JP2005210173A - Nurse call system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable immediate call and conversation by allowing a patient to carry a portable call device irrespective of the inside and outside of a hospital room, and to improve installation performance by simplifying wiring of this system. <P>SOLUTION: Base stations 4a, 4b and so forth capable of radio communication with portable terminals 2a, 2b and so forth each carried by patients irrespective of the inside and outside of the hospital room are connected to a nurse call master machine 1 by wire via an exchange 5. Also, the exchange is provided with a patient information storage means 50, an ID comparing means 51 and a transmitting means 52, so that patient information about a calling source patient transmitted from the transmitted means and base station information indicating the base station having received a radio call signal from a calling source portable terminal are displayed on a display means 11 of the nurse call master machine. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a nurse call system, and more particularly to a nurse call system in which a portable terminal is carried by a patient who calls and makes a call.

  Conventionally, this kind of nurse call system is installed in a facility such as a hospital, for example, with a nurse call slave set installed in each bed in a hospital room, a normal nurse call call, an emergency call using an emergency, When a patient performs a different call operation for each call type, such as a toilet call, a nurse call master unit installed in a nurse station wired via a corridor light and a controller to the caller's nurse call slave unit And a hospital corresponding to the team in charge of the caller's patient among a plurality of portable terminals capable of wireless communication with the base station from the base station connected to the above-mentioned controller via a switch. There has been proposed a nurse call system for calling and notifying a portable terminal carried by a nurse or doctor (hereinafter referred to as a visiting nurse) traveling around (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 1). .

  In the nurse call system of the conventional example, the nurse call master unit issues a call notification from the nurse call slave unit by emitting a ringing tone with a different pattern for each call type and blinking / lighting display of the call indicator lamp. On the other hand, in the portable terminal of each team in charge of the caller patient, the display of the ringing sound of the pattern that is different from each call type and the call type information is a patient of the team in charge of the call from the nurse call cordless handset Call notification at. In addition, among the nurses in the nurse station (hereinafter referred to as “resident nurses”) and the visiting nurses who have confirmed the above-mentioned call notification, the nurse who responded first to the caller is the You can establish a call.

Aiphone general catalog 2003/2004 edition (pages 396-408, etc.)

  However, according to the nurse call system of the conventional example, the communication line between the nurse call slave unit and the nurse call master unit is a wired communication line from the nurse call slave unit to the corridor lamp and the controller, and In forming a communication line between the nurse call slave unit and the portable terminal, the communication line from the nurse call slave unit to the base station is a wired communication line via the corridor lamp and the control unit. If the nurse call system is installed in a large hospital with many beds, not only will the wiring be complicated during construction, but the nurse call slave will not be carried by the patient. If the physical condition of not only patients but also facility users such as hospitals suddenly deteriorates in a place where they are not used, it is possible to call in-room nurses and visiting nurses quickly. There was had difficulties.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and allows a patient to carry a mobile call regardless of inside or outside of a hospital room, thereby enabling quick calling and calling and wiring of the system. The purpose is to provide a nurse call system that simplifies the process and improves workability.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, a nurse call system according to the present invention includes a nurse call parent device installed in a nurse station, a portable terminal that a patient carries and calls a nurse, and a portable terminal ID from the portable terminal. Is comprised of a base station for receiving a radio paging signal including and an exchange connected to the base station to form a speech path. The portable terminal ID of the portable terminal and the patient information storage means for storing the patient information corresponding to the portable terminal ID, the wireless call signal including the portable terminal ID transmitted from the portable terminal, and the portable information stored in the patient information storage means The ID comparison means for comparing the terminal ID and the base station information of the base station that has received the radio call signal corresponding to the portable terminal ID are transmitted to the nurse call parent device when the ID comparison means matches the ID comparison means. Transmission means. The nurse call parent device includes display means for displaying patient information and base station information transmitted from the transmission means.

  In the nurse call system of the present invention, the exchange includes patient information storage means, ID comparison means, and transmission means.

  According to the nurse call system of the present invention, a base station capable of wireless communication with a portable terminal carried by a patient regardless of inside or outside a hospital room is wired to the nurse call parent device via an exchange. By this, not only patients but also the physical condition of hospital users can suddenly deteriorate, not only can the nurses in the nurse station be called quickly to establish a call, but also the number of beds Wiring during construction can be simplified even in many large hospitals.

  In addition, according to the nurse call system of the present invention, a base station capable of wireless communication with a portable terminal carried by a patient regardless of inside or outside a hospital room and an exchange connected by wire to a nurse call parent device In addition, by providing the patient information storage means, the ID comparison means, and the transmission means, the base station that has received the patient information related to the call source patient transmitted from the transmission means and the radio call signal from the call source mobile terminal is shown. The base station information can be displayed on the display means of the nurse call master unit.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments to which a nurse call system of the invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a nurse call system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The nurse call system shown in the system configuration diagram of FIG. 1 is installed in a nurse station in a facility such as a hospital, here in a hospital, and calls different for each call type from a patient, for example, a normal nurse A call notification function for notifying that there is a call call, an emergency call requiring an emergency, a toilet call, etc., and a nurse who has confirmed this call notification (hereinafter referred to as a nurse in the room as in the conventional example) responds. The nurse call master unit 1 having a function for establishing a call and the patient is carried by a patient regardless of whether inside or outside a hospital room, and this patient is a nurse in the room or a portable terminal 3a, 3b, which will be described later. Of the nurses, doctors, etc. who are traveling around the hospital while carrying the same (hereinafter referred to as visiting nurses as in the conventional example), the corresponding visiting nurse corresponding to the team in charge is called A portable terminal (hereinafter referred to as a patient portable terminal) having a call / call function for establishing a call with a nurse who has responded first and having an individual portable terminal ID (not described in detail) .) 2a, 2b,..., And a different call for each of the above call types from the patient in charge among the patients carrying the patient mobile terminals 2a, 2b,. A mobile terminal having an individual mobile terminal ID (not described in detail). (Hereinafter referred to as mobile terminals for visiting nurses) 3a, 3b,... And are installed at different locations in the hospital, such as the entrances and exits of hospital rooms and floors, and the mobile terminals 2a, 2b,. ..And mobile terminals 3a and 3b for visiting nurses ... a base for transmitting / receiving a voice signal for establishing a call while receiving a radio calling signal including a portable terminal ID from the portable terminal for a patient, with a wireless signal transmission / reception function Stations 4a, 4b,..., And a nurse call base unit 1 connected via a base line L1 and base stations 4a, 4b connected via base station lines L2a, L2b,. A signal transmission path between any of the base stations via any one of the base station lines, for example, a digital exchange 5 for forming a speech path.

  Further, the exchange 5 includes patient information storage means 50 for storing individual mobile terminal IDs of the patient mobile terminals 2a, 2b,... And patient information corresponding to the mobile terminal ID, and a call type by the patient. Is transmitted from each of the patient portable terminals 2a, 2b,... That has been subjected to a predetermined call operation, and the base station line L2a, L2b, any of the base stations 4a, 4b,. In order to compare the radio paging signal including the portable terminal ID transmitted through any one of the base station lines with the portable terminal IDs stored in the patient information storage means 50 ID comparison means 51, patient information corresponding to the portable terminal ID for which coincidence is detected by the ID comparison means 51, base station information of any of the base stations that received the above-described radio call signal, and call type Call type information to indicate Are transmitted to the nurse call master unit 1 via the master line L1 (hereinafter referred to as "master unit side transmission means") 52, and the caller's patient portable terminals 2a, 2b, .. For identifying individual mobile terminal IDs of the mobile terminals 3a, 3b,... For the visiting nurses for each team that is a call destination based on the patient information corresponding to the mobile terminal IDs of The team / terminal specifying means 53, the portable terminal ID specified by the team / terminal specifying means 53, the above patient information, the base station information and the call type information are signal-processed, and the base station lines L2a, L2b,. And a transmission means (hereinafter referred to as base station side transmission means) 54 for transmitting to the base stations 4a, 4b,.

  Further, the nurse call base unit 1 receives the patient information, base station information, and call type information included in the wired call signal transmitted from the base unit side transmission means 52 of the exchange 5 and transmitted via the base unit line L1. Based on the fact that there is a call from any one of the patient mobile terminals 2a, 2b,..., A ringing sound (including a voice message) of a different pattern is emitted for each call type. The sound emitting means 10 such as a speaker for notification and the patient information related to the patient carrying the caller's mobile terminal, the radio call signal received from the caller's mobile terminal A display unit 11 such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) for displaying the base station information indicating the base station and the above call type information, and the patient in any one of the patient portable terminals 2a, 2b,. For mobile Occupancy nurse confirming a call from end has a call means 12 of the handset such as sending and receiving voice for establishing a call between a caller patient.

  In the nurse call system configured as described above according to the embodiment of the present invention, a specific operation will be described below.

  Of the patient portable terminals 2a, 2b,... Carried by the patient regardless of inside or outside of the hospital room, here, the patient carrying the patient portable terminal 2a calls the patient portable terminal. When the function (not described in detail) is activated and a different call operation is performed for each call type, a radio call signal S1a including the individual mobile terminal ID and call type information of the patient mobile terminal 2a is transmitted. This radio paging signal S1a is received by any one of the base stations 4a, 4b,... Installed in an area where the radio paging signal can be received. Here, it is assumed that the signal is received by the base station 4a.

  The base station 4a processes the radio paging signal S1a from the patient portable terminal 2a into a wired paging signal S1a ′ (not shown), and the wired paging signal S1a ′ includes base station information of its own base station, for example, A wired call signal S2a to which the individual base station number is added is transmitted to the exchange 5 via the base station line L2a.

  In the exchange 5, the ID comparison means 51 compares the portable terminal ID included in the wired call signal S2a from the base station 4a with the portable terminal IDs (stored in the patient information storage means 50). The patient information corresponding to the mobile terminal ID from which the coincidence is detected, that is, patient information related to the patient carrying the patient mobile terminal 2a is read from the patient information storage means. Further, the parent device side transmission means 52 sends a wired call signal S3a including the patient information read from the patient information storage means 50 and the above-mentioned base station information and call type information via the parent call line L1. Transmit to machine 1. Further, the team / terminal specifying unit 53 specifies the mobile terminal ID for each team stored in correspondence with the patient information read from the patient information storage unit 50, here, the mobile terminal 3a for the traveling nurse. For transmitting the wired call signal S4a including the portable terminal ID and the above-mentioned patient information, base station information and call type information from the base station side transmitting means 54 to the base station lines L2a, L2b,.

  The nurse call base unit 1 receives the wired call signal S3a from the base unit side transmission means 52 of the exchange 5, and based on the patient information, base station information, and call type information included in the wired call signal, The ringing sound (including the voice message) having a different pattern for each call type indicating that there is a call from the patient carrying the patient portable terminal 2a is not only emitted from the sound emitting means 10, but also the patient portable phone. The display unit 11 displays the patient information and the call type information regarding the patient carrying the terminal 2a and the base station information indicating that the calling source patient is in the vicinity of the base station 4a, and performs a call notification.

  Each of the base stations 4a, 4b,... Receives the wired call signal S4a from the base station side transmission means 54 of the exchange 5, and transmits a wireless call signal S4a ′ obtained by performing signal processing on the wired call signal (wireless transmission). )

  The mobile terminals for patients 2a, 2b,... And the mobile terminals for traveling nurses 3a, 3b,... Are installed in the receivable areas of the base stations 4a, 4b,. It is included in the same manner only when the wireless call signal S4a ′ from the station is received and the mobile terminal ID included in the wireless call signal matches the individual mobile terminal ID of the own terminal. Based on the patient information, the base station information, and the call type information, a ringing tone (including a voice message) with a different pattern for each call type indicating that there is a call from a patient carrying the patient portable terminal 2a. In addition to sound emission, the patient information and the call type information regarding the patient carrying the patient portable terminal 2a and the base station information indicating that the calling patient is in the vicinity of the base station 4a are displayed to notify the call. Do. Here, the above calling notification is performed only for the mobile terminal 3a for the traveling nurse carried by the traveling nurse corresponding to the team in charge of the patient carrying the patient's mobile terminal 2a.

  Moreover, the nurse who responded first among the visiting nurses and the visiting nurses carrying the mobile terminals 3a for visiting nurses who have confirmed the calling notification described above calls the patient mobile terminal 2a that is the calling source. A call can be established with the patient being carried (not detailed).

  In addition, according to the embodiment of the present invention, different calls for each call type from the portable terminals 2a, 2b,... Not only the nurse call parent device 1 installed, but also the visiting nurse carried by the visiting nurse corresponding to the team in charge of the calling patient among the mobile terminals 3a, 3b,. Although the call notification is performed at the mobile terminal for mobile use, the system in which the mobile terminals 3a, 3b,... For traveling nurses are not carried by the traveling nurse can also be applied. It is performed only by the master unit 1.

The system block diagram which shows the nurse call system by the Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 …… Nurse call master 11 …… Display means 2a, 2b,… Patient mobile terminal (mobile terminal)
4a, 4b, ......... Base station 5 ... Exchange 50 ... Patient information storage means 51 ... ID comparison means 52 ... Master device side transmission means (transmission means)

Claims (2)

A nurse call master unit (1) installed in the nurse station, a portable terminal (2a, 2b,...) For carrying a patient and calling a nurse, and a wireless including a portable terminal ID from the portable terminal A base station (4a, 4b,...) For receiving a paging signal and an exchange (5) connected to the base station to form a speech path;
Patient information storage means (50) for storing the portable terminal ID of the portable terminal and patient information corresponding to the portable terminal ID, a radio call signal including the portable terminal ID transmitted from the portable terminal, and the patient information The ID comparison means (51) for comparing the portable terminal ID stored in the storage means and the patient information corresponding to the portable terminal ID and the radio call signal received when the ID comparison means matches Transmission means (52) for transmitting base station information of the base station to the nurse call master unit,
The nurse call system comprising a display means (11) for displaying the patient information and base station information transmitted by the transmission means.   The nurse call system according to claim 1, wherein the exchange includes the patient information storage means, the ID comparison means, and the transmission means.

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