JPH07280803A - Automatic processing method and system for quantity and specific gravity of urine measure in individual sickroom - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automate measurement of the quantity and specific gravity of urine in a sampling cup at the time of urinalysis. CONSTITUTION:A master unit 11 at a CPU 14 in a hospital is connected through a photoelectric level gauge 12 and a photoelectric specific gravity meter 13 with a slave unit 15 for mounting a urine sample cup provided for each patient's room 20. The quantity and specific gravity of urine, measured by means of the weight sensor in the slave unit 15 and any one of the gauge 12 or meter 13, is then processed collectively by means of the CPU 14.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic measuring method and apparatus for collectively processing the urine volume and the specific gravity of urine measured by each hospital in a medical service in a central processing room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Urine test performed for diagnosis and treatment of diseases is one of the essential methods for medical practice. In the conventional ward, the urinalysis work in the hospital is such that the urinalysis device is installed in the toilet and one is installed in one ward, and the patient goes to the toilet for treatment. However, the recent hospital installation
The number of private rooms is increasing from the perspective of the patient as well as the amenities of the inpatient environment, and the system is not to install one toilet in each ward, but to install it in each room individually. Therefore, one urine analyzer has come to be installed in each private room. Therefore, the urine collection test and urine processing that were conventionally performed in one place by nurses etc. are carried out by going to each individual room for urinalysis work, and labor saving and efficiency are achieved by automating the urine test processing by relieving the work burden and reducing the work load. It's a problem. At present, there is a means for mechanically treating the above problem, but means for automatically performing effective treatment has not been proposed yet.

[0003]

[Means for Solving the Problems] As a means for solving the above problems, the urinalysis work mainly measures the urine volume and the specific gravity of the urine, and the urine test is performed by the patient without the need for a nurse or the like. The subject was to make a processing device that automatically measures the urine volume and the specific gravity of urine simply by placing it in a cup and placing it in a urine analyzer, and collectively processing and recording this as data in a central processing room.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] As a means for achieving the above object, a master unit equipped with a photoelectric level gauge and a photoelectric hydrometer is installed in a central processing room in a hospital, and a urine collector is installed for each hospital room in the hospital. Then, it was equipped with a slave unit provided with a light emitting part and a light receiving part of the photoelectric level gauge of the master unit and the photoelectric densitometer, and a line was connected between the master unit and the slave unit and measured by a urine analyzer in each hospital room. The gist is to collectively process the urine volume and the specific gravity of urine through the main unit in the central processing room. In addition, a weight sensor and a photoelectric densimeter or a photoelectric liquid level gauge light emitting part and a light receiving part are provided on the body of the urine cup in which a child device is installed, and a photoelectric densimeter or photoelectric liquid level gauge is installed on the parent device to measure the weight sensor. Means for performing measurement processing are also provided.

[0005]

The light is emitted from the photoelectric level gauge of the parent device, and the light passing through the optical fiber illuminates the illuminant disposed above the urine collector of the child device. The light of the light emitter collides with the liquid surface of the urine in the urine collection cup, is reflected, enters the light receiver of the upper part of the urine collection device, and enters the light receiving device of the photoelectric level gauge of the master unit through the fiber to emit light.
The height of the liquid surface is detected by the time when the light receiving surface receives the light and the CP of the base unit
U measures urine volume automatically. Since each hospital room has a different fiber length, the fiber length is input to the CPU as data and the measurement value is corrected. Urine specific gravity is also measured by the same principle. However, the photoelectric hydrometer measures the refractive index of light.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to the drawings, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a schematic system diagram showing the entire method and apparatus of the present invention.
Is a main unit provided in the central processing room 10, 12 is a photoelectric level gauge in the main unit, 13 is a photoelectric hydrometer, 14 is a central processing unit having a CPU such as calculation, control, and memory, and 15 is in the hospital room 20. It is a device assembled from the installed slaves. 2 shows the relationship between the master unit and the slave unit, the patient room a, b,
A urine collection cup setting device 18 including a device stand 16 and a device body cover 17 is installed in a private room consisting of c, d, e, f. 1
Reference numeral 9 is a urine collecting cup placed on the urine collecting body, and U is urine.
Reference numeral 21 is a light emitting portion of the photoelectric densitometer 13, and 22 is a light receiving portion thereof, which are connected by an optical fiber 23. 24 is the photoelectric level gauge 12 of the base unit
Is a light emitting part, and 25 is the same light receiving part. In the central processing room 14, the name, hospitalization date, disease name, etc. of each patient are input and the data obtained by the measurement processing are output. The slave 15 mounts a urine collection cup 19 in the body formed by the body cover 17. Reference numeral 26 is a liquid crystal display panel on which "Measurement is completed" or "Usable" is displayed. The urine collecting cup 19 records the urine volume and the urine specific gravity in the CPU of the central processing chamber of the parent device simply by placing the cup on the base 16 of the child device. In FIG. 3, a weight sensor 34 is built in a base 28 of a child device 27, and an optical fiber 33 is connected between a light emitting unit 30 and a light receiving unit 31 provided on a body cover 29 between a photoelectric densitometer 32 of a base unit 11, and a device base is provided. The weight sensor 34 of 28 transmits to the CPU of the central processing unit 14 of the parent machine through the line 35. In this case, copper wire may be used instead of optical fiber. FIG. 4 shows a mechanism system for determining the urine specific gravity by measuring the weight of urine by the weight sensor 34 in the table 29 and the urine amount by the photoelectric level gauge 36 on the surface of the urine collection cup 19 in the slave unit 39. 3 and 4
Corresponds to claim 3 and claim 4, respectively, and the main unit is provided with either a photoelectric hydrometer or a photoelectric level gauge,
The light emitting unit, the light receiving unit, and the weight sensor of the slave unit perform measurement processing, and the installation cost is higher than that of the method and apparatus according to the first and second aspects.

[0007]

[Effect] Although the automatic measuring method and the processing apparatus thereof according to the present invention have been described below, any of the urinalysis processing that has not been conventionally proposed is automatically and efficiently processed without the need for a nurse or the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide an extremely effective processing method and means for individualizing a patient room and labor saving of a worker.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic system diagram showing a method and apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an individual processing mechanism between a master unit and a slave unit in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic mechanism diagram showing a relationship between a master unit and a slave unit by another processing means.

FIG. 4 is a schematic mechanism diagram showing between a master unit and a slave unit by another processing means different from FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Central Processing Room 11 Master Unit 12 Photoelectric Level Meter 13 Photoelectric Densitometer 14 Central Processing Room 15 Handset 16 Body 17 Body Cover 18 Urine Collection Cup Installation 19 Urine Collection Cup 23 Optical Fiber 24 Light Emitting Unit 25 Light Receiver 27 39 Handset 28 Instrument base 29 Instrument cover 30 37 Light emitting part 31 38 Light receiving part 32 Photoelectric specific gravity meter 33 Optical fiber 34 Weight sensor 36 Photoelectric level gauge a, b, c ... Hospital room U Urine

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[Submission date] May 17, 1994

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[0003]

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to solve the above problems by mainly measuring urine volume and urine specific gravity, so that the patient can urine the urine without the need for a nurse or the like. The subject was to make a processing device that automatically measures the urine volume and the specific gravity of urine simply by placing it in a cup and placing it in a urine analyzer, and collectively processing and recording this as data in a central processing room.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A main unit equipped with a photoelectric level gauge and a photoelectric hydrometer in a central processing room in a hospital, and a urine collection cup installation device provided for each hospital room in a hospital, with a photoelectric level gauge and a photoelectric hydrometer of the parent unit. A photoelectric level indicator of the parent device installed in the central processing room for urine volume and urine specific gravity measured respectively by the child devices installed for each hospital room by connecting the child device provided with the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit respectively. An automatic measuring method for measuring and measuring the urine volume and the specific gravity of urine measured in each patient room by a central processing room, which is characterized in that the measurement is carried out by a photoelectric pycnometer and the processing is carried out collectively by a CPU. 2. A urine collection cup setting device comprising a table and a body cover for each patient room, and a slave unit provided with a light emitting part and a light receiving part of a photoelectric level gauge and a light emitting part and a light receiving part of a photoelectric hydrometer. The urine volume and urine specific gravity measured in each patient room are characterized in that they are connected to the main unit's photoelectric liquid level meter, photoelectric specific gravity meter, and CPU by optical fiber respectively in the central processing room. Automatic measurement device for measurement processing. 3. A urine collection cup installation device, which is composed of a stand containing a weight sensor installed for each patient room, and a body cover on which a light emitting part and a light receiving part of a photoelectric specific gravity meter are mounted on the stand, is used as a slave unit, and a central unit is provided. A hospital room characterized in that the processing room is provided with a master unit for measuring the weight of urine by the weight sensor of the slave unit and measuring the specific gravity of the urine with a photoelectric densimeter connected to the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit of the slave unit. An automatic measurement device that measures and processes separately measured urine volume and urine specific gravity in the central processing room. 4. A urine collection cup setting device, which comprises a table containing a weight sensor installed for each patient room, and a body cover with a light emitting part and a light receiving part of the photoelectric level gauge of the parent device mounted on the table. The main unit that measures the urine specific gravity by measuring the weight of urine by the weight sensor of the slave unit in the central processing room and by measuring the urine volume by the photoelectric level gauge connected to the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit of the slave unit. An automatic measuring device for measuring and processing urine volume and urine specific gravity measured in each patient room in a central processing room.