm).
- the first height detection position 301 is matched with the washing position of the sample dispensing probe 111b. Therefore, there is no need to separately provide a data table regarding the movement sequence of the sample pipetting probe 111b to the first height detection position 301, and there is no need to separately adjust the position of the first height detection position.
- the cleaning position can be used), so workability is greatly improved.
- the downstream of the cleaning liquid flow 300 tends to cause the shape of the liquid flow to become unstable, and splashing (scattering) is likely to occur. Therefore, the drop distance (detection distance) of the sample dispensing probe 111b may vary greatly. Therefore, the controller in this embodiment lowers the speed of lowering the sample pipetting probe 111b when judging the ejection state of the cleaning liquid than the speed of lowering the sample pipetting probe 111b during cleaning. In this way, by making the lowering speed of the sample pipetting probe 111b slower than that during cleaning, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the liquid level detector 210 erroneously detects the contact detection signal with the cleaning liquid, thereby suppressing variations in the detection position. be done. Note that the direction of the cleaning liquid discharged from the cleaning nozzle 202 does not necessarily have to be the same direction as in FIG. 4 because the liquid flow draws a parabola due to gravity even when the cleaning liquid is discharged obliquely from bottom to top.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a control block for probe cleaning and probe cleaning fluid volume adjustment.
- An automatic analyzer control unit 501 is a central processing unit for controlling the entire apparatus, and receives instructions such as inspection instructions from the user via a GUI 502 .
- the dispensing mechanism positions the dispensing probe according to instructions from the dispensing arm control means 503 to the dispensing arm horizontal movement means 504 and the dispensing arm vertical movement means 505 .
- cleaning processing is performed by moving the dispensing probe to the cleaning position according to instructions from the probe cleaning control means 506 .
- the dispensing probe is moved to the first height detection position 301 (which is the same as the cleaning position in this embodiment) and the second height detection position 301 according to instructions from the height detection/adjustment control means 507 .
- the cleaning liquid height detection processing is performed. Since it is necessary to perform high-speed processing during analysis, the speed of the dispensing arm vertical movement means 505 can be switched so that high-speed movement is performed during analysis and low-speed movement is performed during washing liquid discharge state determination/adjustment. Switching between analysis and determination/adjustment of cleaning liquid ejection state is performed by a normal cleaning mode/height detection/adjustment mode switching means 508 .
- the opening and closing of the electromagnetic valve 216 for discharging the cleaning liquid is performed by the electromagnetic valve control means 509, and the cleaning liquid is discharged at an arbitrary time during probe cleaning and determination/adjustment of the cleaning liquid discharge state.
- the dispensing probe descends at a lower speed than during cleaning, and the liquid level detector 210 detects contact with the cleaning liquid.
- the detection signal is stored in the liquid flow detection height table 511 via the cleaning liquid contact determination means 510 (the details of the processing will be described later) and the height detection/adjustment control means 507 .
- Information about the cleaning liquid height detected at the first height detection position 301 and the second height detection position 302 when the cleaning liquid of the reference water volume (reference flow velocity) is discharged is stored in the liquid flow detection height table in advance. It may be used for judging the liquid amount decrease when judging the cleaning liquid ejection state.
- the height detection/adjustment control means 507 determines whether the adjustment valve 215 needs to be controlled and the amount of control.
- the opening/closing state of the regulating valve 215 is controlled by changing the control output from the regulating valve control means 512 .
- the control output when controlling the regulating valve 215 and information on the liquid flow height measured at that time are managed in the regulating valve control table 513, and can be referred to when controlling the regulating valve 215 from the next time onward. , the amount of cleaning fluid can be adjusted to the target level with fewer operations.
- FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the operation of the cleaning liquid amount adjusting means when determining the ejection state of the cleaning liquid.
- the dispensing probe moves to the first height detection position 301 (step S601).
- the discharge of the cleaning liquid is started by the opening operation of the electromagnetic valve 216 .
- the dispensing probe is lowered (step S602).
- a sensor signal is taken in (step S603), and it is determined whether or not the signal value is equal to or greater than the liquid detection threshold (step S604).
- the descending speed of the dispensing probe is slower than the descending motion of the dispensing probe in the cleaning operation during analysis.
- step S605 the washing liquid flow detection height (Z1) is recorded in the liquid flow detection height table 511.
- step S606 the washing liquid flow detection height
- step S607 the same flow as the operation described above is next executed after the dispensing probe moves to the second height detection position 302 (step S607) (steps S608 to S612).
- the controller determines whether the difference between the cleaning liquid height Z1 detected at the first height detection position 301 and the cleaning liquid height Z2 detected at the second height detection position 302 is less than the reference value. (S613). If it is equal to or greater than the reference value, the control unit determines that adjustment (increase) of the liquid amount is necessary, and increases the degree of opening of the adjustment valve 215 (S614).
- the dispensing arm horizontal movement means does not have the degree of freedom in the X direction (radial direction), but has only the degree of freedom in the ⁇ direction (rotational direction).
- the dispensing arm horizontal movement means does not have the degree of freedom in the X direction (radial direction), but has only the degree of freedom in the ⁇ direction (rotational direction).
- an automatic analyzer equipped with such a sample dispensing mechanism it is possible to detect the height of the washing liquid at two positions with different horizontal distances from the washing nozzle.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the positional relationship between the cleaning nozzle and the dispensing probe from directly above.
- the horizontal length of the arm is L
- the vertical axis of rotation 703 (dispensing arm rotation central axis) is the center of the sample dispensing mechanism. Rotatable.
- a first height detection position 701 which is also the cleaning position of the dispensing probe, and the dispensing probe at a certain angle ( ⁇ 1 ), rotated second height sensing position 702 .
- the washing liquid can be detected at two locations, one close to the washing nozzle 202 and one far from the washing nozzle 202 .
- height can be detected. If the arm length L is sufficiently long, the arc trajectory of the dispensing probe can be approximated to a straight trajectory, so height detection can be performed at three or more positions.
- the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications are possible.
- the liquid flow height was detected by lowering the dispensing probe and bringing it into contact with the liquid surface. It is also possible to adopt a method of detecting the height of the liquid flow by Further, in Embodiments 1 and 2, the liquid level detector 210 was used to detect the amount of cleaning liquid, but the present invention is not limited to this as long as it can detect the presence or absence of the cleaning liquid. For example, it is possible to detect the washing liquid using a pressure sensor connected to the flow path of the dispensing probe. Furthermore, in Examples 1 and 2, the liquid level is detected multiple times at the same height detection position, the detection results are averaged, and outliers (among multiple data, the difference from the average value is the largest value) may be removed to improve the variation.
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- 試料または試薬を反応容器に分注する分注プローブを含む分注機構と、
前記分注プローブへ洗浄液を吐出する洗浄ノズルと、
前記分注機構を制御する制御部と、
を備え、
前記洗浄ノズルから吐出される前記洗浄液の高さを、前記洗浄ノズルからの水平方向距離が異なる複数の位置で検知し、前記洗浄液の吐出状態を判定するものであって、
前記複数の位置のうち少なくとも1つは、前記分注プローブの洗浄位置よりも前記洗浄ノズルから遠い自動分析装置。 - 請求項1に記載の自動分析装置において、
前記複数の位置のうち、前記洗浄ノズルに最も近い位置は、前記分注プローブの洗浄位置である自動分析装置。 - 請求項1に記載の自動分析装置において、
前記分注機構は、水平方向の移動が鉛直方向の回転軸を中心とした回転のみであって、
前記複数の位置は、2つの位置であり、
前記洗浄ノズルに近い方の位置は、前記分注プローブの洗浄位置であり、
前記洗浄ノズルから遠い方の位置は、前記分注プローブを、前記回転軸を中心として前記洗浄位置から一定角度回転させた位置である自動分析装置。 - 請求項1に記載の自動分析装置において、
前記複数の位置は、2つの位置であり、
互いの水平方向距離が1mm以上である自動分析装置。 - 請求項1に記載の自動分析装置において、
前記分注機構は、洗浄液検知手段を備え、
前記制御部は、前記洗浄液の吐出を開始した後に、前記分注プローブの下降を開始させ、
前記洗浄液検知手段が前記洗浄液を検知したときの高さにより、前記洗浄液の吐出状態を判定する自動分析装置。 - 請求項1に記載の自動分析装置において、
前記分注機構は、洗浄液検知手段を備え、
前記制御部は、前記複数の位置で、前記分注プローブを下降させていき、前記洗浄液検知手段が前記洗浄液を検知したときの高さに基づいて、前記洗浄液の吐出状態を判定するものであって、
前記洗浄液の吐出状態を判定する際に前記分注プローブが下降する速度は、
前記分注プローブを洗浄する際に前記分注プローブが下降する速度よりも遅い自動分析装置。
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