JP2017205358A - Data communication system for medical equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data communication system in which data from medical equipment such as sterilization device or cleaning device can be obtained in real time and in which data loss is prevented from occurring.SOLUTION: The data communication system for medical equipment includes a data processing transmitting module 14 that acquires running condition data of a medical equipment such as a sterilization device 12 or a cleaning device 60 and can transmit the acquired running condition data, and a management server 30 connected to the data processing communication module 14 via a communication line 20, and in which the data processing transmitting module 14 has a real time transmitting unit 22 that transmits running condition data in real time and a batch transmitting unit 24 that, after accumulating the running condition data for a predetermined period of time, batch transmits said accumulated running condition data, and the management server 30 has a communication unit 36 that receives running condition data transmitted from the data processing module 14, a monitor 32 that displays real-time running condition data received by a communication unit 36, and a storage unit 38 that stores the running condition data received by the communication unit 36 and accumulated for a predetermined period of time.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for communicating data of medical equipment such as a sterilization apparatus and a cleaning apparatus.

  In hospitals and the like, a cleaning device for cleaning medical equipment such as a scalpel and scissors used in surgery and medical practice is required. Further, the cleaned medical equipment is reused after being sterilized by a sterilization apparatus.

Patent Document 1 discloses a system in which a plurality of sterilization apparatuses are connected to a state monitoring apparatus, and the state monitoring apparatus can communicate with a computer through a communication line such as a telephone line or a LAN.
The sterilizer is provided with a control device that executes operation control of the sterilizer, and the control device transmits device information and operation information related to processing contents to the state monitoring device.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a configuration for acquiring information related to endoscope cleaning and transmitting the acquired information to a portable terminal device as an endoscope cleaning management system. The portable terminal device is carried by an operator, and the worker can acquire information regarding cleaning even when working at a location away from the cleaning device.

JP 2014-166209 A JP 2007-202604 A

In Patent Document 1 described above, data related to the start and end of processing in the sterilization apparatus is transmitted, but the situation during processing is not transmitted in real time, but is transmitted in batches.
In Patent Document 2 as well, data related to the start and end of processing in the cleaning apparatus is transmitted, but not real-time transmission but batch transmission.

However, if any abnormality occurs during sterilization or cleaning, it is necessary to deal with it immediately, and it is necessary to monitor the sterilization process and the cleaning process in real time, so real-time transmission is desired. .
However, in the case of real-time transmission, there is a problem that data between failures may be lost due to a failure of a communication device or a communication line.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and the object of the present invention is to obtain data from a medical device such as a sterilizer or a cleaning device in real time and to prevent data loss. It is to provide a data communication system.

According to the medical device data communication system of the present invention, a medical device including one or a plurality of sterilizers or cleaning devices, and the medical device operating state data are provided in the medical device. A data communication system comprising: a data processing transmission module capable of transmitting the acquired operation status data; and a management server connected to the data processing communication module via a communication line, the data processing transmission module Has a real-time transmission unit that transmits the operation status data in real time, and a batch transmission unit that batch-transmits the operation status data accumulated after accumulating the operation status data for a predetermined period, the management server, A communication unit that receives the driving situation data transmitted from the data processing module, and a real-time received by the communication unit A monitor for displaying the rolling status data is characterized by having a storage unit for storing a predetermined time period stored driving condition data received by the communication unit.
By adopting this configuration, since the operation status data is acquired by real time transmission on the management server side, the medical device can be monitored in real time. Further, even if a problem occurs in the communication line or the like during real-time transmission, the management server side can receive the operation status data collectively by batch transmission, so that the operation status data can be prevented from being lost. That is, both real-time properties and data integrity can be achieved.

In addition, the batch transmission unit may compress and transmit the operation status data during batch transmission.
By adopting this configuration, batch transmission data that tends to be large data can be made compact, and the communication bandwidth of the communication line can be used effectively.

In addition, an external computer provided so as to be communicable with the management server is provided, and the management server receives a predetermined value of the driving situation data exceeding a preset threshold while receiving the real-time driving situation data. When this is detected, a warning transmission unit that transmits a warning to the external computer may be provided.
According to this configuration, the worker or the like may not always monitor the monitor of the management server in real time, and even if the worker or the like constantly monitors the monitor in real time, the abnormality may not be noticed. In some cases, abnormalities can be reliably detected.

Further, the management server and the external computer may be communicable through another communication line different from the communication line.
According to this configuration, since the connection with the external computer may not be a secure communication line, any communication line may be used.

  According to the medical device data communication system of the present invention, it is possible to achieve both the real-time property of the operating status data of the medical device and the integrity without any defects.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the whole structure of 1st Embodiment of the data communication system of a medical device. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a real-time monitor screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the real-time monitor screen of eight medical equipments. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a management server and an external computer. It is explanatory drawing which shows the whole structure of 2nd Embodiment of the data communication system of a medical device.

(First embodiment)
In the present embodiment, a sterilizer is taken as an example of a medical device, and a system for managing data related to the operating status of the sterilizer will be described.
FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a data communication system 10 of the present embodiment.
The sterilizer 12 is installed in a facility such as a hospital and is a device that sterilizes an object to be sterilized such as a therapeutic bandage, a scalpel, forceps, and a surgical gown. The sterilizer 12 has a pressure container that accommodates an object to be sterilized, and sterilizes the object to be sterilized by introducing a sterilizing agent such as steam or ethylene oxide gas into the pressure container.

  The sterilizer 12 is provided with a data processing transmission module 14 capable of acquiring the operation status data of the sterilizer 12 and transmitting the acquired operation status data. The data processing transmission module 14 is assumed to be a small PC (Personal Computer), and includes a control unit 16 including a CPU, a memory, and the like, and a communication unit that is controlled by the control unit 16 and performs communication with the outside. 18.

Here, taking the case where the sterilizer 12 is a steam sterilizer as an example, the operation process of the steam sterilizer will be described.
The steam sterilizer has a pressure vessel that is a sterilization tank. Saturated water vapor is introduced into the pressure vessel, pressurized and heated, and a predetermined pressure and temperature are maintained for a certain period of time, thereby sterilizing an object to be sterilized. Operates to sterilize. As a pressure vessel, the thing of the double can structure which consists of an inner can and an outer can may be employ | adopted. The jacket portion is between the inner can and the outer can. The temperature of the inner can can be adjusted by introducing saturated water vapor into the jacket.

  After the operator stores the object to be sterilized in the inner can, the steam sterilizer performs a preheating process (conditioning process) before performing sterilization. In the preheating step, the inner can is brought into a vacuum state by a vacuum pump, and then saturated steam is introduced to raise the inner can to atmospheric pressure with saturated steam. Then, the inside can is again evacuated. By repeating this operation a plurality of times, the object to be sterilized is sufficiently preheated, the air remaining in the inner can is replaced with water vapor, and the atmosphere in the inner can is brought close to a saturated vapor state.

The steam sterilizer introduces saturated steam into the inner can and pressurizes it to a predetermined pressure after the preheating step, and introduces saturated steam into the jacket to heat the inner can to a predetermined temperature. The inside of the inner can is sterilized by being maintained at a predetermined pressure and a predetermined temperature with saturated steam for a certain period of time.
After a certain period of time has elapsed, the sterilization process is terminated and an exhaust process for discharging saturated water vapor from the inner can and the jacket portion is executed. In the inner can that has been evacuated by the evacuation process, moisture adhering to the sterilized material is evaporated and dried.

  The sterilizer 12 includes a control unit 9 for controlling each component of the sterilizer 12 in order to execute the above-described steps. The control unit 9 includes a CPU, a memory, and the like, and outputs control signals to the valves, the steam generator, the vacuum pump, and the like included in the sterilizer 12, and temperature data from a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, and the like. And get pressure data.

In addition, the data processing transmission module 14 of the sterilizer 12 acquires the following data as the operation status data from the control unit 9. However, these data are examples, and it is not essential to acquire all of these data, and other data may be acquired.
The operation status data is roughly divided into the following four data, operation monitor data, operation program data, operation history data, and abnormality history data.

  The operation monitor data includes the sampling date, sampling date and time, sampling minutes and seconds, the number of operations on that day, rack number. , Current program number, current processing information, current process information, remaining operation time, inner cylinder temperature, outer cylinder temperature, inner cylinder pressure, abnormal number, operation start date, operation start date and time, operation start minute and second, message number, Can be mentioned.

  The operation program data includes disinfection temperature, preliminary disinfection time, exhaust speed, preheating pulse number, preheating time, steam blow time, vacuum pulse number, dynamic pulse number, sterilization temperature, sterilization time, vacuum drying time, mixed drying time, neglect Time and air blow time.

  The operation history data includes the number of operations of the day, the rack No. , Program number, operation start date, operation start date / time, operation start date / time, operation end date / time, operation end date / time, operation end date / time, sterilization start date / time, sterilization start date / time, sterilization start time / second, sterilization end date / time Sterilization end date / time, sterilization end minute / second, power failure occurrence, abnormality occurrence, automatic correction, pass / forced end operation, manual operation, pause operation, running cost, worker code.

  The abnormality history data includes the number of operations on that day, the rack number. , Occurrence Program number, Occurrence process information, Occurrence process information, Occurrence inner cylinder temperature, Occurrence outer cylinder temperature, Occurrence inner cylinder pressure, Occurrence sample temperature, Abnormal number, Abnormality date, Abnormal date and time , Abnormal occurrence minutes and seconds.

  The data processing transmission module 14 is communicably connected to the management server 30 via the communication line 20. Since it is preferable to ensure confidentiality as the communication line 20, in this embodiment, a mobile data communication line is used.

  The mobile data communication line has a limited available bandwidth or is a best effort type, and data congestion may occur depending on the amount of data to be communicated, the communication frequency, and the congestion state of the communication line. In other words, the mobile data communication line may lose data when data is transmitted by real-time communication, and this combination is unsuitable when it is desired to perform data communication that would not be possible if the loss occurred. However, the present invention can compensate for such drawbacks as follows.

That is, since the data processing transmission module 14 transmits the driving situation data in real time and transmits the batch of the driving situation data every time one processing step is completed, the management server 30 side finally has no deficient driving situation. Can receive data.
The management server 30 can confirm the operation status data transmitted in real time in real time, and can be used for maintenance management of the sterilizer 12 based on the operation status data transmitted in batch.

The data processing transmission module 14 includes a real-time transmission unit 22 and a batch transmission unit 24 that are realized by the control unit 16 executing a predetermined program (software).
The real-time transmission unit 22 acquires the operation monitor data from the control unit 9 of the sterilizer 12 and transmits the operation monitor data from the communication unit 18 to the management server 30 in real time. The real-time transmission unit 22 normally transmits operation monitor data using UDP (User Datagram Protocol) as a communication protocol, but TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) can also be used.

The batch transmission unit 24 transmits the above operation monitor data collectively from the communication unit 18 to the management server 30 when one sterilization process is completed. The batch transmission unit 24 transmits operation monitor data using TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) as a communication protocol.
Note that the batch transmission unit 24 may compress the operation monitor data when transmitting the operation monitor data. Thereby, the bandwidth of the communication line 20 can be used effectively, and the occurrence of congestion and the like can be prevented. As the compression process, a ZIP format that is a reversible compression process may be employed.

  However, in the present invention, the communication line 20 is not limited to the mobile data communication line. The Internet or an intranet may be used as the communication line 20. However, even if the communication line 20 is not a mobile data communication line, there is a possibility of data loss during real-time transmission due to unforeseen circumstances such as a hub that is a communication device going down. Therefore, even if the communication line 20 is not a mobile data communication line, it is possible to achieve an effect of transmitting data with no loss by batch transmission.

In addition, there is operation status data that is transmitted to the management server 30 only by batch transmission without being transmitted in real time.
The operation status data transmitted only by batch transmission is the above-described operation program data, operation history data, and abnormality history data. These data do not need to be transmitted in real time. That is, these data are not required to check the situation in real time, and are only required for history management, and thus are transmitted by batch transmission.

Next, the management server 30 will be described.
The management server 30 includes a monitor 32, a control unit 34 including a CPU and a memory, a communication unit 36 that is controlled by the control unit 34 to execute communication with the outside, and a storage unit 38 such as a hard disk drive. ing.
The control unit 34 of the management server 30 executes display means 40 which is software for displaying the operation monitor data transmitted in real time on the monitor 32.

Examples of operation monitor data displayed on the monitor 32 by the display means 40 are shown in FIGS.
The figure shown in FIG. 2 is an example of a real-time monitor screen for monitoring one sterilizer in real time.
In the upper part of the real-time monitor screen 42, the number of operations of the day, whether or not it is in operation, the object to be sterilized, the current process, the remaining operation time, the inner cylinder temperature, the inner cylinder pressure, and the outer cylinder temperature are displayed. The inner cylinder temperature, the inner cylinder pressure, and the outer cylinder pressure are displayed in a graph with the horizontal axis as the time axis and the vertical axis as the temperature and pressure. The display means 40 controls so that this graph is updated in real time.

The figure shown in FIG. 3 is an example of a real-time monitor screen in which operation monitor data of eight sterilizers are displayed on the monitor 32.
The display means 40 can cause the monitor 32 to display a real-time monitor screen 42 of operation monitor data for each of the plurality of sterilizers. Since the contents of each real-time monitor screen 42 are the same as those in FIG. 2, description thereof is omitted here.

The storage unit 38 of the management server 30 stores the operation monitor data when the operation monitor data is batch transmitted. For this reason, the operator of the management server 30 can refer to the driving monitor data stored in the storage unit 38 even when there is data loss during real-time transmission.
Furthermore, the storage unit 38 of the management server 30 stores the operation program data, operation history data, and abnormality history data transmitted in batch, in addition to the operation monitor data transmitted in batch.

FIG. 4 shows an example of usage of each data transmitted to the management server.
The management server 30 in FIG. 4 is connected to the Internet line 44 separately from the communication line 20. The control unit 34 of the management server 30 constructs a WEB page 46 that can be browsed from outside via the Internet line 44 in the management server 30. That is, the management server 30 functions as a WEB server, and can browse the WEB page 46 by a WEB browser of another WEB client (external computer in the claims).

Examples of the WEB client include a user (hospital) including the sterilizer 12 or a computer 50 or a mobile device 51 of a maintenance manager who performs maintenance management of the sterilizer 12.
However, to prevent third parties other than users and maintenance managers from browsing, when a WEB client accesses, a portal site 47 that cannot access the WEB page 46 unless a preset user name and password are entered. It is good to set.

Examples of the WEB page 46 include the real-time monitor screen 42 shown in FIGS. 2 to 3 and operation program data, operation history data, and abnormality history data (not shown) transmitted in batches.
When the user or the maintenance manager recognizes that an abnormality has occurred as a result of checking the real-time monitor screen 42 with the computer 50 or the mobile device 51, the user or the maintenance manager can visit the corresponding sterilizer 12 and take action.

  In addition, the user or the maintenance manager can refer to the maintenance or the like by confirming the operation program data, the operation history data, and the abnormality history data with the computer 50 or the mobile device 51.

The control unit 34 of the management server 30 implements a warning transmission unit 43 that transmits a warning to the WEB client.
The warning transmission unit 43 transmits a warning to the computer 50 or the mobile device 51 of the user or the maintenance manager especially when an abnormality is detected in the operation monitor data transmitted in real time. As a specific example of the warning, an email indicating “warning” is set, or a warning sound is generated when the computer 50 or the mobile device 51 receives a warning mail from the warning transmission unit 43 in advance. It may be possible to keep it.

The warning transmitter 43 transmits a warning when, for example, the inner can pressure exceeds a predetermined pressure in each of the conditioning process, the sterilization process, the exhaust process, and the drying process, or the inner can temperature or the outer can temperature is predetermined. Applicable when the temperature is exceeded. However, the predetermined pressure and the predetermined temperature need to be set and stored in advance for each process.
Note that the warning transmission unit 43 may transmit a warning as an abnormality even when the predetermined pressure or the predetermined temperature is not reached in each step. Also in this case, in each step, a low pressure, a predetermined pressure on the low temperature side, and a threshold value for the predetermined temperature are set and stored.

(Second Embodiment)
In the present embodiment, a case where a cleaning device is employed as a medical device will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the component same as the component demonstrated in 1st Embodiment, and description may be abbreviate | omitted.

  The cleaning device 60 is a device for cleaning medical equipment such as a knife, forceps, scissors and the like made of stainless steel or iron. Such medical devices come into contact with blood and body fluids when used in medicine, but rust occurs when left unwashed immediately after use. In addition, these medical devices with blood or body fluid attached are at risk of infection. In order to prevent infection, blood and body fluid adhering to medical equipment must be washed and removed without fail, and after washing, it must be dried quickly to prevent recontamination.

  In addition, as the washing | cleaning apparatus 60, although it is common that it is a single tank type which has one tank which served as a washing tank and a drying tank, it is not limited to a single tank type.

Hereinafter, steps in the cleaning apparatus of this embodiment will be described.
First, the cleaning device 60 performs preliminary cleaning (pre-cleaning) before performing the cleaning process. Pre-cleaning is a process of cleaning an object to be cleaned with water or warm water without using a cleaning agent. Thereby, dust etc. on the surface of the object to be cleaned can be removed. In the pre-cleaning, immersion cleaning in which the object to be cleaned is simply immersed in water or warm water, jet cleaning in which water or warm water is sprayed on the object to be cleaned, water or warm water in which the object to be cleaned is immersed in water or warm water Any of ultrasonic cleaning which applies ultrasonic vibration to the can be employed.

  Then, after the preliminary cleaning is completed, the cleaning device 60 jets the cleaning liquid by jetting the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning tank and cleans the ultrasonic wave by cleaning the cleaning liquid. The cleaning is performed by the cleaning method or any one of the methods.

The cleaning device 60 performs rinsing with water or hot water after cleaning the object to be cleaned. As for rinsing, it is possible to adopt both cleaning methods of jet cleaning in which water or hot water is jetted and ultrasonic cleaning in which water or hot water is ultrasonically cleaned, or one of the cleaning methods. it can.
Moreover, the washing | cleaning apparatus 60 may add a rust preventive lubricant to water or warm water in a rinse process.

  The cleaning device 60 performs hot water treatment after rinsing. In the hot water treatment, the object to be cleaned can be sterilized by performing treatment by heating water or warm water to 65 ° C to 93 ° C. In this hot water treatment, it is possible to employ immersion cleaning in which water or warm water is simply immersed, jet cleaning in which water or warm water is sprayed onto the object to be cleaned, and the like.

  After the hot water treatment, the cleaning device 60 dries the object to be cleaned. Drying is performed by spraying hot air onto the object to be cleaned or heating the installation atmosphere of the object to be cleaned. Thereby, the washing | cleaning process of a to-be-cleaned object is complete | finished.

  The cleaning device 60 includes a control unit 61 for controlling each component of the cleaning device 60 in order to execute the processes as described above. The control unit 61 includes a CPU, a memory, and the like, and outputs a control signal to each valve, pump, ultrasonic generator, and the like included in the cleaning device 60, and acquires temperature data from a temperature sensor or the like. .

In addition, the data processing transmission module 64 of the cleaning device 60 acquires the following data as operation status data from the control unit 61. However, these data are examples, and it is not essential to acquire all of these data, and other data may be acquired.
The operation status data is roughly divided into the following four data, operation monitor data, operation program data, operation history data, and abnormality history data.

  The operation monitor data includes the sampling date, sampling date and time, sampling minutes and seconds, the number of operations on that day, rack number. , Current program number, current processing information, current process information, remaining operation time, liquid temperature, tank temperature, pump pressure, water level, abnormal number, operation start date, operation start date / time, operation start minute / second, message number, Can be mentioned.

  Operation program data includes prewash: temperature (° C), prewash: time (min), prewash: frequency, prewash: water used, prewash: drain, wash: temperature (° C), wash: time (min), wash: frequency , Washing: chemical, washing: drug concentration (%), washing: water used, washing: drainage, washing second time: use water, washing second time: medicine, washing second time: drainage, washing second time: time (minutes), Second wash: temperature (° C), second wash: concentration of drug (%), third wash: use water, third wash: drug, third wash: drainage, third wash: time (minutes), third wash : Temperature (° C), 3rd washing: concentration of drug (%), 4th washing: water used, 4th washing: chemical, 4th washing: draining, 4th washing: time (minutes), 4th washing: temperature ( ° C), 4th wash: concentration of drug (%), 5th wash: water used, 5th wash: drug, 5th wash: drainage, 5th wash: time (min), 5th wash: temperature ( ), 5th washing: drug concentration (%), ultrasound: temperature (° C.), ultrasound: time (minutes), ultrasound: frequency, ultrasound: drug, ultrasound: drug concentration (%), ultrasound: Water used, Ultrasound: Drainage, Ultrasound: Water level, Ultrasound: Method, Rinse: Temperature (° C), Rinse: Time (min), Rinse: Number of times, Rinse: Water used, Rinse: Drainage, Rinse second: Use Water, Rinse 2nd: Drainage, Rinse 2nd: Time (min), Rinse 2nd: Temperature (° C), Rinse 3rd: Water used, Rinse 3rd: Drainage, Rinse 3rd: Time (min), Rinse 3 1st: Temperature (° C), 4th rinse: Water used, 4th rinse: Drainage, 4th rinse: Time (minutes) 4th rinse: 4th temperature (° C), 5th rinse: Use water, 5th rinse: drain , Rinse 5th: Time (min), Rinse 5th: Temperature (° C), Hot water: Temperature (° C), Hot water: Time (min), Hot water: Number of times, Hot water: Water used, Hot water: Wastewater, hot water: A0 value, rust prevention: temperature (° C), rust prevention: time (minutes), rust prevention: number of times, rust prevention: chemicals, rust prevention: chemical concentration (%), rust prevention: water used, prevention Rust: Drainage, Drying: Temperature (° C), Drying: Time (minutes), Drying: Number of times, A0, Forced termination operation selection, Automatic conveyor, Reserve tank usage count, Reserve tank chemical concentration (%), Wastewater cooling, Door interlock, program version.

  The operation history data includes the number of operations of the day, the rack No. , Program number, operation start date, operation start date / time, operation start minute / second, operation end date / time, operation end date / time, operation end minute / second, jet cleaning start date / time, jet cleaning start date / time, jet cleaning start minute / second, jet Cleaning end date / time, jet cleaning end date / time, jet cleaning end minute / second, power failure occurrence, abnormality occurrence, automatic correction, pass / forced end operation, manual operation, pause operation, running cost, worker code.

  The abnormality history data includes the number of operations on that day, the rack number. , Occurrence program number, occurrence process information, occurrence process information, occurrence liquid temperature, occurrence tank temperature, occurrence pump pressure, occurrence water level, error number, error occurrence date, error occurrence date, error occurrence Minutes and seconds.

  The data processing transmission module 64 is communicably connected to the management server 30 via the communication line 20. Since it is preferable to ensure confidentiality as the communication line 20, in this embodiment, a mobile data communication line is used.

The data processing transmission module 64 transmits the driving situation data in real time, and batch-transmits the driving situation data collectively every time one processing step is completed. For this reason, the management server 30 side can finally receive driving state data without any deficiency.
The management server 30 can confirm the operation status data transmitted in real time in real time, and can be used for maintenance management of the cleaning device 60 based on the operation status data transmitted in batch.

The data processing transmission module 64 includes a real-time transmission unit 72 and a batch transmission unit 74 that are realized by executing a predetermined program (software) by the control unit 66.
The real-time transmission unit 72 acquires the operation monitoring data from the control unit 61 of the cleaning device 60 and transmits the operation monitor data from the communication unit 68 to the management server 30 in real time. The real-time transmission unit 72 normally transmits operation monitor data using UDP (User Datagram Protocol) as a communication protocol, but TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) can also be used.

The batch transmission unit 74 collectively transmits the operation monitor data from the communication unit 68 to the management server 30 when one cleaning process is completed. The batch transmission unit 74 transmits operation monitor data using TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) as a communication protocol.
Note that the batch transmission unit 74 may compress the operation monitor data when transmitting the operation monitor data. Thereby, the bandwidth of the communication line 20 can be used effectively, and the occurrence of congestion and the like can be prevented. As the compression process, a ZIP format that is a reversible compression process may be employed.

  However, in the present invention, the communication line 20 is not limited to the mobile data communication line. The Internet or an intranet may be used as the communication line 20. However, even if the communication line 20 is not a mobile data communication line, there is a possibility of data loss during real-time transmission due to unforeseen circumstances such as a hub that is a communication device going down. Therefore, even if the communication line 20 is not a mobile data communication line, it is possible to achieve an effect of transmitting data with no loss by batch transmission.

In addition, there is operation status data that is transmitted to the management server 30 only by batch transmission without being transmitted in real time.
The operation status data transmitted only by batch transmission is the above-described operation program data, operation history data, and abnormality history data. These data do not need to be transmitted in real time. That is, these data are not required to check the situation in real time, and are only required for history management, and thus are transmitted by batch transmission.

  The management server 30 displays the operation monitor data of the cleaning device 60 transmitted in real time on the monitor 32 by the display means 40 as a real time monitor screen (not shown). However, the content of the real-time data screen is different from the content shown in FIGS.

  Further, the storage unit 38 of the management server 30 also stores the operation program data, operation history data, and abnormality history data of the cleaning device 60 transmitted in batch.

  The user and the management / maintenance contractor, the warning transmission unit 43, and the WEB page 46 connected to the management server 30 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.

(Other embodiments)
In each of the above-described embodiments, the system for transmitting and receiving the operation status data from the sterilizer and the system for transmitting and receiving the operation status data from the cleaning device have been described in separate embodiments. The management server transmitted from the cleaning device may be the same management server, and the management server may receive both the operation status data from the sterilization device and the cleaning device.

9 Control unit 10 Data communication system
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12 Sterilizer 14 Data processing transmission module 16 Control part 18 Communication part 20 Communication line 22 Real time transmission part 24 Batch transmission part 30 Management server 32 Monitor 34 Control part 36 Communication part 38 Storage part 40 Display means 42 Real time monitor screen 43 Warning transmission part 44 Internet line 46 WEB page 47 Portal site 50 Computer 51 Mobile device 60 Cleaning device 61 Control unit 64 Data processing transmission module 66 Control unit 68 Communication unit 72 Real-time transmission unit 74 Batch transmission unit

Claims (4)

A medical device including one or more sterilizers or cleaning devices;
A data processing transmission module that is provided in the medical device, acquires operation status data of the medical device, and is capable of transmitting the acquired operation status data;
A data communication system comprising a management server connected to the data processing communication module via a communication line,
The data processing transmission module includes:
A real-time transmission unit that transmits the operation status data in real time; and a batch transmission unit that batch-transmits the operation status data accumulated after accumulating the operation status data for a predetermined period;
The management server
A communication unit that receives driving status data transmitted from the data processing module, a monitor that displays real-time driving status data received by the receiving unit, and driving status data that has been accumulated for a predetermined period of time received by the communication unit A data communication system for medical equipment, comprising: The batch transmission unit
2. The data communication system for medical equipment according to claim 1, wherein the operation status data is compressed and transmitted in batch transmission. An external computer provided to be able to communicate with the management server;
The management server
While receiving the real-time driving status data, it has a warning transmitter for transmitting a warning to the external computer when it is detected that a predetermined numerical value of the driving status data exceeds a preset threshold value. A data communication system for a medical device according to claim 1 or 2.   4. The data communication system for a medical device according to claim 3, wherein the management server and the external computer can communicate with each other through another communication line different from the communication line.