JP2010190687A - Management device and management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a management device capable of certainly reporting the important data in the state date of an automatic analysis apparatus to at least one of a terminal device and the automatic analysis apparatus, and a management system. <P>SOLUTION: In the management system 1 having a management server 30 capable of respectively communicating with the automatic analysis apparatus 20 for analyzing a specimen and a management terminal device 40 performing the maintenance and management of the automatic analysis apparatus 20, the management server 30 obtains the state data of the automatic analysis apparatus 20, a determining part 36 determines whether the data coinciding with the condition formula C set by a condition setting part 46 is present in the obtained state data and, when coinciding with the condition formula C, the management server 30 certainly reports the important information of the apparatus to the person in charge of the apparatus by reporting the effect that there is the state data coinciding with the condition formula C to at least either the management terminal device 40 or the automatic analysis apparatus 20. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic analyzer that performs analysis on a sample and a management system having a management device that can communicate with each terminal device on the administrator side that maintains and manages the automatic analyzer.

  Conventionally, in order to increase the reliability of an automatic analyzer, a plurality of automatic analyzers and a management server are connected through communication connection means such as a network, and communication is performed between the connected automatic analyzer and the management server. A management system for maintaining and managing an automatic analyzer has been proposed. In this management system, remote control is possible via a network, and the status of the automatic analyzer can be grasped by receiving status information from the automatic analyzer periodically or irregularly. In particular, when a failure or the like occurs in the automatic analyzer, it is notified by e-mail or the like, so that it can respond quickly.

  By the way, if the management device acquires state information of the automatic analyzer regularly or irregularly, there is a problem that the amount of information increases and the processing capability of the management device decreases. In response to this problem, when the management device detects certain specific information from the information received from the managed device, it determines whether to notify the maintenance terminal device or the like according to the importance of the information. A remote monitoring system that notifies the user after that is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2004-258710 A

  However, in the remote monitoring system shown in Patent Document 1, notification is made to a portable terminal or the like when an abnormality is confirmed, but in the case of an automatic analyzer, it is supported depending on the model or version of each connected automatic analyzer Therefore, even information that is confirmed to be abnormal may be unnecessary information, which may lead to accumulation of useless information.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and a management device and a management system capable of reliably reporting important information among status information of an automatic analyzer to at least one of a terminal device and an automatic analyzer The purpose is to provide.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides an automatic analyzer that performs analysis on a sample and a management device that can communicate with each terminal device on the administrator side that maintains and manages the automatic analyzer. Whether or not there is status information acquisition means for acquiring status information of the automatic analyzer, condition setting means for setting a condition for narrowing down the status information, and information that matches the condition among the status information. Determining means for determining whether or not there is state information that matches the condition, and notification means for notifying at least one of the terminal device and the automatic analyzer that there is state information that matches the condition. It is characterized by that.

  In the management device according to the present invention as set forth in the invention described above, the condition setting means sets the automatic analysis device unit.

  In the management device according to the present invention as set forth in the invention described above, the informing means includes a condition corresponding to the state information that matches the condition by the determination means, and that there is state information that matches the condition. Notification is made to at least one of the apparatus and the automatic analyzer.

  In the management device according to the present invention as set forth in the invention described above, the informing means includes the data corresponding to the state information that matches the condition, the fact that there is state information that matches the condition, and the terminal device and the automatic It notifies to at least one of the analyzers.

  Further, the management system according to the present invention is the management system according to the above invention, comprising: an automatic analyzer that performs analysis on a sample; and a management device that can communicate with each terminal device on the administrator side that maintains and manages the automatic analyzer. The management device includes state information acquisition means for acquiring state information of the automatic analyzer, condition setting means for setting a condition for narrowing down the state information, and information that matches the condition among the state information If there is state information that matches the condition, a determination unit that determines whether or not the state information exists, and notifies that there is state information that matches the condition to at least one of the terminal device and the automatic analyzer And an informing means.

  The management system according to the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the condition setting means is set for each automatic analyzer.

  In the management system according to the present invention as set forth in the invention described above, the notifying unit sets the condition corresponding to the state information that matches the condition by the determination unit, and that there is state information that matches the condition. Notification is made to at least one of the apparatus and the automatic analyzer.

  In the management system according to the present invention as set forth in the invention described above, the informing means includes data corresponding to the state information that matches the condition, state that there is state information that matches the condition, and the terminal device and the automatic It notifies to at least one of the analyzers.

  In the management system according to the present invention as set forth in the invention described above, the notification means displays the condition and state information data matching the condition in a table or graph.

  In the management system according to the present invention as set forth in the invention described above, the terminal device comprises an input means for inputting the condition set by the condition setting means.

  In the management system according to the present invention as set forth in the invention described above, the automatic analyzer includes an input means for inputting the condition set by the condition setting means.

  According to the present invention, since the state information of the automatic analyzer deceived by the conditional expression is notified by e-mail or the like, it is possible to reliably notify important information to at least one of the terminal device and the automatic analyzer. Play.

  Hereinafter, an automatic analyzer management system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments. In the description of the drawings, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  First, a management system according to an embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a management system for an automatic analyzer according to an embodiment of the present invention. The management system 1 includes a plurality of automatic analyzers 20 that automatically analyze a sample, a management server 30 that manages information transmitted from each automatic analyzer 20, and access to the management server 30. A possible management terminal device 40 is communicably connected via a network N such as the Internet.

  The automatic analyzer 20 dispenses a reagent corresponding to a specimen and a test item into a reaction container, optically measures a reaction occurring in the reaction container, and processes each component of the automatic analyzer 20 and A control unit 22 for controlling the operation, an input unit 23 for inputting various information, an analysis unit 24 for performing an analysis process on the sample based on the measurement result by the measurement mechanism 21, and various information including the analysis result of the sample And a storage unit 25 for storing an apparatus ID as identification information for identifying each automatic analyzer 20, an output unit 26 for outputting various information relating to analysis, and transmission / reception of information according to a predetermined format via the network N. And a transmission / reception unit 27.

  The management server 30 includes a storage unit 31 that stores information about each automatic analysis device 20 transmitted from each automatic analysis device 20 as management information, a control unit 32 that controls processing operations of each component of the management server 30, and The management server 30 includes a transmission / reception unit 33 having a function as an interface for transmitting / receiving information according to a predetermined format via the network N, an input unit 34 for acquiring various information from the outside, a display, and the like. And an output unit 35 for displaying the status information of each automatic analyzer 20 processed by. In addition, the storage unit 31 stores a conditional expression C for selecting information to be transmitted to the management terminal device 40 from the state information received from each automatic analyzer 20. Furthermore, the management server 30 includes a determination unit 36 that determines whether the status information received from each automatic analyzer 20 corresponds to the conditional expression C. When the determination unit 36 determines that the conditional expression C is satisfied and the state information satisfies the conditional expression C, the management server 30 includes information indicating that the management terminal device 40 has state information that matches the conditional expression C. Send. Note that the transmitted information includes the condition set as the conditional expression C and the actual data of the state information that matches the condition. Further, the status information of the automatic analyzer 20 includes information such as alarm information, temperature information, the number of times of dispensing or the number of photometry.

  The management terminal device 40 stores a storage unit 41 that stores state information of each automatic analyzer 20 read from the storage unit 31 of the management server 30, and a control unit 42 that controls processing operations of each component of the management terminal device 40. The transmission / reception unit 43 having a function as an interface for transmitting / receiving information according to a predetermined format via the network N, and a keyboard for inputting various information, etc., are necessary for analyzing the sample. An input unit 44 that obtains various information, analysis operation instruction information, and the like from the outside, and a display or the like, and an output unit 45 that displays information of each automatic analyzer 20 read from the storage unit 31 of the management server 30. And having. In addition, the control unit 42 includes a condition setting unit 46 that sets a conditional expression C used in the management server 30. In addition, although the management terminal device 40 illustrated what was connected to the management server 30 via the network N, it is not restricted to this, For example, you may connect to the management server 30 locally.

  In this management system 1, the management server 30 receives the status information of each automatic analyzer 20, and the determination unit 36 determines whether or not the received information corresponds to the conditional expression C, and the management of each automatic analyzer 20 is managed. Information is stored in the storage unit 31 in association with the device ID. The control unit 32 notifies at least one of the automatic analyzers 20 and the management terminal device 40 that there is information that matches the conditional expression C, and sends information to the output units 26 and 45 of the notified devices. By instructing the display to be output, the management apparatus can quickly manage each automatic analyzer 20.

  Here, the setting of the conditional expression will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a conditional expression setting screen in the management terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention. The conditional expression setting screen W1 shown in FIG. 2 includes a conditional expression registration button B1 and a conditional expression list button B2. When setting / registering a conditional expression, the conditional expression registration button B1 is pressed, and when checking the registered conditional expression, the conditional expression list button B2 is pressed. When the conditional expression setting screen W1 is closed, the screen is closed by pressing a cancel button CB.

  A conditional expression setting screen displayed when the conditional expression registration button B1 is pressed will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a conditional expression registration screen displayed when the conditional expression registration button shown in FIG. 2 is pressed. In the conditional expression registration screen W2 shown in FIG. 3, a conditional expression name, determination type, model, conditional expression, recovery method, and device selection can be set, and can be set by inputting or selecting each. The conditional expression name can be distinguished from others, and is input to the input box EB1 so that the contents of the conditional expression can be understood, and the recovery method corresponds to the conditional expression when the automatic analyzer is in a state satisfying the conditional expression. The countermeasure of the administrator or the person in charge of the device is described in the input box EB5. The determination type can be selected from abnormality, recovery, and notification by pressing the pull-down P11. The model and device selection can be made by selecting the model registered in the management terminal device by pressing the pull-down P12, and by selecting the model, the device name corresponding to the model is displayed, and the device alone or all devices can be selected. Do. In the device selection, the selected device name is shaded as shown in FIG. In addition, device selection can be performed by checking device names not displayed on the screen by pull-down P51, P52 or the scroll bar S.

  The conditional expressions have a plurality of conditional expressions as shown in FIG. 3, and the conditional expressions can be arbitrarily increased by pressing the conditional expression addition button B3. Conditional expression 1 displays a pull-down P21 for selecting an equal sign and an inequality sign and an input box EB2 for inputting a numerical value and the like by pressing the pull-down P13 and selecting an occurrence frequency (min). Conditional expression 2 shows a case where the alarm number is selected by pressing down the pull-down P14, and the pull-down P22 displaying the equal sign / inequality sign is set to equal. When the alarm number is selected, the number of times that the alarm number failure occurs can also be selected by the pull-down P31. In this case, the alarm number 1000 failure input in the input box EB3 is set to 3 times. Conditional expression 3 is the setting of the internal temperature (° C.) selected from the pull-down P15. By selecting the pull-down P23 as follows (> =) and entering 10 in the input box EB4, it is 10 ° C. or less. A conditional expression is set. Conditional expressions 1 to 3 described above are cases where alarm number 1000 occurs three times within 30 minutes, and it is detected that the temperature in the cold storage is 10 ° C. or higher, and if the information matches the conditional expression, The determination unit 36 illustrated in FIG. 1 notifies the control unit 32 that there is information that matches the conditional expression, and the control unit 32 notifies the management terminal device 40.

  A conditional expression corresponding to the restoration will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a conditional expression registration screen displayed when the conditional expression registration button shown in FIG. 2 is pressed. The conditional expression registration screen W3 shown in FIG. 4 is set so as to correspond to the conditional expression registration screen W2 shown in FIG. 3, the conditional expression name is input to the recovery determination and input box EB1, and the determination type is a pull-down P11. And select recovery. Since the recovery determination corresponds to FIG. 3, each item of the conditional expression is set in the same manner as the conditional expression of FIG. 3, and the recovery determination condition is set by changing each pull-down P22, 23, 31. Here, conditional expression 2 is set to alarm number 1000 less than (× 1) or less (<=) by changing pull-downs P22 and P31, and conditional expression 3 is less than 10 ° C. (<<) by changing pull-down P23. ) Is set. When the conditional expressions 1 to 3 shown in FIG. 4 are satisfied, a restoration conditional expression corresponding to the abnormality determination conditional expression shown in FIG. 3 can be set, and after the abnormality determination, a restoration notification of the conditional expression can also be performed. . In addition, a comment to be added to information notified when the conditional expression is satisfied may be input in the recovery method input box EB5.

  Each conditional expression is numbered, and the corresponding conditional expression is entered by entering the corresponding number in the conditional expression, for example, the number of the conditional expression for recovery from abnormality, and the conditional expression indicating abnormality is notified. In such a case, it may be set so that the recovery conditional expression linked becomes active.

  Here, a case where the conditional expression list button B2 on the conditional expression setting screen W1 in FIG. 2 is pressed will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a conditional expression list screen displayed when the conditional expression list button on the conditional expression setting screen of FIG. 2 is pressed. The conditional expression list screen W4 shown in FIG. 5 displays the name of the conditional expression and the determination type, and has a button group BG1, and each detail display button B6 of the button group BG1 corresponds to the same line by pressing the detail display button B6. Detailed display of the conditional expression is performed. In order to close the conditional expression list screen, the cancel button CB is pressed.

  Note that the detailed information displayed when the detail display button B6 is pressed may display the conditional expression setting screen W2 or W3 shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 4, and display a data list of the set conditional expressions. May be. Further, the character color or the like may be changed corresponding to each determination type.

  Next, the conditional expression determination process performed by the management server 30 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the conditional expression determination process according to the embodiment of the present invention. First, when receiving each state information from each automatic analyzer 20 connected by the network N or the like (Step S102), the control unit 32 stores whether or not the conditional expression C corresponding to the received state information is set. Search is performed with reference to 31 (step S104). If there is a conditional expression corresponding to the state information (step S106: Yes), the control unit 32 assigns the state information to a device ID assigned to each automatic analyzer and a conditional expression C corresponding to the state information. And stored in the storage unit 31 (step S108). Further, the control unit 32 instructs the determination unit 36 to determine whether or not the condition of the corresponding conditional expression C is satisfied based on the state information (step S110). When the control unit 32 receives the determination information that the state information satisfies the corresponding conditional expression C from the determination unit 36 (step S110: Yes), the control unit 32 notifies the management terminal device 40 that there is state information that satisfies the conditional expression C. The output unit 35 is instructed to notify (step S112). Note that the information notified to the management terminal device 40 includes, in addition to information that there is state information that matches the conditional expression C, each condition set as the conditional expression C, and actual data of state information corresponding to the conditional expression C. The time when each status information is received may be added as appropriate. After notifying the management terminal device 40, the control unit 32 checks whether there is new state information (step S114). If there is new state information (step S114: Yes), the process proceeds to step S104. The conditional expression corresponding to the newly received state information is searched. If there is no new state information (step S114: No), the conditional expression determination process ends.

  In Step S106, when there is no conditional expression corresponding to the state information (Step S106: No) or when the state information does not satisfy the conditional expression C (Step S110: No), the control unit 32 proceeds to Step S114. Transition. Note that the notification process in step S112 may be notified to the management terminal device and to the automatic analyzer. The automatic analysis device to be notified may be all of the registered automatic analysis devices, may be an automatic analysis device set by the conditional expression C, or only the automatic analysis device corresponding to the state information. There may be.

  Here, the conditional expression may be set from each automatic analyzer. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a modification of the management system shown in FIG. In the management system 1 shown in FIG. 7, the control unit 22 has a condition setting unit 28, sets each condition input from the input unit 23, and sets the input condition as a conditional expression C as a storage unit 31 of the management server 30. Can be stored to set a conditional expression.

  Conditional expression setting and notification processing may be performed only between the management server and the automatic analyzer. Conditional expressions such as reagent replenishment information and consumable replacement information are set and notified to the automatic analyzer. You may make it do.

  Since the management system according to the above-described embodiment selectively notifies important information on the management terminal device side or the automatic analyzer, it is possible to reliably receive important information and respond quickly. Further, by adding information related to each condition in the information to be notified, it is possible to perform a primary investigation for an apparatus abnormality simultaneously with the notification of the abnormality, so that the apparatus state can be grasped more reliably. Furthermore, by adding information related to each condition and actual data corresponding to each condition in the information to be notified, the transmission and reception of detailed data after being notified is reduced, and the details can be obtained without accessing the management server again. Data can be confirmed.

  Note that the data related to the conditional expression to be notified may be displayed in a table or graph and displayed on the monitor screen or the like by each output unit 13, 23, 33. By making a table or graph, the notified information can be confirmed more easily.

  Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and may include various embodiments not described herein, and various designs may be made without departing from the technical idea specified by the claims. Changes and the like can be made.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the management system of the automatic analyzer concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the conditional expression setting screen in the management terminal device concerning embodiment of this invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a conditional expression setting screen displayed when the conditional expression registration button shown in FIG. 2 is pressed. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a conditional expression setting screen displayed when the conditional expression registration button shown in FIG. 2 is pressed. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a conditional expression list screen displayed when a conditional expression list button on the conditional expression setting screen of FIG. 2 is pressed. It is a flowchart which shows the conditional expression determination process concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the modification of the management system shown in FIG.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Management system 20 Automatic analyzer 21 Measuring mechanism 22, 32, 42 Control part 23, 34, 44 Input part 24 Analysis part 25, 31, 41 Storage part 26, 35, 45 Output part 27, 33, 43 Transmission / reception part 28, 46 Condition Setting Unit 30 Management Server 36 Determination Unit 40 Management Terminal Device C Conditional Expression N Network

Claims (11)

A management device capable of communicating with each of an automatic analyzer for analyzing a sample and a terminal device on a manager side that maintains and manages the automatic analyzer,
Status information acquisition means for acquiring status information of the automatic analyzer;
Condition setting means for setting conditions for narrowing down the state information;
Determining means for determining whether or not there is information that matches the condition among the state information;
A notification means for notifying at least one of the terminal device and the automatic analyzer that there is state information that matches the condition when there is state information that matches the condition;
A management apparatus comprising:   The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the condition setting unit is set for each automatic analyzer.   The notification means notifies the condition corresponding to the state information matching the condition to the at least one of the terminal device and the automatic analyzer together with the fact that there is state information matching the condition by the determination means. The management device according to claim 1 or 2.   The notification means notifies data corresponding to the state information that matches the condition to at least one of the terminal device and the automatic analyzer together with the fact that there is state information that matches the condition. The management apparatus as described in any one of 1-3. A management system having an automatic analyzer that performs analysis on a sample and a management device that can communicate with each terminal device on the administrator side that maintains and manages the automatic analyzer,
The management device
Status information acquisition means for acquiring status information of the automatic analyzer;
Condition setting means for setting conditions for narrowing down the state information;
Determining means for determining whether or not there is information that matches the condition among the state information;
A notification means for notifying at least one of the terminal device and the automatic analyzer that there is state information that matches the condition when there is state information that matches the condition;
A management system characterized by comprising:   The management system according to claim 5, wherein the condition setting unit sets the condition for each automatic analyzer.   The notification means notifies the condition corresponding to the state information matching the condition to the at least one of the terminal device and the automatic analyzer together with the fact that there is state information matching the condition by the determination means. The management system according to claim 5 or 6.   The notification means notifies data corresponding to the state information that matches the condition to at least one of the terminal device and the automatic analyzer together with the fact that there is state information that matches the condition. The management system according to any one of 5 to 7.   The management system according to any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein the notification unit displays the condition and data of state information that matches the condition in a table or graph. The terminal device
The management system according to claim 5, further comprising an input unit that inputs the condition set by the condition setting unit. The automatic analyzer is
The management system according to claim 5, further comprising an input unit that inputs the condition set by the condition setting unit.

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