JP3135122U - Medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitor - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To detect and display the remaining amount of a medical oxygen cylinder, to issue an alarm in an emergency, and to transmit the remaining amount detection information and information about the medical oxygen cylinder to a specific outside by communication. A monitor for monitoring the remaining amount of medical oxygen cylinders is provided.
A branch pipe section 4 having a branch pipe 3 that communicates with a medical oxygen cylinder, and a remaining amount detection section 5 that measures the oxygen pressure in the pipe 3 to detect the remaining amount of the medical oxygen cylinder. A control unit 6 that controls processing of information, a display unit 7 that performs display by output from the control unit 6, a wired LAN interface 22, a wireless LAN interface 23, a mobile phone line interface 24, and a PHS line interface A medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor 1 including a communication unit 8 that transmits and receives information and a power supply unit 9 that supplies power is provided.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a remaining amount monitoring monitor for a medical oxygen (Japanese Pharmacopoeia oxygen) cylinder having a communication function.

Medical oxygen cylinders are installed in hospitals, ambulances, homes of patients at home, etc., and when the remaining amount of medical oxygen cylinders is reduced, replacement of cylinders is performed as appropriate.
The replacement work of the medical oxygen cylinder is urgent. When the remaining amount falls below a specified value, the replacement operation is required immediately. Therefore, it is necessary to constantly monitor the remaining amount.
Furthermore, when monitoring the remaining amount, it is extremely complicated to contact the oxygen cylinder identification information, customer information, and oxygen filling date information as the oxygen cylinder information together with the remaining amount monitoring information. There is also a risk of occurrence.

Therefore, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a management system and management for a medical oxygen cylinder that can efficiently and appropriately supply a medical oxygen cylinder, improve the safety of the cylinder, reduce the burden of cylinder management, and the like. A method is described.
Specifically, a server connected to a network and storing actual information on medical oxygen cylinders generates plan information about supply of cylinders to patients based on the actual information, transmits it to the sales office, and The station generates instruction information from the plan information and transmits it to the supplier, and the supplier performs supply based on the instruction information and transmits the result of the execution to the server as performance information.
JP 2002-342433 A

As described above, the replacement work of the medical oxygen cylinder is urgent, and it is necessary to constantly monitor the remaining amount. Further, when monitoring the remaining amount, the oxygen cylinder is used together with the remaining amount monitoring information. It is necessary to contact information such as oxygen cylinder identification information, customer information, and oxygen filling date information as information, but these are extremely complicated and may cause errors.
Note that Patent Document 1 does not solve this problem.

  In view of the above situation, the object of the present invention is to detect and display the remaining amount of a medical oxygen cylinder, issue an alarm in an emergency, and communicate the remaining amount detection information and the information about the medical oxygen cylinder by communication. It is an object of the present invention to provide a medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor that can be transmitted to a specific outside.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following configurations.
The invention according to claim 1 is a branch pipe section in which a pipe communicating with a medical oxygen cylinder is branched;
A remaining amount detection unit for measuring the oxygen pressure in the pipe and detecting the remaining amount of the medical oxygen cylinder;
A control unit for controlling processing of information;
A display unit for performing display by output from the control unit;
A communication unit that includes at least one of a wired LAN interface, a wireless LAN interface, a cellular phone line interface, and a PHS line interface, and transmits and receives information;
The present invention provides a medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor including a power supply unit for supplying power.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor according to the first aspect, further comprising an alarm unit that generates an alarm in response to a control signal from the control unit.

  The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the branch pipe portion is connected to either a pipe in the vicinity of the medical oxygen cylinder or a pipe extending from the medical oxygen cylinder to a hospital room. A medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor according to claim 1 or 2 is provided.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the control unit is configured to instruct the remaining amount detection unit to detect the remaining amount of the medical oxygen cylinder based on the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount detection request received from the specific outside by the communication unit. The medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitor monitor according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the monitor is configured to output a signal.

  The device according to claim 5 is a storage unit in which the control unit stores at least one information among an installation location of a medical oxygen cylinder communicated with the branch pipe unit, a serial number, and information on presence / absence of an alarm. When the remaining amount detection information is received from the remaining amount detection unit, at least one of the storage information in the storage unit is extracted, and the extracted storage information is output together with the remaining amount detection information to the communication unit The medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is provided.

  The invention according to claim 6 provides a monitor for monitoring the remaining amount of oxygen in a medical oxygen cylinder according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a position information acquisition unit using GPS. is there.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the remaining amount of the medical oxygen cylinder is detected and displayed, and the remaining amount is detected by at least one of a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, a mobile phone line, and a PHS line. A medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor capable of transmitting information to a specific outside can be provided.

  According to the second aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the invention, an alarm can be generated when the remaining amount is low.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1 or 2, the remaining amount of the medical oxygen cylinder can be detected in the vicinity of the medical oxygen cylinder or in the hospital room. it can.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, in addition to the effect of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3, the remaining amount of the medical oxygen cylinder is based on a specific request for detecting the remaining amount of the medical oxygen cylinder from the outside. Quantity detection can be performed.

  According to the invention described in claim 5, in addition to the effect of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 4, along with the remaining amount detection information of the medical oxygen cylinder, the installation location of the medical oxygen cylinder, the serial number , And information on the presence or absence of an alarm can be transmitted.

  According to the invention described in claim 6, in addition to the effects of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 5, it is possible to acquire position information by GPS and transmit the position information to a specific outside. Can do.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings showing examples.
1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor according to the present invention. The medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor 1 branches a pipe 3 communicating with a medical oxygen cylinder 2. A branch pipe section 4, a remaining amount detection section 5 for measuring the oxygen pressure in the pipe 3 to detect the remaining amount of the medical oxygen cylinder 2, a control section 6 for controlling the inside of the apparatus, and a control section 6 includes a display unit 7 that performs LED display according to an output from 6, a communication unit 8 that performs input and output of communication, and a power supply unit 9 that supplies power to the apparatus.

  The medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor 1 further includes an alarm unit 21 that is connected to the control unit 6 and generates an alarm according to an output from the control unit 6.

  The communication unit 8 includes a wired LAN interface 22, a wireless LAN interface 23, a cellular phone line interface 24, and a PHS line interface 25.

  The branch pipe section 4 is connected to either a pipe near the medical oxygen cylinder or a pipe extending from the medical oxygen cylinder to the hospital room.

When the communication unit 8 receives a medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount detection request from a specific outside, which will be described later, the control unit 6 outputs a remaining amount detection command signal to the remaining amount detecting unit 5 and performs remaining amount detection. It is configured to let you.
In addition, the control unit 6 is configured to output a remaining amount detection command signal to the remaining amount detecting unit 5 to detect the remaining amount when the power supply unit 9 is turned on at all times or at regular time intervals. ing.
When the control unit 6 receives the remaining amount detection information from the remaining amount detection unit 5, the control unit 6 displays the remaining amount detection information on the display unit 7, and also displays the remaining amount detection information on the communication unit 8 at the same frequency as the display or at an appropriate frequency. It is configured to output.

Further, the control unit 6 includes a storage unit 26 that stores in advance information such as an installation location of a medical oxygen cylinder communicated with the branch pipe unit 4, a serial number, and presence / absence of an alarm, and provides remaining amount detection information. When outputting to the communication unit 8, at least one of the stored information in the storage unit 26 is extracted at the same frequency as the output or at an appropriate frequency, and the stored information is also output to the communication unit 8.
The storage unit 26 can also store information other than the installation location of the medical oxygen cylinder, the serial number, and the alarm presence / absence information. Information is stored in the storage unit 26 by an appropriate method at the time of shipment or installation of the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor 1, for example.

Furthermore, the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitor 1 includes a position information acquisition unit 27 using GPS.
The control unit 6 is configured to cause the position information acquisition unit 27 to acquire position information and output the position information to the communication unit 8 when outputting the stored information to the communication unit 8. The position information acquisition unit 27 may be incorporated in, for example, the cellular phone line interface 24 and the PHS line interface 25.

Thus, when the communication unit 8 receives a medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount detection request signal from a specific outside while the power source 9 of the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor 1 is turned on, the control unit 6 Sends a remaining amount detection command signal to the remaining amount detection unit 5 based on the received medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount detection request to detect the remaining amount. The remaining amount detector 5 measures the oxygen pressure in the pipe 3 and detects the remaining amount of the medical oxygen cylinder 2. The remaining amount is detected by calculation based on the measured value of the oxygen pressure in the pipe 3 and the capacity of the medical oxygen cylinder 2. When receiving the remaining amount detection information from the remaining amount detection unit 5, the control unit 6 outputs the remaining amount detection information to the communication unit 8 and also to the display unit 7.
At that time, the control unit 6 causes the alarm unit 21 to generate an alarm when the remaining amount falls below a preset specified value.
Further, when outputting the remaining amount detection information to the communication unit 8, the control unit 6 extracts the storage information in the storage unit 26, that is, the installation location of the medical oxygen cylinder, the serial number, and the presence / absence of an alarm. The stored information is also output to the communication unit 8. The communication unit 8 transmits the received information to a specific outside.
Further, when outputting the stored information to the communication unit 8, the control unit 6 causes the position information acquisition unit 27 to acquire the position information and outputs the acquired position information to the communication unit 8.

In addition, the control unit 6 may send a remaining amount detection command signal to the remaining amount detection unit 5 continuously or at a time interval or time schedule preset in the control unit 6 to detect the remaining amount. it can. The remaining amount detection unit 5 measures the oxygen pressure in the pipe 3 based on the remaining amount detection command signal and detects the remaining amount of the medical oxygen cylinder 2. When receiving the remaining amount detection information from the remaining amount detection unit 5, the control unit 6 outputs the remaining amount detection information to the display unit 7 and outputs the remaining amount detection information to the communication unit 8 at the same frequency as the output or at an appropriate frequency. . Further, when outputting the remaining amount detection information to the communication unit 8, the control unit 6 extracts the storage information in the storage unit 26, that is, the installation location of the medical oxygen cylinder, the serial number, and the presence / absence of an alarm. The stored information is also output to the communication unit 8. The communication unit 8 transmits the received information to a specific outside.
Further, when outputting the stored information to the communication unit 8, the control unit 6 causes the position information acquisition unit 27 to acquire the position information and outputs the acquired position information to the communication unit 8.

  The control unit 6 sends a remaining amount detection command signal to the remaining amount detection unit 5 continuously or at a time interval or time schedule preset in the control unit 6 to detect the remaining amount. At this time, based on the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount detection request signal received from a specific outside by the communication unit 8, a remaining amount detection command signal can be sent to the remaining amount detecting unit 5 to detect the remaining amount. In other words, the remaining amount detection unit 5 performs the remaining amount detection by any of the remaining amount detection command signal generated by the control unit 6 and the remaining amount detection request signal received from a specific outside. The operation may be performed based on only one of the signals by automatic switching.

  The communication unit 8 transmits the data via any one of the wired LAN interface 22, the wireless LAN interface 23, the cellular phone line interface 24, and the PHS line interface 25 in correspondence with a specific external transmission / reception device that receives information. To do.

  The specific outside which transmits / receives to / from the communication unit 8 described above performs, for example, collective management and collective monitoring of the medical oxygen cylinder 2 and instructs a replacement operation of the medical oxygen cylinder 2 (FIG. 3). 47) of the center server (see 43 of FIG. 3).

As a result, the central management center for medical oxygen cylinders can monitor the remaining amount of medical oxygen cylinders installed at various locations in a lump and can also provide instructions for replacing cylinders in a lump without delay.
Although the position information acquisition unit 27 is attached to the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor 1, the position information acquisition unit 27 may not be provided unless particularly required.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a specific medical oxygen cylinder management communication system 41 using the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor 1.
The medical oxygen cylinder management communication system 41 detects the remaining amount of the medical oxygen cylinder 2, and can be connected to the mobile phone communication network 42, and the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitor 1 and the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitor 1. And a center server 43 communicatively connected via a mobile phone communication network 42, and a management terminal 44 communicatively connected to the center server 43 and managing information of the center server 43.

The center server 43 is an IP-VAN (Internet Protocol-Virtual Private) excellent in confidentiality and communication quality.
Network) 45 and the mobile phone communication network 42 are connected to the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitor 1. In addition, a traceability database 46 for storing management information of the medical oxygen cylinder 2 is provided, and the medical oxygen cylinder central management center 47 with strong security is installed. The traceability database 46 also stores map data.
Further, the center server 43 is connected to the management terminal 44 via a dedicated line 48.
In the figure, 49 is a mobile phone base station, 50 is a mobile phone, 51 is a mobile site accessible by the mobile phone 50, and 52 is the Internet.

Next, the process flow of the medical oxygen cylinder management communication system 41 will be described.
Registration information is created in the management terminal 44 before the medical oxygen cylinder 2 is installed in the target hospital, ambulance, home patient home, or the like.
The registration information is uploaded from the management terminal 44 to the center server 43. When the center server 43 receives the uploaded registration information, the registration information is registered in the traceability database 46.

  In addition, the center server 43 creates a schedule for detecting the remaining amount of the medical oxygen cylinder 2 in advance, registers and manages the created schedule in the traceability database 46, and based on the registered schedule, A medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount detection request signal for detecting the remaining amount of the medical oxygen cylinder 2 is transmitted to the oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitor 1. The medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitor 1 in this case is connected to either a pipe near the medical oxygen cylinder 2 or a pipe extending from the medical oxygen cylinder 2 to the patient's room. There may be.

When the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitor 1 receives the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount detection request signal from the center server 43, the remaining amount of the medical oxygen cylinder 2 is determined based on the received medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount detection request signal. Detect.
Furthermore, the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitor 1 extracts the location of the medical oxygen cylinder, the serial number, information on the presence / absence of an alarm, and the like from the storage unit (see 26 in FIG. 2), and position information. Position information by GPS is acquired by an acquisition unit (see 27 in FIG. 2).
The remaining amount detected information, extracted information, and position information are transmitted to the center server 43.

When the center server 43 receives the remaining amount detection information, the extraction information, and the position information from the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitor 1, the center server 43 updates the information in the traceability database 46 based on the received information.
The updated information is transmitted to the management terminal 44 together with the map data stored in the traceability database 46 of the center server 43. When the management terminal 44 receives the update information, the updated information is displayed on the display screen 44b of the display unit 44a. .
On the display screen 44b, the update information and the installation location of the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitor 1 or the medical oxygen cylinder 2 are displayed on the map 44c.
Thereby, replacement work, preparation work, etc. of the medical oxygen cylinder 2 can be performed smoothly.

  Further, the management terminal 44 can request the center server 43 to detect the remaining amount of the medical oxygen cylinder of the medical oxygen cylinder 2, and when the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount detection request signal is generated. Then, a medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount detection request signal is transmitted to the center server 43.

When the center server 43 receives the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount detection request signal of the medical oxygen cylinder 2 from the management terminal 44, the center server 43 transmits the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount detection request signal to the medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitor 1. To do.
The subsequent processing flow is the same as when a medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount detection request signal is transmitted from the center server 43 based on the schedule.

  The medical oxygen cylinder management communication system 41 includes a Web server unit in the center server 43, and the Web server unit provides a part of information stored in the traceability database 46 to the portable site 51 as Web page information and permits it. The web page information can be browsed by accessing the mobile site 51 from the specified mobile phone 50.

It is a perspective view of the medical oxygen cylinder residual amount monitoring monitor by this invention. It is function explanatory drawing of the medical oxygen cylinder residual amount monitoring monitor by this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the medical oxygen cylinder management communication system using the medical oxygen cylinder residual amount monitoring monitor by this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Medical oxygen cylinder residual amount monitoring monitor 2 Medical oxygen cylinder 3 Piping 4 Branch piping part 5 Residual quantity detection part 6 Control part 7 Display part 8 Communication part 9 Power supply part 21 Alarm part 22 Wired LAN interface 23 Wireless LAN interface 24 Mobile phone line interface 25 PHS line interface 26 Storage unit 27 Location information acquisition unit

Claims (6)

A branch pipe section in which a pipe communicating with a medical oxygen cylinder is branched;
A remaining amount detection unit for measuring the oxygen pressure in the pipe and detecting the remaining amount of the medical oxygen cylinder;
A control unit for controlling processing of information;
A display unit for performing display by output from the control unit;
A communication unit that includes at least one of a wired LAN interface, a wireless LAN interface, a cellular phone line interface, and a PHS line interface, and transmits and receives information;
A medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor comprising a power supply unit for supplying power.   The medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor according to claim 1, further comprising an alarm unit that generates an alarm in response to a control signal from the control unit.   The said branch piping part is connected to either the piping in the vicinity of the said medical oxygen cylinder, or the piping extended from the said medical oxygen cylinder to the hospital room, The Claim 1 or 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. Medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitor.   The control unit is configured to output a remaining amount detection command signal of the medical oxygen cylinder to the remaining amount detection unit based on a medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount detection request received from a specific outside by the communication unit. The medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein   The control unit includes a storage unit that stores at least one of information on an installation location of a medical oxygen cylinder communicated with the branch pipe unit, a serial number, and presence / absence of an alarm, and the remaining amount detection When the remaining amount detection information is received from the unit, at least one of the storage information stored in the storage unit is extracted, and the extracted storage information is output to the communication unit together with the remaining amount detection information. The medical oxygen cylinder remaining amount monitoring monitor according to any one of claims 1 to 4.   The medical oxygen cylinder residual amount monitoring monitor according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a position information acquisition unit using GPS.

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