Sample measuring apparatus, reagent information displaying method and computer program product

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  "publication_number": "US2010114501A1",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "A1",
  "title": "Sample measuring apparatus, reagent information displaying method and computer program product",
  "abstract": "The present invention is to present a sample measuring apparatus, comprising: a reagent holder for holding plural kinds of reagents; a measurement unit for measuring a measurement sample, prepared from a sample and plural kinds of reagents held by the reagent holder, for a predetermined measurement item; a display; and a display controller for controlling the display so as to display a screen including a predetermined display area showing a measurable number of times indicating how many times the measuring unit is able to perform a measurement for the predetermined measurement item by using the plural kinds of reagents held by the reagent holder.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A sample measuring apparatus, comprising: a reagent holder for holding plural kinds of reagents; a measurement unit for measuring a measurement sample, prepared from a sample and plural kinds of reagents held by the reagent holder, for a predetermined measurement item; a display; and a display controller for controlling the display so as to display a screen including a predetermined display area showing a measurable number of times indicating how many times the measuring unit is able to perform a measurement for the predetermined measurement item by using the plural kinds of reagents held by the reagent holder. 2. The sample measuring apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a number obtainer for obtaining the measurable number of times. 3. The sample measuring apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a remaining amount information obtainer for obtaining remaining amount information related to remaining amount of each of the plural kinds of reagents used in the predetermined measurement item, wherein the number obtainer obtains the measurable number of times based on the remaining amount information of the plural kinds of reagents obtained by the remaining amount information obtainer. 4. The sample measuring apparatus of claim 3, wherein the number obtainer obtains, for every plural kinds of reagents used in the predetermined measurement item, a remaining number of tests indicating how many times the reagent can be used for the measurement of the predetermined measurement item, based on the remaining amount information of the plural kinds of reagents obtained by the remaining amount information obtainer, and obtains the measurable number of times based on a minimum remaining number of tests among the remaining number of tests of each of the plural kinds of reagents. 5. The sample measuring apparatus of claim 1, wherein a graph reflecting the measureable number of times is displayed together with the measurable number of times in the predetermined display area. 6. The sample measuring apparatus of claim 5, wherein the graph is displayed so as to be distinguishable from a graph reflecting a measurable number of times greater than a predetermined value, when the measurable number of times is smaller than or equal to the predetermined value. 7. The sample measuring apparatus of claim 5, wherein the graph is displayed so as to be distinguishable from a graph representing a definite measurable number of times, when the measurable number of times is indefinite. 8. The sample measuring apparatus of claim 1, wherein the measurement unit is configured to perform measurement of a measurement sample prepared from a sample and plural kinds of reagents held by the reagent holder for another measurement item different from the predetermined measurement item; and a measurable number of times of the another measurement item is further displayed in the predetermined display area. 9. The sample measuring apparatus of claim 8, wherein the screen further includes, a second display area for showing a plurality of reagent identification part for identifying positions of the plural kinds of reagents in the reagent holder, and a measurement item specification accepting part for accepting specification of one of the predetermined measurement item and the another measurement item; and wherein the display controller controls the display so as to display reagent identification parts corresponding to reagents used in the specified measurement item so as to be distinguishable from other reagent identification parts. 10. The sample measuring apparatus of claim 9, wherein the screen includes, in the predetermined display area, a first specification part for specifying the predetermined measurement item and a second specification part for specifying the another measurement item as the measurement item specification accepting part. 11. The sample measuring apparatus of claim 9, wherein each of the plurality of reagent identification parts includes a remaining amount information display area for displaying remaining amount information related to a remaining amount of a reagent; and the display controller controls the display so as to display, in each remaining amount information display area, the remaining amount information of each reagent held by the reagent holder. 12. The sample measuring apparatus of claim 11, wherein the display controller controls the display so as to display the remaining amount information of each reagent held by the reagent holder by changing an appearance including at least one of color and pattern of each remaining amount information display area. 13. The sample measuring apparatus of claim 9, wherein the screen further includes a third display area for displaying detailed information which includes the remaining amount information of a reagent corresponding to one of the plurality of reagent identification parts displayed in the second display area; the plurality of reagent identification parts are specifiable; and the display controller controls the display so as to display, in the third display area, detailed information of a reagent corresponding to a specified reagent identification part. 14. The sample measuring apparatus of claim 13, wherein the display controller switches a display of the predetermined display area and the third display area in a same region in the screen. 15. The sample measuring apparatus of claim 9, wherein each of the plurality of reagent identification parts displayed in the second display area includes a reagent name display area for displaying a name of a reagent; and the display controller controls the display so as to display a name of a reagent corresponding to each reagent identification part in each reagent name display area. 16. A sample measuring apparatus, comprising: a reagent holder for holding plural kinds of reagents; a measurement unit for measuring a measurement sample, prepared from a sample and plural kinds of reagents held by the reagent holder, for a predetermined measurement item; a display; and a controller being configured to perform operations comprising: obtaining a measurable number of times indicating how many times the measuring unit is able to perform a measurement for the predetermined measurement item by using the plural kinds of reagents held by the reagent holder; and controlling the display so as to display a screen including a predetermined display area showing the obtained measurable number of times. 17. A reagent information displaying method in a sample analyzer which comprises: a reagent holder for holding plural kinds of reagents; a measurement unit for measuring a measurement sample, prepared from a sample and plural kinds of reagents held by the reagent holder, for a predetermined measurement item; and a display, the method comprising steps of: (a) obtaining a measurable number of times indicating how many times the measuring unit is able to perform a measurement for the predetermined measurement item by using the plural kinds of reagents held by the reagent holder; and (b) displaying, on the display, a screen including a predetermined display area showing the obtained measurable number of times. 18. The reagent information displaying method of claim 17, further comprising a step of: (c) obtaining remaining amount information related to remaining amount of each of the plural kinds of reagents used in the predetermined measurement item, wherein the step (a) comprises a step of obtaining the measurable number of times based on the remaining amount information of the plural kinds of reagents obtained in step (c). 19. The reagent information displaying method of claim 18, wherein the step (a) comprises a step of obtaining, for every plural kinds of reagents used in the predetermined measurement item, a remaining number of tests indicating how many times the reagent can be used for the measurement of the predetermined measurement item, based on the remaining amount information of the plural kinds of reagents obtained by the step (c), and obtaining the measurable number of times based on a minimum remaining number of tests among the remaining number of tests of each of the plural kinds of reagents. 20. A computer program product for enabling a computer to control a display device in a sample measuring apparatus which comprises a reagent holder for holding plural kinds of reagents; and a measurement unit for measuring a measurement sample, prepared from a sample and plural kinds of reagents held by the reagent holder, for a predetermined measurement item, comprising: a computer readable medium, and software instruction, on the computer readable medium, for enabling the computer to perform predetermined operations comprising: obtaining a measurable number of times indicating how many times the measuring unit is able to perform a measurement for the predetermined measurement item by using the plural kinds of reagents held by the reagent holder; and controlling the display device so as to display a screen including a predetermined display area showing the obtained measurable number of times."
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    "B01L 2200/143",
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    "G01N 2035/00673",
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  "assignees": [
    "SYSMEX CORP"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2009-10-28",
  "publication_date": "2010-05-06",
  "priority_date": "2008-10-31",
  "application_number": "US-60765609-A",
  "family_id": "42132483",
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