JP2006255006A - Nurse call system and nurse call slave machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To specify a calling patient without communicating with him/her even if calling from a common space such as a toilet, a smoking room, and a common conversation room is executed. <P>SOLUTION: A hand slave machine 500a is lent to a patient and is connected to a wall unit 200a via a cable 210a in a hospital room, and the patient operates the hand slave machine according to the situation to call a healthcare worker. When moving to the common space outside the hospital room, the patient carries the hand slave machine 500a, connects it to a cable 310a installed in the common space and operates the hand slave machine 500a. A connector 300a responds to the operation to transmit the slave machine ID received from the hand slave machine 500a and a connector ID allocated to the connector to a nurse call master machine 100, and the nurse call master machine 100 specifies the name of the calling patient and a place where the calling is executed from the slave machine ID and the connector ID, and notifies them to the healthcare worker. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a nurse call system in which a patient or a cared person calls a medical worker such as a nurse in a facility such as a hospital.

  As is well known, the conventional nurse call cordless handset used in the nurse call system is wired to a wall near the bed in a hospital room, and when a patient operates the nurse call cordless handset, the operation signal is transmitted to the nurse via the wire. The call is transmitted to a nurse call parent device such as a station, and the occurrence of a call is notified to a medical staff (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

However, when a call is made through a call button installed in a common space such as a toilet, a smoking room, a common room, etc., there is a problem that if the call is not made, it is not possible to specify who the calling patient is.
JP2003-126183A.

  In the conventional nurse system, when a call is made through a call button installed in a common space such as a toilet, a smoking room, a common room, etc., there is a problem that if the call is not made, it is not possible to identify the patient who is called. there were.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problem, and even when calling from a shared space such as a toilet, a smoking room, a common room, etc., it is possible to specify who the calling patient is without calling. It aims at providing a nurse call system and a nurse call cordless handset.

  To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a nurse call system in which a nurse call parent device receives a call signal from a child device possessed by a user through a network and calls a medical worker, A plurality of interfaces that are distributed in the facility and connected to the nurse call master unit via the network are provided. The slave unit is detachable from the interface and connected to the network via the interface, and from the user Accepting means for accepting the request, storage means for storing the slave unit identification information uniquely assigned to the slave unit, and slave unit identification information stored in the storage means through the connecting means when the accepting unit accepts the request And a control means for transmitting a call signal including a call to the nurse call master unit. The nurse call master unit is uniquely assigned to the slave unit. The user storage means for storing the slave unit identification information and the user identification information of the user who uses the slave unit in association with each other, the reception means for receiving the calling signal from the slave unit through the network, and the reception means Detection means for detecting user identification information corresponding to the slave unit identification information included in the calling signal from information stored in the user storage means, and notification means for informing the medical staff of the user identification information detected by the detection means; It was made to comprise and comprise.

  As described above, according to the present invention, an interface in which a slave unit can be freely attached and detached is distributed in a facility, and when a user wants to make a call, when the slave unit is connected to the interface and the reception means is operated, the memory is stored. The unique handset identification information is read from the means and transmitted to the nurse call base unit together with the call signal. The nurse call base unit that has received the information is included in the information stored in the user storage means and the received call signal. Based on the slave unit identification information, the user who has made the call is detected and notified to the medical staff.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, even if a call is made from an interface installed in a common space such as a toilet, a smoking room, a common room, etc., a nurse call can be specified without calling the patient. Can provide system and nurse call cordless handset.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a nurse call system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The nurse call system includes a nurse call master unit 100, a radio base station 110, a radio terminal 120, hallway lights 210 to 21n, wall units 200a and 200b, cables 210a and 210b, and connectors 300a, 300b, and 400a. , 400b, cables 310a, 310b, 410a, 410b, and hand slaves 500a, 500b.

  Nurse call parent device 100 is configured as shown in FIG. That is, the nurse call base unit 100 includes a control unit 101, a storage unit 102, a display unit 103, an operation unit 104, a slave unit I / F unit 105, a LAN I / F unit 106, and a base station I / F. Unit 107. In addition, although this nurse call main | base station 100 enables the telephone call with the patient who performed the call, and a medical worker, description about the structure is abbreviate | omitted.

  The control unit 101 controls each unit of the nurse call parent device 100 according to a control program and control data stored in the storage unit 102, detects a call request from a patient, Is notified to nurses and other medical staff.

  The storage unit 102 stores the child program / patient correspondence table 102a and the connector / installation location correspondence table 102b in addition to the control program and control data. The child device / patient correspondence table 102a is, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, a table in which child device IDs associated with hand child devices 500a and 500b, which will be described later, are associated with data of patient names using the child device IDs. It is.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the connector / installation location correspondence table 102b associates connector IDs associated with connectors 300a, 300b, 400a, and 400b, which will be described later, with name data of the installation locations where the connectors are installed. It is a thing. In addition, the storage unit 102 stores a bed / patient correspondence table 102c in which bed identification information, bed numbers, and patient names to be used are associated with each other.

  The display unit 103 is a display using an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like, displays the name of a patient who has received a call request, notifies the occurrence of the call, and displays various information stored in the storage unit 102. It is a display and plays the role of a visual man-machine interface.

  The operation unit 104 is an input device such as a plurality of key switches or a touch panel provided on the display unit 103, and plays a role of a man-machine interface that receives a request from a medical worker who is a user.

The subunit | mobile_unit I / F part 105 accommodates the hall lights 210-21n, and receives the calling request from the patient in a hospital room through these.
The LAN I / F unit 106 accommodates the connectors 300a, 300b, 400a, and 400b through a LAN line laid in the facility, and receives call signals transmitted from these connectors.

  The base station I / F unit 107 accommodates a plurality of radio base stations 110 and notifies the radio terminal 120 of the occurrence of a call request through the radio base station 110 when a call request is generated from a patient.

The configuration of the nurse call system will be described with reference to FIG. 1 again.
Although only one radio base station 110 is shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of radio base stations 110 are actually laid in the facility. The radio base station 110 is a radio base station that employs a PHS (Personal Handyphone System) system, etc., and wirelessly communicates with a radio terminal 120 carried by a medical worker, so that the nurse call parent device 100 (base station I / F) The wireless terminal 120 is notified of the occurrence of a call request notified from the unit 107). The wireless terminal 120 is a terminal device that has a voice communication function and a function of displaying character information and can make a call.

  The corridor lights 210 to 21n are respectively installed on the corridor wall surface near the entrance of the corresponding hospital room, and house the wall units 200a and 200b laid in the corresponding hospital room. F section 105).

  Each of the wall units 200a and 200b is provided in the vicinity of a sickbed on the wall of the sickroom in association with the sickbed in the sickroom, and is connected to the cables 210a and 210b. The cables 210a and 210b are physically and electrically detachable from the hand slave units 500a and 500b, respectively, and have connectors. The hand slave units 500a and 500b connected to the connectors are connected to the wall units 200a and 200b, respectively. .

  The connectors 300a and 300b are respectively provided on the wall surface in the smoking room, and are connected to the nurse call parent device 100 (LAN I / F unit 106) through the LAN line, respectively, with the cables 310a and 310b being connected thereto. The cables 310a and 310b are physically and electrically detachable from the hand slave devices 500a and 500b, respectively, and have connectors. The hand slave devices 500a and 500b connected to the connectors are connected to the connectors 300a and 300b, respectively.

  The connectors 400a and 400b are respectively provided on the wall surface in the toilet, and are connected to the nurse call parent device 100 (LAN I / F unit 106) through a LAN line as well as to the cables 410a and 410b, respectively. The cables 410a and 410b are physically and electrically detachable from the hand slave devices 500a and 500b, respectively, and have connectors. The hand slave devices 500a and 500b connected to the connectors are connected to the connectors 400a and 400b, respectively.

  Here, the detailed configuration of the connector 300a will be described with reference to FIG. Since the connectors 300b, 400a, and 400b have the same configuration, the description thereof is omitted. The connector 300a includes a control unit 301, a slave unit I / F unit 302, a LAN I / F unit 303, and a storage unit 304.

  The slave unit I / F unit 302 is physically and electrically connected to the cable 310a, receives a call signal input from the hand slave unit 500a through the cable 310a, and controls the slave unit ID included therein to the control unit 301. Output to.

The storage unit 304 stores a connector ID uniquely assigned to the connector 300a.
The control unit 301 controls the respective units of the connector 300a in an integrated manner. When a slave unit ID is input from the slave unit I / F unit 302, the control unit 301 reads the connector ID from the storage unit 304, Is added to the slave unit ID to generate call data and output it to the LAN I / F unit 303.

  When the call data is input from the control unit 301, the LAN I / F unit 303 transmits the call data to the nurse call parent device 100 (LAN I / F unit 106) through the LAN line.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 6, the structure of the hand child device 500a will be described. Since the hand slave device 500b has the same configuration, the description thereof is omitted. The hand slave device 500a is a nurse call slave device and is lent to a specific patient, and includes a control unit 501, an I / F unit 502, an operation unit 503, a storage unit 504, and a sound generation unit 505.

  The operation unit 503 is a man-machine interface that is easy for a user to make a call request, such as a push button, and the user presses the push button when the user wants to call a medical worker.

The sound generation unit 505 outputs the confirmation sound of the user operation with respect to the operation unit 503 by the control of the control unit 501.
The storage unit 504 stores a handset ID uniquely assigned to the hand handset 500a.

  The control unit 501 controls the respective units of the hand slave device 500a in an integrated manner. When an operation (pressing a push button) on the operation unit 503 by the user is detected, the control unit 501 controls the sound generation unit 505 to amplify the confirmation sound. According to the connection target of the I / F unit 502, the slave unit ID is read from the storage unit 504 and output to the I / F unit 502 or an ON signal is output to the I / F unit 502. To do.

  The I / F unit 502 is an interface that is physically and electrically connected to the cables 210a and 210b and the cables 310a, 310b, 410a, and 410b. When connected to the wall units 200a and 200b through the cables 210a and 210b, an ON signal is input from the control unit 501, and this ON signal is output to the wall units 200a and 200b.

  On the other hand, when the I / F unit 502 is connected to the connector 300a, 300b, 400a, or 400b via the cable 310a, 310b, 410a, or 410b, the slave unit ID is input from the control unit 501, and the call including this The signal is output to the connector 300a, 300b, 400a or 400b.

Next, the operation of the nurse call system configured as described above will be described.
First, a case where the hand slave device 500a is operated by being connected to the wall unit 200a via the cable 210a will be described. Here, the wall unit 200a is associated with the bed of the bed number “601”, and the hand child machine 500a to which the child machine ID “001” is assigned to the patient “Taro Yamada” who uses this bed. Is loaned.

  “Taro Yamada” needs to call a medical worker in the hospital bed “601”, and operates the operation unit 503 of the hand slave device 500a. Then, the control unit 501 detects this operation, controls the sound generation unit 505 to output a confirmation sound, and the control unit 501 further sends a wall unit to the I / F unit 502 via the cable 210a at this time. It is detected that it is connected to 200a (not connected to the LAN line), and from this, an ON signal is output to the wall unit 200a via the cable 210a.

  The I / F unit 502 to which the ON signal is input from the control unit 501 outputs the ON signal to the wall unit 200a via the cable 210a. On the other hand, the wall unit 200a outputs the input ON signal to the corridor lamp 210.

  Correspondingly, the corridor lamp 210 detects that the input ON signal is from the wall unit 200a corresponding to the bed number “601”, and calls the bed light including the bed identification information indicating the bed number “601”. The signal is output to nurse call parent device 100 (slave device I / F unit 105).

  On the other hand, handset I / F unit 105 receives the call signal, detects bed identification information included in this signal, and outputs this to control unit 101. On the other hand, the control unit 101, based on the input bed identification information and the bed / patient correspondence table 102c stored in the storage unit 102, calls Mr. “Taro Yamada” who uses the bed number “601”. Detect that it has occurred.

  Then, the control unit 101 displays the bed number “601” as the place where the call has occurred on the display unit 103 and displays the name of “Taro Yamada” as the patient who made the call. Further, the control unit 101 generates text data for displaying the bed number “601” and the name of “Taro Yamada”, and controls the base station I / F unit 107 to wirelessly transmit the text data through the radio base station 110. Transmit to terminal 120.

As a result, the text data is received by the wireless terminal 120 carried by the medical staff, and “601” indicating the bed number and the name of the calling patient “Taro Yamada” are displayed on the display unit. When the patient “Taro Yamada” wants to smoke and moves to the smoking room on the second floor, the hand slave unit 500a is detached from the cable 210a, and the hand slave unit 500a is carried and moved to the smoking room. In addition, since it is the same also when using a toilet, the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  “Taro Yamada” needs to call a medical worker in the smoking room, and connects the hand slave device 500a to the cable 310a, for example, and operates the operation unit 503. Then, the control unit 501 detects this operation, controls the sound generation unit 505 to output a confirmation sound, and the control unit 501 further connects the I / F unit 502 to the connector 300a via the cable 310a at this time. Is connected (connected to a LAN line).

  Then, the control unit 501 reads the child device ID “001” from the storage unit 504 and outputs it to the I / F unit 502. In response to this, the I / F unit 502 generates a call signal including the input slave unit ID “001”, and outputs it to the connector 300a (slave unit I / F unit 302) via the cable 310a.

  On the other hand, in connector 300 a, slave unit I / F unit 302 receives the call signal and outputs slave unit ID “001” included in this signal to control unit 301. On the other hand, the control unit 301 reads the connector ID from the storage unit 304, adds this to the child device ID, generates call data, and outputs it to the LAN I / F unit 303. Here, it is assumed that the connector ID “103” is assigned to the connector 300a.

  On the other hand, when the call data is input from the control unit 301, the LAN I / F unit 303 transmits this to the nurse call parent device 100 (LAN I / F unit 106) through the LAN line.

  In response to this, the LAN I / F unit 106 receives the call data, detects the slave unit ID and the connector ID included in the data, and outputs them to the control unit 101. On the other hand, the control unit 101 makes a call from the patient “Taro Yamada” based on the child device ID input from the LAN I / F unit 106 and the child device / patient correspondence table 102 a stored in the storage unit 102. Detect that it has occurred.

  Further, the control unit 101 generates a call from the “2F smoking room” based on the connector ID input from the LAN I / F unit 106 and the connector / installation location correspondence table 102b stored in the storage unit 102. Detect that there is.

  Then, the control unit 101 displays “2F smoking room” as the place where the call has occurred on the display unit 103 and displays the name of “Taro Yamada” as the patient who made the call. Further, the control unit 101 generates text data for displaying the names of the call occurrence places “2F smoking room” and “Taro Yamada”, and controls the base station I / F unit 107 to control the radio base station. 110 to the wireless terminal 120.

  As a result, the text data is received by the wireless terminal 120 carried by the medical staff, and “2F smoking room” indicating the location of the call and the name of the calling patient “Taro Yamada” are displayed on the display unit. The

  As described above, in the nurse call system configured as described above, a specific hand child device (500a or 500b) is lent to each patient, and when used in a hospital room, the wall unit (200a) corresponding to the patient's own bed is used by the patient. Or it connects to 200b) via a cable (210a or 210b), operates the said hand child machine as needed, and calls a medical worker.

  In addition, when the patient wants to move to a common space outside the hospital room, the handed handset (500a or 500b) that has been lent is removed from the cable (210a or 210b) and carried, and installed in the common space as necessary. The hand slave is operated by connecting to a cable (310a, 310b, 410a or 410b).

  In response to this operation, the connector (300a, 300b, 400a or 400b) to which the cable is connected associates the connector ID assigned to the handset ID received from the handset with the nurse, The nurse call master device that has transmitted to and received the call master device 100 determines the patient name called from the slave device ID and the connector ID and the place where the call was made, and notifies the medical staff. It is.

  Therefore, according to the nurse call system configured as described above, the patient is notified not only of the call request from the patient's own bed but also the call from the common space to the medical staff without calling. it can.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment. Further, for example, a configuration in which some components are deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment is also conceivable. Furthermore, you may combine suitably the component described in different embodiment.

For example, the nurse call parent device 100 may accommodate the hall lights 210 to 21n via a LAN line.
In addition, it goes without saying that the present invention can be similarly implemented even if various modifications are made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a nurse call system according to the present invention. The circuit block diagram which shows the structure of the nurse call main | base station of the nurse call system shown in FIG. The figure which shows an example of the subunit | mobile_unit corresponding table memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the nurse call main | base station shown in FIG. The figure which shows an example of the connector / installation location correspondence table memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the nurse call main | base station shown in FIG. The circuit block diagram which shows the structure of the connector of the nurse call system shown in FIG. The circuit block diagram which shows the structure of the nurse call subunit | mobile_unit of the nurse call system shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Nurse call main | base station, 101 ... Control part, 102 ... Memory | storage part, 103 ... Display part, 104 ... Operation part, 105 ... Slave unit I / F part, 106 ... LAN I / F part, 107 ... Base station I / F 110, wireless base station, 120, wireless terminal, 200a, 200b, wall unit, 210a, 210b, cable, 210-21n, corridor lamp, 300a, 300b, 400a, 400b, connector, 301, control unit, 302, etc. Slave unit I / F unit, 303 ... LAN I / F unit, 304 ... storage unit, 310a, 310b, 410a, 410b ... cable, 500a, 500b ... hand slave unit, 501 ... control unit, 502 ... I / F unit, 503 ... the operation unit, 503 ... the operation unit, 504 ... the storage unit, 505 ... the sound generation unit.

Claims (3)

A nurse call system in which a nurse call parent device receives a call signal from a child device possessed by a user through a network and makes a call to a medical worker,
A plurality of interfaces that are distributed in a facility and connected to the nurse call parent device via the network;
The slave is
Connection means detachably attached to the interface and connected to the network via the interface;
A receiving means for receiving a request from a user;
Storage means for storing handset identification information uniquely assigned to the handset;
Control means for transmitting a call signal including slave unit identification information stored in the storage unit to the nurse call master unit through the connection unit when the receiving unit receives the request;
The nurse call master is
User storage means that is uniquely assigned to the slave unit and stores the slave unit identification information and the user identification information of the user who uses the slave unit in association with each other;
Receiving means for receiving a call signal from the slave unit through the network;
Detecting means for detecting user identification information corresponding to handset identification information included in the call signal received by the receiving means from information stored in the user storage means;
A nurse call system comprising: a notification means for notifying a medical staff of user identification information detected by the detection means. The interface is
A connecting means for detachably connecting the slave unit;
Communication means for communicating with the nurse call master through the network;
Storage means for storing interface identification information uniquely assigned to the interface;
Control means for adding interface identification information stored in the storage means to this information and transmitting it to the nurse call master through the communication means when the slave identification information is inputted from the slave through the connection means And
The nurse call parent device further includes location storage means for storing the interface identification information uniquely assigned to the interface and the location identification information for identifying the location where the interface is deployed, in association with each other,
The detection means detects user identification information corresponding to handset identification information included in the call signal received by the reception means from information stored in the user storage means, and detects the interface identification information included in the call signal. Detecting corresponding location identification information from the location storage means;
The nurse call system according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit notifies a medical staff of user identification information and location identification information detected by the detection unit. A nurse call slave that transmits a call signal to a nurse call master through an interface distributed in the facility through a network,
Connection means detachably attached to the interface and connected to the network via the interface;
A receiving means for receiving a request from a user;
Storage means for storing handset identification information uniquely assigned to the nurse call handset;
Control means for transmitting a call signal including slave unit identification information stored in the storage unit to the nurse call master unit through the connection unit when the receiving unit receives the request. Nurse call cordless handset.

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