JP2010003129A - Transmitter and management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transmitter and a management system for reducing the transmission information quantity of acquisition information to be transmitted from the acquisition destination device of information to a transmission destination device, and for enabling the transmission destination device to achieve strict management by acquiring at least the same time profile being a time profile at the acquisition destination device side. <P>SOLUTION: This transmission device 50 for transmitting temperature information in an automatic analyzing device 20 to be successively acquired by an automatic analyzing device 20 to a management server 30 is provided with a temperature change determining part 22a for determining whether or not the successively acquired temperature in the automatic analyzing device 20 has changed; and a transmission control part 22b for, when it is determined that the temperature has changed by the temperature change determination part 22a, transmitting the changed temperature and the acquisition time of the temperature and the acquisition time of the temperature just before the temperature changes to the management server 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a transmission apparatus and a management system, and in particular, includes a transmission apparatus that transmits acquisition information acquired by an information acquisition destination apparatus to the management apparatus, and a management apparatus that manages transmission information transmitted by the transmission apparatus as management information. It relates to a management system provided.

  Conventionally, a transmission device connected to or incorporated in an information acquisition destination device and a management device are communicably connected via a network such as the Internet, and the transmission device sequentially acquires the acquired information obtained by the information acquisition destination device. There is a management system that transmits information to a management apparatus and that manages the transmission information as management information. In this management system, in order to reduce the transmission information amount of transmission information transmitted to the management device by the transmission device, only when the value of the acquisition information sequentially acquired by the information acquisition destination device changes, The value and the acquisition time at which the changed acquisition information is acquired are transmitted to the management apparatus.

  For example, Patent Literature 1 describes a device that transmits information regarding an abnormality to the management device when the device to be managed indicates an abnormality. In this management system, when the operation state of the management target device indicates an abnormality, a terminal device having a function as a transmission device transmits information regarding the abnormality of the management target device to the management device.

JP 2000-90371 A

  However, in the conventional management system, since the acquisition information acquired by the information acquisition destination device includes acquisition information that is not received by the transmission destination device of the acquisition information, the acquisition information acquired by the information acquisition destination device is time-sequentially. In some cases, the time profile of the acquired information obtained in the acquired information transmission destination device becomes coarser than the time profile of the acquired acquired information. Therefore, the acquired information transmission destination device may have a different time profile from the time profile obtained by the information acquisition destination device, and may not be able to perform management based on highly accurate acquired information. There was a problem that there was.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and reduces a transmission information amount of acquisition information transmitted from an information acquisition destination device to a transmission destination device, while the transmission destination device is at least a time profile on the acquisition destination device side. It is an object of the present invention to provide a transmission apparatus and a management system capable of obtaining the same time profile as those of the above and performing strict management.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the transmission device according to the present invention is the transmission device that transmits the acquisition information acquired by the information acquisition destination device to the transmission destination device. A determination unit that determines whether or not the value of the information has changed; and when the determination unit determines that the value of the acquisition information has changed, the value and acquisition time of the acquisition information that has changed, and the acquisition information that has changed Transmission control means for transmitting the acquisition time of the acquisition information immediately before the change to the transmission destination device.

  In the transmission apparatus according to the present invention, in the above invention, the determination unit obtains the information when a difference between the value of the currently acquired acquired information and the value of the acquired information acquired immediately before is a predetermined threshold value or more. It is characterized by determining that the value of information has changed.

  Further, the transmission device according to the present invention provides a transmission device that transmits acquired information acquired by an information acquisition destination device to a transmission destination device, and the value of the acquired information sequentially acquired is out of a predetermined range from a predetermined range or A determination unit that determines whether or not the value has changed from outside the predetermined range to the predetermined range; and when the determination unit determines that the value of the acquired information has changed, the acquisition time of the changed acquired information and the changed The range information indicating that the value of the acquired information is within the predetermined range or outside the predetermined range, and the acquisition time of the acquired information immediately before the changed value of the acquired information changes are transmitted to the transmission destination device. And a transmission control means.

  In addition, in the transmission device according to the present invention, in the above invention, when the transmission control unit determines that the value of the acquisition information has changed by the determination unit, the identification information of the acquisition destination device and / or the transmission A device identification information is added and transmitted to the transmission destination device.

  In the transmission device according to the present invention, the transmission device is connected to or incorporated in an automatic analyzer that automatically analyzes a sample.

  The management system according to the present invention is the management system according to any one of claims 1, 2, 4, and 5, and the one or more transmission apparatuses via a network. A management device that manages information transmitted by each transmission device as management information, and the acquisition information that is connected to the management device locally or via a network and is sequentially acquired based on the management information And a management terminal device that reproduces the time profile of the value of.

  Moreover, in the above invention, the management system according to the present invention is connected to the one or more transmission devices according to any one of claims 3 to 5 and the one or more transmission devices via a network. A management device that manages information transmitted by the transmission device as management information; and a value of the acquired information that is connected to the management device locally or via a network and is sequentially acquired based on the management information. And a management terminal device that reproduces a time bar indicating an elapsed time within or outside the range.

  In this invention, when the determination means determines whether or not the value of the acquired information acquired sequentially has changed, and the determination means determines that the value of the acquired information has changed, the transmission control means The acquired information value and the acquisition time and the acquisition information acquisition time immediately before the changed acquisition information changes are transmitted to the transmission destination device. The acquisition time of the acquisition information that has changed and the acquisition time of the acquisition information immediately before changing from a certain value can be transmitted to the transmission destination device. As a result, information for obtaining the same time profile as the time profile obtained by sequentially connecting acquired information in time series can be transmitted to the transmission destination device with a small amount of information. Accordingly, the transmission destination device obtains a time profile that is at least the same as the time profile on the acquisition destination device side and performs strict management while reducing the amount of transmission information of the acquisition information transmitted from the information acquisition destination device to the transmission destination device. Can do.

  Hereinafter, a management system for an automatic analyzer incorporating a transmission apparatus 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.

(Embodiment 1)
First, the management system according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a management system for an automatic analyzer incorporating a transmission device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The management system 1 includes a plurality of automatic analyzers 20 that automatically analyze a sample, and a management server 30 as a management device that manages transmission information transmitted by a transmission device 50 incorporated in each automatic analyzer 20. A plurality of management terminal devices 40 capable of accessing the management server 30 are communicably connected via a network N such as the Internet.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic analyzer 20 dispenses a reagent corresponding to a specimen and a test item into a reaction container, and optically measures a reaction occurring in the reaction container, and the automatic analyzer 20. A control unit 22 for controlling the processing and operation of each component, an input unit 23 for inputting various information, an analysis unit 24 for performing an analysis process on the sample based on a measurement result by the measurement mechanism 21, and a sample A storage unit 25 that stores various information including analysis results, etc., and a device ID as identification information for identifying each automatic analyzer 20, an output unit 26 that outputs various information related to analysis, and a predetermined format via the network N And a transmitter 27 for transmitting information according to the above. The automatic analyzer 20 sequentially acquires temperature information in the automatic analyzer 20 and stores it in the storage unit 25.

  The control unit 22 includes a temperature change determination unit 22a and a transmission control unit 22b. The temperature change determination unit 22a determines whether or not the temperature in the automatic analyzer 20 sequentially acquired by the automatic analyzer 20 has changed. When the temperature change determination unit 22a determines that the temperature has changed, the transmission control unit 22b includes the changed temperature, the acquisition time of the temperature, and the acquisition time of the temperature immediately before the temperature changes. To the management server 30 with the device ID added thereto. Here, the transmission device 50 includes a transmission unit 27, a temperature change determination unit 22a, and a transmission control unit 22b.

  The management server 30 stores the temperature information in each automatic analyzer 20 transmitted by the transmitter 50 incorporated in each automatic analyzer 20 as management information, and the processing of each component of the management server 30 Configuration using a control unit 32 that controls the operation, a transmission / reception unit 33 having a function as an interface for transmitting and receiving information according to a predetermined format via the network N, and a keyboard for inputting various information The temperature information of each automatic analyzer 20 processed by the management server 30 is configured using an input unit 34 for acquiring various information necessary for analyzing the sample, instruction information for analysis operation, and the like, and a display. And an output unit 35 for displaying.

  The management terminal device 40 includes a storage unit 41 that stores temperature information in 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. And a transmission / reception unit 43 having a function as an interface for transmitting / receiving information according to a predetermined format via the network N, a keyboard for inputting various information, and the like, which are necessary for analysis of a sample Output which displays the temperature information of each automatic analyzer 20 read from the storage unit 31 of the management server 30. The input unit 44 acquires external information, analysis operation instruction information and the like from the outside, and a display. Part 45. 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 transmission device 50 transmits the temperature information in the automatic analysis device 20 acquired by each automatic analysis device 20 to the management server 30, and the management server 30 transmits the received temperature information to each automatic analysis device 20. Is stored in the storage unit 31 in association with the device ID. An administrator of the automatic analyzer 20 can manage each automatic analyzer 20 by causing the output unit 35 or the output unit 45 to display and output management information including temperature information.

Here, an outline of processing in which the management server 30 reproduces transmission information based on transmission information transmitted by the automatic analyzer 20 will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining processing in which the management server 30 side reproduces a time profile of information based on information transmitted from the automatic analyzer 20. In FIG. 2, first, the automatic analyzer 20 acquires the temperature TP in the automatic analyzer 20 irregularly (FIG. 2 (a)). Transmitting device 50 incorporated in the automatic analyzer 20, if the temperature obtained irregularly changes than the temperature acquired previously, the information D _22, D ₇₇ of the temperature TP _2, TP ₇ This change was, Transmission information D1 including information D ₂ and D _{7 of the} temperature acquisition times T ₂ and T ₇ and information D ₁ and D _{6 of} the acquisition times T ₁ and T ₆ at which the temperature is acquired immediately before the temperature changes. , D2 are transmitted to the management server 30 via the network N (FIG. 2B).

On the other hand, the management server 30 receives the transmission information D1 and D2 transmitted from the transmission device 50. On the management server 30 side, except for the previous temperature acquisition times T ₁ and T ₆ when there is a temperature change, temperature information (value and time) when there is no temperature change, that is, the acquisition time T ₃ and this time Although the temperature TP ₃ , the acquisition time T ₄ and the temperature TP _{4 at} this time, the acquisition time T ₅ and the temperature TP _{5 at} this time, and the acquisition time T ₈ and the temperature TP ₈ at this time are not received, the acquisition time T ₁ , T ₂ , T ₆ , T ₇ , temperatures TP ₂ , TP ₇ can be obtained. Therefore, on the management server 30 side, the same temperature as the time profile PF 1 of the temperature shown in FIG. The time profile PF2 (FIG. 2 (c)) can be reproduced. In other words, the transmission device 50 only transmits the transmission information D1 and D2, and does not transmit all acquisition times and temperatures at this time to the management server 30 side. A time profile of the same temperature as when the temperature is transmitted to the management server 30 side can be obtained. That is, although the transmission device 50 reduces the amount of transmission information, the management server 30 obtains a time profile PF2 having the same temperature as the temperature profile PF1 on the automatic analysis device 20 side, thereby performing automatic analysis. This means that the temperatures at all times acquired by the apparatus 20 have been acquired.

  Here, with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, the information transmission processing procedure by the transmission apparatus 50 described above will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 22 of the automatic analyzer 20 first sets the initial temperature TPin in the automatic analyzer 20 and the initial time Tin that is the initial temperature acquisition time immediately after the startup of the automatic analyzer 20. Is acquired (step S101). Next, the control unit 22 performs a process of setting the initial temperature TPin as the previous temperature TPpre and setting the initial time Tin as the previous time Tpre (step S102). Thereafter, the transmission device 50 adds a device ID as identification information for identifying the automatic analyzer 20 to the previous temperature TPpre and the previous time Tpre, and transmits the device ID to the management server 30 (step S103).

  Thereafter, the control unit 22 of the automatic analyzer 20 acquires the current temperature TPnow and the current time Tnow (step S104). Note that the temperature in the automatic analyzer 20 is acquired irregularly. Next, the temperature change determination unit 22a determines whether or not the current temperature TPnow has changed compared to the previous temperature TPpre (step S105). Here, whether or not the current temperature TPnow has changed compared to the previous temperature TPpre is determined to have changed when the difference between the current temperature TPnow and the previous temperature TPpre is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold. Specifically, when the current temperature TPnow has a difference of ± 0.2 ° C. or more with respect to the previous temperature TPpre, it is determined that the current temperature TPnow has changed compared to the previous temperature TPpre. When the current temperature TPnow does not change compared to the previous temperature TPpre (step S105; No), the control unit 22 proceeds to step S109. On the other hand, when the current temperature TPnow changes compared to the previous temperature TPpre (step S105; Yes), the transmission control unit 22b determines whether or not the previous time Tpre has not been transmitted to the management server 30 (step S106). ). When the previous time Tpre has not been transmitted to the management server 30 (step S106; Yes), the transmission control unit 22b adds a device ID to information including the current temperature TPnow, the current time Tnow, and the previous time Tpre, and the management server 30. (Step S107), and the process proceeds to step S109. As a result, when the temperature in the automatic analyzer 20 acquired irregularly changes, information on the changed temperature and the acquisition time of the changed temperature and the acquisition time of the temperature immediately before the change from a certain temperature are obtained. Information can be transmitted to the management server 30. On the other hand, if the previous time Tpre has not been transmitted to the management server 30 (step S106; No), the transmission control unit 22b adds the device ID to the information including the current temperature TPnow and the current time Tnow and transmits the information to the management server 30. (Step S108), the process proceeds to Step S109. Here, the case where the previous time Tpre has not been transmitted to the management server 30 means that the temperature acquired by the automatic analyzer 20 after the initial temperature TPin and the initial time Tin acquired in step S101 is compared to the initial temperature TPin. The first time Tin has already been transmitted to the management server 30.

  Next, the control unit 22 sets the current temperature TPnow as the previous temperature TPpre, sets the current time Tnow as the previous time Tpre (step S109), and determines whether or not the acquisition of the temperature information in the automatic analyzer 20 has been completed. Is determined (step S110). When acquisition of the temperature information in the automatic analyzer 20 has not been completed (step S110; No), the control unit 22 proceeds to step S104 and repeats the above-described processing. On the other hand, when the acquisition of the temperature information in the automatic analyzer 20 is completed (step S110; Yes), the control unit 22 ends this process.

  On the other hand, the management server 30 is in a reception waiting state for transmission information transmitted by the transmission device 50 incorporated in the automatic analyzer 20 (step S201), and is transmitted by the transmission device 50 in step S103, step S107, and step S108. When the received transmission information is received (step S201; Yes), the transmission information is stored as management information of each automatic analyzer 20 (step S202), and then the process proceeds to step S201 and is transmitted by the transmission device 50. Waiting to receive.

  In the first embodiment, the temperature change determination unit 22a determines whether or not the temperature in the automatic analyzer 20 acquired irregularly by the automatic analyzer 20 has changed compared to the temperature acquired last time, When the temperature change determination unit 22a determines that the temperature has changed, the transmission control unit 22b includes information indicating the changed temperature, the acquisition time of the temperature, and the acquisition time of the temperature immediately before the temperature changes. Since the device ID is added and transmitted to the management server 30, when the temperature in the automatic analyzer 20 acquired irregularly by the automatic analyzer 20 changes, the changed temperature and the acquisition time of this temperature Furthermore, the acquisition time of the temperature immediately before the change from a certain temperature can be transmitted to the management server 30. Thereby, the information for obtaining the same time profile as the time profile in which the temperature information in the automatic analyzer 20 acquired irregularly is connected in time series can be transmitted to the management server 30 with a small amount of information. Accordingly, the management server 30 obtains at least the same time profile as the time profile on the automatic analyzer 20 side and performs strict management while reducing the amount of temperature information transmitted from the automatic analyzer 20 to the management server 30. Can do.

(Embodiment 2)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the first embodiment, when the temperature change determination unit 22a determines that the temperature in the automatic analyzer 20 obtained irregularly by the automatic analyzer 20 has changed, the transmission control unit 22b A device ID is added to information including the acquisition time of this temperature and the acquisition time of the temperature immediately before the temperature changes, and the information is transmitted to the management server 30. In the second embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the transmission device 60 includes a temperature change determination unit 29a instead of the temperature change determination unit 22a, and includes a transmission control unit 29b instead of the transmission control unit 22b. In the temperature change determination unit 29a, the temperature in the automatic analyzer 28 obtained irregularly by the automatic analyzer 28 is changed from the normal temperature range to the outside of the range or from the normal temperature range to the outside of the range. Determine whether or not. When the transmission control unit 29b determines that the temperature has changed by the temperature change determination unit 29a, the acquisition time of the changed temperature and the changed temperature is within the normal value temperature range or outside the normal value temperature range. Is added to the information including the range information indicating the temperature and the acquisition time of the temperature immediately before the temperature changes, and transmitted to the management server 30. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the same reference numerals are given to the same components.

Here, an outline of processing in which the management server 30 reproduces the transmission information based on the transmission information transmitted by the automatic analyzer 28 will be described. FIG. 5 shows an elapsed time whether the management server 30 side is within the temperature range C where the temperature in the automatic analyzer 28 is a normal value or outside the temperature range C based on the information transmitted from the automatic analyzer 28. It is a figure explaining the process which reproduces the time bar which shows. In FIG. 5, first, the automatic analyzer 28 acquires the temperature TP in the automatic analyzer 28 irregularly (FIG. 5 (a)). When the temperature obtained irregularly by the automatic analyzer 28 changes from the normal temperature range C to outside the range or from outside the temperature range C to within the range, the transmitter 60 incorporated in the automatic analyzer 28 information D _5, D ₈ acquisition time T _5, T ₈ temperature TP _5, TP ₈ has changed, range information Do indicating that the temperature TP _5, TP ₈ is within the temperature range C outside or scope C, Di and, transmission information this temperature and a information D _4, D ₇ of acquisition time T _4, T _7, which has obtained the temperature just before which varies in the range of range or temperature range C out of the temperature range C D1 , D2 is transmitted to the management server 30 (FIG. 5B).

On the other hand, the management server 30 receives the transmission information D1 and D2 transmitted from the transmission device 60. On the management server 30 side, when there is no temperature change except the previous temperature acquisition times T ₄ and T ₇ when there is a temperature change from within the temperature range C to outside the range or from outside the temperature range C to within the range. Temperature information (value and time), that is, acquisition time T ₁ and temperature TP _{1 at} this time, acquisition time T ₂ and temperature TP _{2 at} this time, acquisition time T ₃ and temperature TP _{3 at} this time, and acquisition time T ₆ Although the temperature TP _{6 at} this time, the acquisition time T ₉ and the temperature TP _{9 at} this time, and the acquisition time T ₁₀ and the temperature TP _{10 at} this time are not received, the acquisition times T ₄ , T ₅ , T ₇ , Since it is possible to obtain the range information Do, Di when the temperature changes from within the temperature range C to outside the range or from outside the temperature range C to within the range at T ₈ , the management server 30 side shown in FIG. Automatic analyzer 28 obtained with temperature time profile Temperature can be reproduced is a normal value the temperature range C in a a temperatures range C outside a is one of the time indicating the elapsed time bar the same time the bar (FIG. 5 (c)) of. In other words, the transmission device 60 only transmits the transmission information D1 and D2, and does not transmit all the acquisition times and the temperatures at this time to the management server 30 side. As in the case of transmitting the temperature to the management server 30 side, a time bar indicating the elapsed time whether the temperature is within the temperature range C where the temperature is normal or outside the temperature range C can be obtained. That is, despite the transmission device 60 reducing the amount of transmission information, the management server 30 is within the temperature range C where the temperature on the automatic analyzer 28 side is a normal value or outside the temperature range C. By obtaining the same time bar as the time bar indicating the elapsed time, whether the temperature in the automatic analyzer 28 acquired by the automatic analyzer 28 is within the normal temperature range C or outside the temperature range C I got all the information.

  Here, with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 6, the information transmission processing procedure by the transmission apparatus 60 described above will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, first, immediately after the automatic analyzer 28 is started up, the controller 29 of the automatic analyzer 28 sets the initial temperature TPin in the automatic analyzer 28 and the initial time Tin that is the initial temperature acquisition time. Is acquired (step S301). Next, the control unit 29 performs a process of setting the initial temperature TPin as the previous temperature TPpre and setting the initial time Tin as the previous time Tpre (step S302). Thereafter, the transmission device 60 adds a device ID as identification information for identifying the automatic analyzer 28 to the previous temperature TPpre and the previous time Tpre, and transmits the device ID to the management server 30 (step S303).

  Thereafter, the control unit 29 of the automatic analyzer 28 acquires the current temperature TPnow and the current time Tnow (step S304). Note that the temperature in the automatic analyzer 28 is acquired irregularly. Next, the temperature change determination unit 29a determines whether or not the current temperature TPnow has changed from the normal temperature range C to the outside of the temperature range C (step S305). When the current temperature TPnow has changed from within the temperature range C to outside the temperature range C (step S305; Yes), the transmission control unit 29b determines whether or not the previous time Tpre has not been transmitted to the management server 30 (step). S306). When the information on the previous time Tpre has not been transmitted to the management server 30 (step S306; Yes), the transmission control unit 29b indicates that the current time Tnow and the current temperature TPnow are outside the temperature range C, that is, the temperature is an abnormal value. The device ID is added to the information including the range information and the previous time Tpre and transmitted to the management server 30 (step S307), and the process proceeds to step S313. As a result, the temperature at which the temperature in the automatic analyzer 28 acquired irregularly by the automatic analyzer 28 changes from the temperature range C to the outside of the range, the range information, and the temperature from within the temperature range C. Information on the acquisition time of the temperature that was within the temperature range C until immediately before changing to the outside of the range C can be transmitted to the management server 30. On the other hand, when the information on the previous time Tpre is not transmitted to the management server 30 (step S306; No), the transmission control unit 29b has the current time Tnow and the current temperature TPnow outside the temperature range C, that is, the temperature is an abnormal value. The device ID is added to the range information indicating this and transmitted to the management server 30 (step S308), and the process proceeds to step S313.

  On the other hand, when the current temperature TPnow has not changed from the temperature range C to the temperature range C (step S305; No), the temperature change determination unit 29a changes the current temperature TPnow from the temperature range C to the temperature range C. It is determined whether or not it has been done (step S309). When the current temperature TPnow changes from outside the temperature range C to within the temperature range C (step S309; Yes), the transmission control unit 29b determines whether or not the information on the previous time Tpre has not been transmitted to the management server 30. (Step S310). When the information on the previous time Tpre has not been transmitted to the management server 30 (step S310; Yes), the transmission control unit 29b indicates that the current time Tnow and the current temperature TPnow are within the temperature range C, that is, the temperature is a normal value. The device ID is added to the range information and the previous time Tpre information and transmitted to the management server 30 (step S311), and the process proceeds to step S313. Thereby, the acquisition time when the temperature in the automatic analyzer 28 acquired irregularly by the automatic analyzer 28 changes from outside the temperature range C to the temperature range C, the range information, and the temperature from outside the temperature range C. Information about the acquisition time of the temperature that was outside the temperature range C until immediately before the change into the range C can be acquired from the management server 30. On the other hand, when the information of the previous time Tpre has been transmitted to the management server 30 (step S310; No), the transmission control unit 29b has the current time Tnow and the current temperature TPnow within the temperature range C, that is, the temperature is a normal value. The device ID is added to the range information indicating this and transmitted to the management server 30 (step S312), and the process proceeds to step S313.

  Next, the control unit 29 sets the current temperature TPnow as the previous temperature TPpre, sets the current time Tnow as the previous time Tpre (step S313), and determines whether or not the acquisition of the temperature information in the automatic analyzer 28 has been completed. Is determined (step S314). When acquisition of the temperature information in the automatic analyzer 28 has not been completed (step S314; No), the control unit 29 proceeds to step S304 and repeats the above-described processing. On the other hand, when the acquisition of the temperature information in the automatic analyzer 28 is completed (step S314; Yes), the control unit 29 ends this process.

  On the other hand, the management server 30 is in a reception waiting state for transmission information transmitted by the transmission device 60 incorporated in the automatic analyzer 28 (step S401), and step S303, step S307, step S308, step S311 and step S312. When the transmission information transmitted by the transmission device 60 is received (step S401; Yes), the transmission information is stored as management information of each automatic analyzer 28 (step S402), and then the process proceeds to step S401 to transmit the transmission device 60. It will be in the reception waiting state of the transmission information transmitted by.

  In the second embodiment, the temperature change determination unit 29a performs the temperature inside the automatic analyzer 28 obtained irregularly by the automatic analyzer 28 from the normal temperature range C to outside the temperature range C or the temperature range C. When it is determined whether or not the temperature has changed from the outside to the temperature range C, and the temperature change determination unit 29a determines that the temperature has changed, the transmission control unit 29b obtains the changed temperature acquisition time and the temperature. Range information indicating that the temperature is within the temperature range C or outside the temperature range C, and the temperature acquisition time immediately before the changed temperature changes are transmitted to the management server 30. Thereby, the same time as the time bar indicating the elapsed time whether the temperature in the automatic analyzer 28 obtained irregularly by the automatic analyzer 28 is within the temperature range C which is a normal value or outside the temperature range C. Information for obtaining a bar can be transmitted to the management server 30 with a small amount of information. Accordingly, while the amount of temperature information transmitted from the automatic analyzer 28 to the management server 30 is reduced, the temperature range C in which the management server 30 has at least a normal temperature in the automatic analyzer 28 on the automatic analyzer 28 side. Strict management can be performed by obtaining the same time bar as the time bar indicating the elapsed time whether it is inside or outside the temperature range C.

  In the first and second embodiments, the automatic analyzers 20 and 28 exemplarily obtain the temperature information in the automatic analyzers 20 and 28 irregularly. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the automatic analyzers 20 and 28 are not limited thereto. However, the temperature information in the automatic analyzers 20 and 28 may be acquired sequentially. For example, the automatic analyzers 20 and 28 are periodic in the short-term period S, but the temperature TP in the automatic analyzers 20 and 28 is acquired irregularly in the long-term period L. Good (Fig. 7). Alternatively, the automatic analyzers 20 and 28 may acquire the temperature TP at different periods depending on the automatic analyzers 20 and 28 (FIGS. 7 and 8).

  In the first and second embodiments, the automatic analyzers 20 and 28 exemplify the one that acquires the temperature information in the automatic analyzers 20 and 28. However, the present invention is not limited to this. What is necessary is just to acquire information. For example, the automatic analyzers 20 and 28 may acquire pressure information (value and time) in the automatic analyzers 20 and 28.

  In the first and second embodiments, the transmitters 50 and 60 are incorporated in the automatic analyzers 20 and 28. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the temperature information acquired by the automatic analyzers 20 and 28 irregularly. It is only necessary that information for management can be transmitted to the management server 30. For example, the transmission device is connected to the automatic analysis devices 20 and 28 separately from the automatic analysis devices 20 and 28, and this transmission device is used for management of the temperature information irregularly acquired by the automatic analysis devices 20 and 28. Information may be transmitted to the management server 30. In this case, not only the device IDs of the automatic analyzers 20 and 28 but also the device ID as identification information of the transmitting device may be added to the transmission information, or transmission is performed without adding the device IDs of the automatic analyzers 20 and 28. Only the device ID of the device may be added to the transmission information.

  Further, in the second embodiment, the temperature change determination unit 29a is configured so that the temperature in the automatic analyzer 28 is within the normal temperature range C to the outside of the temperature range C or outside the normal temperature range C to within the temperature range C. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the temperature change determination unit 29a changes the temperature in the automatic analyzer 28 from within a predetermined range to outside the range or from outside the predetermined range to within the range. What is necessary is just to be able to judge whether it did. For example, the temperature change determination unit 29a changes the temperature in the automatic analyzer 28 from within the temperature range of the high temperature mode preset as the operation mode of the automatic analyzer 28 or outside the range of the temperature range of the high temperature mode. It may be determined whether or not.

  In the second embodiment, when the temperature change determining unit 29a determines that the temperature has changed, the transmission control unit 29b is outside the range information indicating that the changed temperature is within the temperature range C or outside the temperature range C. Although what has transmitted the range information which shows that to the management server 30 was illustrated, it is not restricted to this, Is the temperature in the automatic analyzer 28 acquired irregularly by the automatic analyzer 28 in the temperature range C? It is only necessary that the management server 30 can obtain a time bar indicating the elapsed time that is outside the temperature range C. For example, when the temperature in the automatic analyzer 28 obtained irregularly by the automatic analyzer 28 changes from outside the temperature range C to within the temperature range C, the temperature change determining unit 29a determines that the temperature has changed. Since when the temperature in the automatic analyzer 28 changes outside the temperature range C, one of the range information indicating that the temperature is within the temperature range C or the range information indicating that the temperature is outside the temperature range C is managed. It may be simply transmitted to the server 30.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the management system of the automatic analyzer which incorporated the transmission device concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure explaining the process in which the management server side reproduces the time profile of information based on the information transmitted from the automatic analyzer shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the transmission processing procedure by the transmitter incorporated in the automatic analyzer shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the management system of the automatic analyzer which incorporated the transmitter concerning Embodiment 2 of this invention. Based on the information transmitted from the automatic analyzer shown in FIG. 4, the management server side indicates the elapsed time whether the temperature in the automatic analyzer is within the normal temperature range or outside the temperature range. It is a figure explaining the process which reproduces. It is a flowchart which shows the transmission processing procedure by the transmitter incorporated in the automatic analyzer shown in FIG. It is a figure explaining that an automatic analyzer acquires temperature information in an automatic analyzer one by one. It is a figure explaining that an automatic analyzer acquires temperature information in an automatic analyzer one by one.

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1, 2 Management system 20, 20A, 20B, 28, 28A, 28B Automatic analyzer 21 Measuring mechanism 22, 29, 32, 42 Control unit 22a, 29a Temperature change determination unit 22b, 29b Transmission control unit 23, 34, 44 Input Unit 24 analysis unit 25, 31, 41 storage unit 26, 35, 45 output unit 27 transmission unit 30 management server 33, 43 transmission / reception unit 40, 40A, 40B management terminal device 50, 60 transmission device N network C range D information TP, TP _{1 to} TP ₁₀ temperature T, T _{1 to} T ₁₀ time S, L period c1, c2, c3 period

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In the transmission device that transmits the acquisition information acquired by the information acquisition destination device to the transmission destination device,
Determining means for determining whether or not the value of the acquired information acquired sequentially has changed;
When the determination means determines that the value of the acquired information has changed, the transmission destination device indicates the changed value and acquisition time of the acquired information and the acquisition time of the acquired information immediately before the changed acquired information changes. Transmission control means for transmitting to,
A transmission device comprising:   The determination unit determines that the value of the acquired information has changed when the difference between the value of the acquired information acquired at present and the value of the acquired information acquired immediately before is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold. Item 2. The transmission device according to Item 1. In the transmission device that transmits the acquisition information acquired by the information acquisition destination device to the transmission destination device,
Determining means for determining whether the value of the acquired information sequentially acquired has changed from within a predetermined range to outside the predetermined range or from outside the predetermined range to within the predetermined range;
When it is determined by the determining means that the value of the acquired information has changed, the acquisition time of the changed acquired information and the changed value of the acquired information are within the predetermined range or outside the predetermined range. Transmission control means for transmitting to the transmission destination device the range information shown and the acquisition time of the acquisition information immediately before the value of the changed acquisition information changes,
A transmission device comprising:   The transmission control unit adds the identification information of the acquisition destination device and / or the identification information of the transmission device, and transmits to the transmission destination device when the determination unit determines that the value of the acquisition information has changed. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission apparatus is a transmission apparatus.   The transmission apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the transmission apparatus is connected to or incorporated in an automatic analyzer that automatically analyzes a specimen. One or more transmitters according to any one of claims 1, 2, 4, or 5;
A management device connected to the one or more transmission devices via a network and managing information transmitted by each transmission device as management information;
A management terminal device that is connected to the management device locally or via a network, and that reproduces a time profile of the value of the acquired information sequentially acquired based on the management information;
A management system characterized by comprising: One or more transmission devices according to any one of claims 3 to 5,
A management device connected to the one or more transmission devices via a network and managing information transmitted by each transmission device as management information;
Management that is connected to the management device locally or via a network, and that reproduces a time bar indicating the elapsed time when the value of the acquired information sequentially acquired is within or outside the predetermined range based on the management information A terminal device;
A management system characterized by comprising:

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