JP2007147477A - Analysis data managing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate work for referring to the original analysis data from an analysis report, formed of analysis data, based on the measured data collected by an analyzer that have been printed out. <P>SOLUTION: When the analysis data are printed out as an analysis report, specific identification codes preliminarily applied to the analysis data are converted to bar codes and the bar codes are printed on a part of the analysis report. The analyzed data, corresponding to the analysis report stored and prescribed in a data base, are specified instantaneously and are referred to, by reading the bar codes by using a bar code reader. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an analysis data management apparatus for storing and managing analysis data based on measurement data collected by one analysis apparatus, or an analysis system including a plurality of analysis apparatuses.

  In the field of analyzers such as chromatograph analyzers, instead of operating the analyzer alone, multiple analyzers of the same type are connected to one management control device (personal computer or workstation). Centralized management control has been done. Furthermore, a larger-scale analysis system is constructed by connecting a plurality of management control devices to a network such as a LAN. As a result, analysis conditions and data processing conditions in a plurality of analyzers can be centrally managed and used as a common database. In addition, analysis results can also be stored in a concentrated manner, and data can be obtained by performing processing such as comparison and integration on the results obtained from different analyzers as necessary.

  In such an analysis system, the measurement data collected by the analyzer is added to each measurement unit with additional information such as the analysis date, analyst, and analyzer, and is stored and managed as a single file of analysis data. The For example, Patent Document 1 describes a technique for including data for specifying a device and data for specifying a measurement execution date and time in a file for each measurement unit for the purpose of facilitating specification of a data file in such an analysis system. Has been.

According to the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, requirements for guidelines such as GLP (Good Laboratory Practice) and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) established to ensure the reliability of food inspection, development of new medicines, etc. It is also possible to respond to.
GLP and GMP have strict standards for the management of data obtained as a result of tests and inspections. Analytical instruments that comply with such standards can cause inadvertent or intentional rewriting or loss of data. It is necessary to prevent.
JP 2002-148268 A

  The analysis data based on the measurement data collected by the analyzer is often used in the form of printed matter (paper) printed out as an analysis report because it is easy to handle or based on the analysis data management policy of the user. .

  When an analysis report is at hand, there is a case where it is desired to refer to analysis data corresponding to the analysis report. In such a case, in conventional systems including those described in Patent Document 1, by giving search conditions such as analysis date and time, analyst, and device to a database that manages a huge number of analysis data, It was necessary to narrow down the analysis data corresponding to the search conditions and finally find the target analysis data. However, there is a problem that it takes time to input these search conditions one by one. In particular, when it is desired to refer to each analysis data for a large number of analysis reports, this operation is very troublesome.

  According to the above-mentioned guidelines such as GLP and GMP, it is required that the data in the printed form (analysis report) and the corresponding electronic data are perfectly matched. In light of such circumstances, generally in such an analysis system, each analysis data is given an identification code consisting of a unique series of numbers and characters, and the identification code is also printed on the analysis report. By using this identification code, it is possible to make the analysis data and the analysis report correspond one-to-one. However, the identification code unique to this analysis data is generally complicated (eg, a 16-digit number) and cannot be input manually.

An analysis data management apparatus according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, is an analysis apparatus or an analysis system including a plurality of analysis apparatuses, and analyzes data based on measurement data collected by the analysis apparatus. In the analytical data management device for storage and management,
When printing out the analysis data as an analysis report, a barcode corresponding to a unique identification code given in advance to the analysis data is generated, and the barcode is printed on a part of the analysis report. Features.

  In the present invention, one or a plurality of printed matter obtained by printing out analysis data is referred to as an “analysis report”.

According to the analysis data management apparatus according to the present invention, the unique identification code previously given to the analysis data is converted into a barcode and printed on the analysis report. Therefore, if you want to refer to the analysis data from the analysis report, you can specify the desired analysis data instantly by simply reading this barcode using a reader such as a barcode reader. Can be greatly reduced.
In addition, since the search method is extremely simple, even a user who is unfamiliar with the operation of the analysis data management apparatus can easily specify analysis data.

  An embodiment of a measurement data management apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an analysis system using an analysis data management apparatus according to this embodiment. In this example, the analyzer is a liquid chromatograph analyzer (hereinafter referred to as “LC device”), but is not limited thereto.

  Each of the LC devices 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D,... (Hereinafter, only “1” is described as a code indicating the LC device) includes an analysis unit 10 that performs measurement on the sample and acquires data, and an analysis unit. And a processing unit 20 for generating a chromatogram by analyzing the data acquired in 10 and executing arithmetic processing such as qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis based on the chromatogram.

  The analysis unit 10 includes a liquid feeding unit 11, a sample injection unit 12, a column oven 13, a detector 14, and the like. These units are controlled by a controller 15 based on instructions from the processing unit 20. On the other hand, the processing unit 20 is a personal computer, and includes a CPU 21, an external storage unit 22 such as a memory and a hard disk, an input unit 23 including a keyboard and a mouse, and a display unit 24 such as a CRT display and a liquid crystal display. ing.

  Each LC device 1 is connected to a communication line 2 such as a LAN, and is connected to a file server 3 via the communication line 2. The entity of the file server 3 is a computer, and includes a CPU 31, an input unit 33, a display unit 34, and the like that are standard configurations as a computer. In particular, the file server 3 has a large-capacity external storage device, and a database 4 including analysis data and the like is constructed in the external storage device. The main function of the file server 3 is to receive measurement data, measurement condition data, and the like from the processing unit 20 of each LC apparatus 1 via the communication line 2, and store and manage these as a database in a unified manner.

  When performing analysis in each LC device 1, the user inputs and sets necessary information such as analysis conditions and data processing conditions from the input unit 23. The CPU 21 performs the analysis by controlling the operation of each unit in the analysis unit 10 via the controller 15 based on the condition thus set. That is, the eluent is sent out from the liquid sending unit 11, the liquid sample is injected into the eluent by the sample injection unit 12, and sent to the column disposed in the column oven 13. While passing through the column, the liquid sample is separated into components and reaches the detector 14 with different arrival times. The detector 14 outputs a signal corresponding to each component. This detection signal is sent to the processing unit 20 via the controller 15, and a chromatogram is created based on the signal and displayed on the display unit 24. Further, data processing for qualitative analysis or quantitative analysis is executed based on predetermined data analysis conditions, and the result is displayed on the display unit 24.

  After such a series of processing, the raw data obtained by the detector 14 and the data obtained as a result of processing and arithmetic processing being performed on the raw data are added additional information such as analysis date and time, analyst, and analyzer. One piece of analysis data is stored in the database 4 of the file server 3. At this time, the CPU 21 of the LC device 1 (or the CPU 31 on the file server 3 side) gives a unique identification code that does not overlap other analysis data to the obtained analysis data.

  In the case where an analysis report is obtained by printing out some analysis data, the following characteristic processing is performed in this embodiment. Here, an example in which the printer 5 is connected to the file server 3 will be described, but the printer may be connected to the processing unit 20 of the LC device 1. Further, it may be connected to a network.

When an instruction to print out analysis data is input from the input unit 33, the CPU 31 acquires an identification code attached to the analysis data stored in the database 4 (or stored in the memory), and A barcode corresponding to the identification code is generated. The bar code may be any type as long as it can express the identification code. Further, not only the one-dimensional barcode but also a two-dimensional barcode may be used.
Next, the CPU 31 outputs, to the printer 5, a print command configured to display the barcode on a part of the analysis report to be printed out. When there are a plurality of analysis reports, a barcode is preferably printed on each page, but may be printed only on the first page.

  As a result, the analysis report 6 corresponding to the analysis data stored in the database 4 via the barcode 7 (that is, the identification code) is obtained one-to-one.

When referring to the analysis data corresponding to the analysis report 6, as shown in FIG. 2, the barcode 7 displayed on the analysis report 6 is used by using the barcode reader 8 connected to the file server 3. read.
The barcode reader 8 decodes the barcode 7 data. The data obtained by decoding here is an identification code. This identification code is output to the file server 3. Here, it is assumed that the identification code is “7d0ie2j9pl...”. Receiving this identification code, the CPU 31 accesses the database 4, searches the analysis data of the identification code “7d0ie2j9pl...”, And displays it on the display unit 34.

  As described above, by using the analysis data management apparatus according to the present invention, the user only needs to read the barcode 7 of the analysis report 6 with the barcode reader 8, so that it can be handled in a very short time. It becomes possible to refer to the analysis data.

  In the above embodiment, the analysis data is referred to in the file server 3, but the analysis data may be referred to from a remote environment accessible to the database 4. For example, when referring to analysis data on the LC device 1, the user reads the barcode 7 of the analysis report 6 with a barcode reader connected to the LC device 1. The CPU 21 of the LC device 1 that has received the identification code from the bar code reader accesses the database 4 via the communication line 2, acquires analysis data having the corresponding identification code, and displays it on the display unit 24.

  It should be noted that the above embodiment is merely an example, and it is obvious that modifications and corrections may be made as appropriate within the scope of the present invention.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of an analysis system using an analysis data management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows the concept in the case of referring analysis data from an analysis report.

Explanation of symbols

1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D ... LC device 10 ... analysis unit 20 ... processing unit 21 ... CPU
22 ... External storage unit 23 ... Input unit 24 ... Display unit 2 ... Communication line 3 ... File server 4 ... Database 5 ... Printer 6 ... Analysis report 7 ... Bar code 8 ... Bar code reader

Claims (2)

In an analysis device or an analysis system including a plurality of analysis devices, an analysis data management device for storing and managing analysis data based on measurement data collected by the analysis device,
When printing out the analysis data as an analysis report, a barcode corresponding to a unique identification code given in advance to the analysis data is generated, and the barcode is printed on a part of the analysis report. A featured analytical data management device. An analysis report obtained by printing analysis data stored and managed by the analysis data management device according to claim 1,
An analysis report, wherein a bar code corresponding to a unique identification code assigned in advance to analysis data corresponding to the analysis report is printed on a part of a paper sheet.

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