WO2004008370A2 - Device for collecting patient-related information for use in the medical field - Google Patents

Device for collecting patient-related information for use in the medical field Download PDF

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WO2004008370A2
WO2004008370A2 PCT/FR2003/002210 FR0302210W WO2004008370A2 WO 2004008370 A2 WO2004008370 A2 WO 2004008370A2 FR 0302210 W FR0302210 W FR 0302210W WO 2004008370 A2 WO2004008370 A2 WO 2004008370A2
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Hervé Michalski
Robert Guichet
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  • the present invention relates to a device for collecting, at the level of a medical device and / or the computer of an attending physician, for recording at the level of a memory and for exploiting from this memory, information relating to at least one patient.
  • the invention also relates to a method consisting in collecting such information, in recording it in a memory and in using it from this memory.
  • the invention relates to the field of manufacturing devices for collecting, at one device, information intended to be used at another device.
  • This invention will find a very particular application in the medical field when it is a question of collecting, at the level of an analysis apparatus, medical information relating to a patient and which agree to be interpreted by the attending physician. this patient, more specifically by using a computer installed in this doctor's office.
  • Another disadvantage is that, after having entered the analysis results in his computer, the doctor can hardly take these results to the hospital, the clinic or the analysis office and must, usually, bring the support original, on the one hand, which must therefore have been kept in the office with the storage problems that this implies and, on the other hand, whose transport and handling have the aforementioned drawbacks. It may, however, be envisaged to make a digital copy of the results entered on a computer medium, in particular a floppy disk or a CD, likely to be taken away by the doctor. There then arises the problem of the compatibility of the operating software, on the one hand, of the computer on which the entry was made and, on the other hand, of the software associated with the recording device. medical analysis or on the computer fitted to the hospital, clinic or analysis office.
  • the present invention aims to provide a solution to the above problems.
  • the present invention relates to a device for collecting, at the level of a medical device and / or the computer of an attending physician, for recording at the level of a memory and for exploiting from this memory, information relating to at least one patient, characterized in that it comprises: - Means arranged to collect, at said medical device and / or said computer, information relating to at least one patient;
  • the device comprises means for processing the information collected before it is recorded in the memory means.
  • the device comprises means for processing the information recorded in the memory medium before it is used in a medical device and / or a computer.
  • An additional characteristic relates to the fact that the processing means comprise means arranged to put said information, as the case may be, collected or recorded at the level of the memory means, in a form usable by processing means equipping a medical device and / or a computer on which this information is processed.
  • the formatting means are associated with a buffer memory at the level of which the information, respectively, collected or recorded at the level of the memory medium, is temporarily stored after their formatting and before being, respectively, recorded. at the level of the memory medium or transferred with a view to their exploitation.
  • the memory means comprises means for identifying said treating doctor and / or this or these patient (s).
  • An additional characteristic consists in that the processing means include means for analyzing the means of identification of the attending physician and / or of the patient (s) to authorize or not a recording of the information collected at the level of the memory means.
  • these means of analysis are constituted by means of comparison between, on the one hand, said means of identification and, on the other hand, part of the information collected and characteristic of at least one patient and / or a doctor in charge of the treatment of this or these patients, to authorize the recording of information in the memory medium in the event of a correspondence.
  • processing means comprise means for coding the information collected before its recording at the level of the memory means and / or means for decoding the information recorded at the level of this memory means.
  • the present invention also relates to a method consisting in collecting information relating to at least one patient at the level of a medical device and / or the computer of an attending physician, at recording this information at the level of a memory. and to use them from this memory.
  • This process is characterized by the fact that it consists of:
  • the information recorded at said removable memory means is used, either from a second collection device, or from this first collection device, such a device receiving said removable memory means and being associated, respectively with a computer and / or a medical device.
  • the advantages of the present invention consist in that the medical information, resulting from an analysis carried out using a medical device on a patient, is recorded, at the level of a removable memory means, by means of 'A device according to the invention and associated with this medical device.
  • This memory means can be entrusted to the attending physician who takes him to his office and uses said information by introducing said memory means into a device according to the invention and associated with his computer.
  • this doctor can record information, in particular of the administrative type, relating to a patient at the level of such a memory means, this using a device in accordance with the present invention and associated with the computer of his firm.
  • This doctor can then provide this memory means for collecting medical information supplied by a medical device and recorded, in this memory means, by means of a device according to the invention, associated with said medical device. , and likely to receive this memory medium.
  • the device comprises means for processing information relating to a patient.
  • processing means are designed capable of authorizing a recording of this information at the level of a means. memory corresponding to the attending physician of this patient and to prevent such recording when this is not the case.
  • Such processing means are also designed capable of putting such information, generally available in a format specific to a specific type of medical device, to a particular brand of device and using a specific computer language, under a recognizable and exploitable form by computer means, in particular traditional or appropriate, appearing at the level of the computer equipping the doctor's office.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an installation involving a device according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view in partial section of the device according to the invention.
  • the present invention relates to the field of manufacturing devices for collecting, at one device, information intended to be used at another device.
  • This invention will find a very particular application in the medical field when it is a question of collecting, at the level of a medical analysis device, medical information relating to at least one patient and which should be used at the level of another device.
  • This other device can be constituted by another medical device or, and more usually, by a computer or analog equipping the office of a treating doctor in charge of this or these patients.
  • This invention also finds an application when it comes to collecting information, in particular of administrative type (civil status, social security number, address, etc.), relating to at least one patient.
  • information in particular of administrative type (civil status, social security number, address, etc.)
  • Such collection takes place at the level of a device constituted, more particularly, by the computer equipping a doctor's office while said collected information is reported on a medium and can, more particularly, be supplemented, on this medium. , by medical information collected from a medical analysis device.
  • the present invention relates to a device 1 for collecting, at the level of a medical device 2 (or even at the level of a central unit, in particular a computer, connected to a medical device 2 and assimilated to such a medical device 2 in following the description) and / or the computer 3 of an attending physician, information relating to at least one patient.
  • This device 1 is also designed to record such information at the level of a memory 4 and to exploit this information from this memory 4.
  • this device 1 is in the form of a box 5 and comprises means 6 arranged to collect, at the level of said medical device 2 and / or of said computer 3, information relating to at least one patient.
  • these collection means 6 are constituted, at least in part, by means designed capable of producing a connection (of wired or aerial type) between said device 1 and, as the case may be, said device medical 2 and / or said computer 3.
  • the information collected from a medical device 2 is, more particularly (but not necessarily exclusively), consisting of medical information, in particular the results of analyzes of the patient (s), this collected information may also (and in particular in addition to medical information), consist of information of an administrative type (in particular in report with the patient (s) for whom such an analysis has been performed).
  • this is, more particularly (but not necessarily exclusively), constituted by information of administrative type as mentioned above but can, still, be constituted by information of medical type (including test results or other).
  • such information is presented in digital or digitized form at the level of said medical device 2 and said computer 3 and is capable of being transmitted to said device 1 via said collection means 6 which are supplemented by control means of such a collection.
  • the housing 5 of such a device 1 also comprises at least one means 7 for receiving a removable memory means 8 assigned to a treating doctor in charge of the patient or patients for whom (which) information should be collected.
  • said device 1 comprises a plurality of these reception means 7, 7 ′ authorizing the establishment, concomitantly, of a plurality of allocated memory means 8, each , to a specific doctor.
  • Such removable memory means 8 can be constituted, at least in part, by at least one component
  • Magnetic, electronic or similar constituting a memory 4 at the level of which said information is recorded, this or these components being associated with a medium.
  • such a removable memory means such as
  • the latter 1 comprises means 9 arranged to ensure recording, at the level of such memory means 8, of information relating to at least one patient, these information having been collected at the level of a medical device 2 and / or of a computer 3.
  • said device 1 comprises means 10 for reading, from this memory means 8, information relating to at least one patient.
  • Such reading means 10 are arranged to allow use of this information recorded at said removable memory means 8.
  • said device 1 comprises means 11 designed capable of processing information, as the case may be, collected at the level of a device (medical device 2 and / or computer 3) and / or recorded at said memory means 8.
  • the medical analysis devices 2 and / or the computers 3 are designed capable of supplying, to a device 1, information in digital or digital form. This information does not, however, always appear in a form directly usable at the level of a device (2, 3) other than that which provided it.
  • said device 1 comprises, according to a first embodiment, processing means 11 for information collected before recording at the memory means 8.
  • processing means 11 for information collected before recording at the memory means 8.
  • such a device 1 may include means 11 for processing information recorded in the memory means 8 before being used in a medical device 2 and / or a computer 3.
  • the information appearing at said memory means 8 is then found either as provided by the device (computer 3 and / or medical device 2) at which it was collected, or in a transcoded form (in particular depending on the type of information concerned and / or the use to be made of it).
  • Such transcoding was carried out by appropriate means, in particular by processing means 11 of a device 1 according to the invention connected to a computer 3 and / or a medical device 2 or even by means present at this computer. 3 and / or this medical device 2 at which the information is collected.
  • said processing means 11 comprise means 12 arranged to put said information, as the case may be, collected or recorded at the level of memory means 8, in a form usable by processing means equipping a medical device 2 and / or a computer 3 at which this information is used.
  • these formatting means 12 are designed capable of organizing said information and of classifying it in different fields in order to become understandable and usable by processing means (software means) that an operating tool (device 2 or computer 3).
  • such formatting means 12 can be associated with a buffer memory at the level of which the information, respectively, collected or recorded at the level of the memory means 8, are temporarily stored after their shaping and before being, respectively, recorded in the memory means 8 or transferred for their exploitation.
  • the removable memory means 8 comprises means 13 for identifying said treating doctor and / or the patient or patients for which (which) medical information is to be collected.
  • these means of identification 13 can consist of information (in particular of administrative type) relating to a treating doctor and / or to at least one patient. Such information may have been recorded at the level of this removable memory means 8, by means of a device 1 according to the invention, such a device 1 possibly having been associated, either with the computer 3 of the doctor who proceeds to such a recording, either to a medical device 2 handled by an operator who performs such a recording.
  • identification means 13 may constitute a prerequisite for the use of a removable memory means 8 for the collection and recording of medical information, or even for the use and / or the access to a medical device 2 and / or a computer 3.
  • the processing means 11 comprise means of analysis 14 of the identification means 13 of the attending physician and / or of the patient (s) to authorize or not a recording of the information collected at the memory means 8, or even for authorizing or not the use and / or access to a medical device 2 and / or to a computer 2.
  • Such analysis means 14 are preferably constituted by means arranged to make a comparison between, on the one hand, said identification means 13 and, on the other hand, part of the information collected and characteristics of at least one patient and / or a doctor in charge of the treatment of this or these patients.
  • Such comparison means are designed capable, in the event of a match, of authorizing a recording of the information at the level of the memory means 8.
  • a preferred embodiment consists in that these analysis means 14 are designed capable of making a comparison between, on the one hand, the identification means 13 corresponding to an attending physician and, on the other hand, information appearing at the level of a medical device 2, collected from the latter 2, characteristics of the same doctor and associated with information corresponding to at least one patient.
  • Such an embodiment authorizes the collection of information, appearing at the level of a medical device 2, relating to one or more patients, treated by the same treating physician carrying a removable memory means 8, as well as the recording of this information at the level of this memory means 8 introduced into a device 1 connected to this medical device 2.
  • the processing means 11 of said device 1 comprise means of coding 15 of the information collected before its recording at the level of the memory means 8 and / or means of decoding 15 'of the information recorded at the level of this means memory 8.
  • Such an embodiment allows recording, at this removable memory means 8, of coded information which can only be accessed by means of a device 1 according to the invention.
  • a particular embodiment consists in providing, at the level of such a device 1, means for activating these decoding means, such activation means which can, for example, be constituted by a keyboard at the level of which is entered. a code confidential activation (specific to the doctor carrying the removable memory means 8 or specific to the latter 8).
  • the processing means 11 and / or the shaping means 12 and / or the analysis means 14 and / or the coding means 15 and / or the decoding means 15 ' are preferably constituted by computer means, more particularly, software.
  • said device 1 comprises a screen at the level of which is provided the display of information corresponding, for example, to information relating to the doctor, to at least one patient (in particular the name / first name of these), to the activation code (especially in masked form).
  • Another characteristic of the invention consists in that said device 1 can be completed by signaling means 16 (visual and / or audio) designed capable of signaling a process of collecting, recording and / or reading a information.
  • signaling means 16 can, moreover, be designed capable of identifying the memory means 8 at which such a process takes place when said device 1 comprises a plurality of means 7 for receiving such a removable memory means 8.
  • a mode embodiment consists in defining such a display means 16 by a light diode or the like.
  • the present invention also relates to a method consisting in collecting information relating to at least one patient at the level of a medical device 2 and / or of the computer 3 of an attending physician, to be recorded. this information at the level of a memory 8 and to use it from this memory 8.
  • this process consists in that: - Is collected, respectively at a medical device 2 and / or the computer ' 3 of an attending physician, information relating to at least one patient, this by means of a first device 1 collection ;
  • This information is recorded at a removable memory means 8 that receives said first collection device 1;
  • the information recorded at said removable memory means 8 is used, either from a second collection device, or from this first collection device 1, such a device 1; receiving it said removable memory means 8 and being associated, respectively, with a computer 3 and / or a medical device 2.
  • a first step in such a process may consist in collecting, at the level of the computer 3 equipping the office of a treating doctor, information relating to this doctor and / or to at least one patient treated by this doctor, such information being recorded at a removable memory means 8 associated with a device 1 according to the invention and in connection with said computer 3.
  • This information can be constituted, at least in part, by means of identification 13 of said doctor and / or at least one patient.
  • this first step corresponding to a preferred embodiment of the invention, is, however, in no way essential and it is always possible to proceed, directly, to a collection of information at the level of a medical analysis device 2 after supplying the doctor with a removable memory means 8.
  • a second step in this process is to collect information at the level of a medical device 2.
  • a first embodiment consists in disconnecting said device 1 from the doctor's computer 3, transporting it to the hospital, the clinic or the analysis office, and connect to said medical device 2 in order to collect such information.
  • said computer 3 and said medical device 2 are each connected to such a device 1 according to the invention.
  • the method then consists in removing the removable memory means 8 from the device 1 associated with the computer 3, taking it to the hospital, the clinic or the analysis office, and introducing it in another device 1 associated with a medical device 2 or with a computer associated with the latter 2.
  • this memory means 8 can be removed from the device 1 associated with the medical device 2, transported to the doctor's office, and introduced into the device 1 connected to the doctor's computer 3.

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The invention relates to a device (1) which is used to collect information relating to at least one patient using a medical apparatus and/or the computer of an attending physician, to save the information in a memory element (4) and to use said information from the aforementioned memory element (4). The inventive device is characterised in that it comprises: means (6) which are designed to collect information relating to at least one patient using a medical apparatus and/or a computer; at least one means (7) of receiving a removable memory element (8) which is assigned to the attending physician and which is used to store the above-mentioned patient-related information; and means (9) of saving the information in the memory element (8) and/or means of reading (10) said information from the memory element (8). The invention also relates to a method employed by said device.

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DIPOSITIF POUR COLLECTER DANS LE DOMAINE MEDICAL DES INFORMATIONS RELATIVES A UN PATIENTINSTRUCTIONS FOR COLLECTING PATIENT INFORMATION IN THE MEDICAL FIELD
La présente invention concerne un dispositif pour collecter, au niveau d'un appareil médical et/ou de l'ordinateur d'un médecin traitant, pour enregistrer au niveau d'une mémoire et pour exploiter à partir de cette mémoire, des informations relatives à au moins un patient. L'invention a, encore, trait à un procédé consistant à collecter des telles informations, à enregistrer celles-ci au niveau d'une mémoire et à les exploiter à partir de cette mémoire.The present invention relates to a device for collecting, at the level of a medical device and / or the computer of an attending physician, for recording at the level of a memory and for exploiting from this memory, information relating to at least one patient. The invention also relates to a method consisting in collecting such information, in recording it in a memory and in using it from this memory.
L' invention concerne le domaine de la fabrication de dispositifs pour la collecte, au niveau d'un appareil, d'informations destinées à être exploitées au niveau d'un autre appareil.The invention relates to the field of manufacturing devices for collecting, at one device, information intended to be used at another device.
Cette invention trouvera une application toute particulière dans le domaine médical lorsqu'il s'agit de collecter, au niveau d'un appareil d' analyse, des inform tions médicales relatives à un patient et qui conviennent d' être interprétées par le médecin traitant de ce patient, plus particulièrement en faisant appel à un ordinateur installé dans le cabinet de ce médecin.This invention will find a very particular application in the medical field when it is a question of collecting, at the level of an analysis apparatus, medical information relating to a patient and which agree to be interpreted by the attending physician. this patient, more specifically by using a computer installed in this doctor's office.
A ce propos, il convient d'observer que, jusqu'à présent, les analyses médicales effectuées sur un patient sont, usuellement, pratiquées dans un hôpital, dans une clinique ou dans un cabinet d'analyse spécialisé, ceci par l'intermédiaire d'un appareil médical approprié (radiologie, scanner...) susceptible de fournir les résultats de ces analyses sous forme numérique. Ces analyses sont, généralement, éditées sur un support (papier, photographie ou autre) remis au médecin traitant chargé de l'analyse de ces résultats et dont le cabinet se situe à distance dudit appareil d'analyse médicale .In this regard, it should be noted that, up to now, medical analyzes carried out on a patient are usually carried out in a hospital, in a clinic or in a specialized analysis office, this by means of '' an appropriate medical device (radiology, scanner, etc.) capable of providing the results of these analyzes in digital form. These analyzes are, generally, published on a support (paper, photograph or other) given to the attending physician in charge of the analysis of these results and whose office is located at a distance from said medical analysis device.
Une telle manière de procéder présente un certain nombre d'inconvénients consistant, notamment, en ce que les résultats de ces analyses figurent au niveau d'un ou plusieurs supports qui peuvent être particulièrement encombrants ou fragiles ce qui complexifie tout transport et toute manipulation d'un tel support. De plus, la nature de ce dernier oblige le médecin à saisir manuellement les résultats qui y sont reportés pour les introduire dans l'ordinateur équipant son cabinet. Une telle saisie, outre le fait qu'elle soit longue, fastidieuse et source d'erreurs, n'est, de plus, pas toujours possible, notamment lorsqu'il s'agit d'images.Such a procedure has a certain number of drawbacks consisting, in particular, in that the results of these analyzes appear in one or more media which can be particularly bulky or fragile which complicates any transport and any manipulation of such a support. In addition, the nature of the latter requires the doctor to manually enter the results reported therein to enter them into the computer in his office. In addition to the fact that it is long, tedious and a source of errors, such capture is not always possible, especially when it comes to images.
Un autre inconvénient consiste en ce que, après avoir saisi les résultats d'analyse dans son ordinateur, le médecin peut difficilement emmener ces résultats à l'hôpital, à la clinique ou au cabinet d'analyse et doit, usuellement, se munir du support original, d'une part, qui doit par conséquent avoir été conservé au cabinet avec les problèmes de stockage que cela implique et, d'autre part, dont le transport et la manipulation présentent les inconvénients susmentionnés. Il peut, cependant, être envisagé de faire une copie numérique des résultats saisis sur un support informatique, notamment une disquette ou un CD, susceptible d'être emmené par le médecin. Il se pose, alors, le problème de la compatibilité des logiciels d'exploitation, d'une part, de l'ordinateur au niveau duquel a été réalisé la saisie et, d'autre part, des logiciels associés à l'appareil d'analyse médical ou à l'ordinateur équipant l'hôpital, la clinique ou le cabinet d' analyse .Another disadvantage is that, after having entered the analysis results in his computer, the doctor can hardly take these results to the hospital, the clinic or the analysis office and must, usually, bring the support original, on the one hand, which must therefore have been kept in the office with the storage problems that this implies and, on the other hand, whose transport and handling have the aforementioned drawbacks. It may, however, be envisaged to make a digital copy of the results entered on a computer medium, in particular a floppy disk or a CD, likely to be taken away by the doctor. There then arises the problem of the compatibility of the operating software, on the one hand, of the computer on which the entry was made and, on the other hand, of the software associated with the recording device. medical analysis or on the computer fitted to the hospital, clinic or analysis office.
La présente invention se veut à même d' apporter une solution aux problèmes susmentionnés .The present invention aims to provide a solution to the above problems.
A cet effet, la présente invention concerne un dispositif pour collecter, au niveau d'un appareil médical et/ou de l'ordinateur d'un médecin traitant, pour enregistrer au niveau d'une mémoire et pour exploiter à partir de cette mémoire, des informations relatives à au moins un patient, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comporte : - des moyens agencés pour collecter, au niveau dudit appareil médical et/ou dudit ordinateur, des informations relatives à au moins un patient ;To this end, the present invention relates to a device for collecting, at the level of a medical device and / or the computer of an attending physician, for recording at the level of a memory and for exploiting from this memory, information relating to at least one patient, characterized in that it comprises: - Means arranged to collect, at said medical device and / or said computer, information relating to at least one patient;
- au moins un moyen de réception d'un moyen mémoire amovible attribué à ce médecin traitant et au niveau duquel sont enregistrées lesdites informations relatives à au moins un patient ;- At least one means for receiving a removable memory means assigned to this attending physician and at the level of which said information relating to at least one patient is recorded;
des moyens agencés pour assurer un enregistrement de ces informations au niveau de ce moyen mémoire et/ou des moyens de lecture de ces informations à partir de ce moyen mémoire, ceci en vue de l'exploitation de ces informations enregistrées au niveau de ce moyen mémoire amovible.means arranged to ensure a recording of this information at the level of this memory means and / or means for reading this information from this memory means, this with a view to the exploitation of this information recorded at the level of this memory means removable.
Selon une autre caractéristique, le dispositif comporte des moyens de traitement des informations collectées avant leur enregistrement au niveau du moyen mémoire .According to another characteristic, the device comprises means for processing the information collected before it is recorded in the memory means.
Encore une autre caractéristique consiste en ce que le dispositif comporte des moyens de traitement des informations enregistrées au niveau du moyen mémoire avant leur exploitation au niveau d'un appareil médical et/ou d'un ordinateur.Yet another characteristic consists in that the device comprises means for processing the information recorded in the memory medium before it is used in a medical device and / or a computer.
Une caractéristique additionnelle concerne le fait que les moyens de traitement comportent des moyens agencés pour mettre lesdites informations, selon le cas, collectées ou enregistrées au niveau du moyen mémoire, sous une forme exploitable par des moyens de traitement équipant un appareil médical et/ou un ordinateur au niveau duquel ces informations sont exploitées .An additional characteristic relates to the fact that the processing means comprise means arranged to put said information, as the case may be, collected or recorded at the level of the memory means, in a form usable by processing means equipping a medical device and / or a computer on which this information is processed.
En fait, les moyens de mise en forme sont associés à une mémoire tampon au niveau de laquelle les informations, respectivement, collectées ou enregistrées au niveau du moyen mémoire, sont stockées provisoirement après leur mise en forme et avant d'être, respectivement, enregistrées au niveau du moyen mémoire ou transférées en vue de leur exploitation. Une autre caractéristique de l'invention consiste en ce que le moyen mémoire comporte des moyens d' identification dudit médecin traitant et/ou de ce ou ces patients .In fact, the formatting means are associated with a buffer memory at the level of which the information, respectively, collected or recorded at the level of the memory medium, is temporarily stored after their formatting and before being, respectively, recorded. at the level of the memory medium or transferred with a view to their exploitation. Another characteristic of the invention consists in that the memory means comprises means for identifying said treating doctor and / or this or these patient (s).
Une caractéristique additionnelle consiste en ce que les moyens de traitement comportent des moyens d' nalyse des moyens d' identification du médecin traitant et/ou du ou des patients pour autoriser ou non un enregistrement des informations collectées au niveau du moyen mémoire.An additional characteristic consists in that the processing means include means for analyzing the means of identification of the attending physician and / or of the patient (s) to authorize or not a recording of the information collected at the level of the memory means.
En fait, ces moyens d'analyse sont constitués par des moyens de comparaison entre, d'une part, lesdits moyens d'identification et, d'autre part, une partie des informations collectées et caractéristiques d'au moins un patient et/ou d'un médecin en charge du traitement de ce ou ces patients, pour, en cas de correspondance, autoriser un enregistrement des informations au niveau du moyen mémoire.In fact, these means of analysis are constituted by means of comparison between, on the one hand, said means of identification and, on the other hand, part of the information collected and characteristic of at least one patient and / or a doctor in charge of the treatment of this or these patients, to authorize the recording of information in the memory medium in the event of a correspondence.
Encore une autre caractéristique de l'invention consiste en ce que les moyens de traitement comportent des moyens de codage des informations collectées avant leur enregistrement au niveau du moyen mémoire et/ou des moyens de décodage des informations enregistrées au niveau de ce moyen mémoire .Yet another characteristic of the invention consists in that the processing means comprise means for coding the information collected before its recording at the level of the memory means and / or means for decoding the information recorded at the level of this memory means.
La présente invention concerne, encore, un procédé consistant à collecter des informations relatives à au moins un patient au niveau d'un appareil médical et/ou de l'ordinateur d'un médecin traitant, à enregistrer ces informations au niveau d'une mémoire et à les exploiter à partir de cette mémoire. Ce procédé se caractérise par le fait qu' il consiste en ce que :The present invention also relates to a method consisting in collecting information relating to at least one patient at the level of a medical device and / or the computer of an attending physician, at recording this information at the level of a memory. and to use them from this memory. This process is characterized by the fact that it consists of:
- l'on collecte, respectivement au niveau d'un appareil médical et/ou de l'ordinateur d'un médecin traitant, des informations relatives à au moins un patient, ceci par l'intermédiaire d'un premier dispositif de collecte ; - l'on assure un enregistrement de ces informations au niveau d'un moyen mémoire amovible que reçoit ledit premier dispositif de collecte ;- Is collected, respectively at a medical device and / or the computer of an attending physician, information relating to at least one patient, this by means of a first collection device; - It ensures a recording of this information at a removable memory means that receives said first collection device;
- l'on procède à l'exploitation des informations enregistrées au niveau dudit moyen mémoire amovible, soit à partir d'un second dispositif de collecte, soit à partir de ce premier dispositif de collecte, un tel dispositif recevant ledit moyen mémoire amovible et étant associé, respectivement à un ordinateur et/ou à un appareil médical .- The information recorded at said removable memory means is used, either from a second collection device, or from this first collection device, such a device receiving said removable memory means and being associated, respectively with a computer and / or a medical device.
Les avantages de la présente invention consistent en ce que les informations médicales, résultant d'une analyse effectuée à l'aide d'un appareil médical sur un patient, sont enregistrées, au niveau d'un moyen mémoire amovible, par l'intermédiaire d'un dispositif conforme à l'invention et associé à cet appareil médical. Ce moyen mémoire peut être confié au médecin traitant qui l'emmène à son cabinet et exploite lesdites informations en introduisant ledit moyen mémoire dans un dispositif conforme à l'invention et associé à son ordinateur.The advantages of the present invention consist in that the medical information, resulting from an analysis carried out using a medical device on a patient, is recorded, at the level of a removable memory means, by means of 'A device according to the invention and associated with this medical device. This memory means can be entrusted to the attending physician who takes him to his office and uses said information by introducing said memory means into a device according to the invention and associated with his computer.
De plus , ce médecin peut enregistrer des informations , notamment du type administratif, relatives à un patient au niveau d'un tel moyen mémoire, ceci à l'aide d'un dispositif conforme à la présente invention et associé à l'ordinateur de son cabinet. Ce médecin peut, alors , se munir de ce moyen mémoire pour récolter des informations médicales fournies par un appareil médical et enregistrées , au niveau de ce moyen mémoire, par l'intermédiaire d'un dispositif conforme à l'invention, associé audit appareil médical, et susceptible de recevoir ce moyen mémoire.In addition, this doctor can record information, in particular of the administrative type, relating to a patient at the level of such a memory means, this using a device in accordance with the present invention and associated with the computer of his firm. This doctor can then provide this memory means for collecting medical information supplied by a medical device and recorded, in this memory means, by means of a device according to the invention, associated with said medical device. , and likely to receive this memory medium.
Un autre avantage de la présente invention consiste en ce que le dispositif comporte des moyens de traitement des informations relatives à un patient. Ces moyens de traitement sont conçus aptes à autoriser un enregistrement de ces informations au niveau d'un moyen mémoire correspondant au médecin traitant de ce patient et à empêcher un tel enregistrement lorsque ce n'est pas le cas.Another advantage of the present invention consists in that the device comprises means for processing information relating to a patient. These processing means are designed capable of authorizing a recording of this information at the level of a means. memory corresponding to the attending physician of this patient and to prevent such recording when this is not the case.
De tels moyens de traitement sont, encore, conçus aptes à mettre de telles informations, généralement disponibles sous un format spécifique à un type d'appareil médical déterminé, à une marque d' appareil particulière et faisant appel à un langage informatique spécifique, sous une forme reconnaissable et exploitable par des moyens informatiques , notamment traditionnels ou appropriés , figurant au niveau de l'ordinateur équipant le cabinet du médecin.Such processing means are also designed capable of putting such information, generally available in a format specific to a specific type of medical device, to a particular brand of device and using a specific computer language, under a recognizable and exploitable form by computer means, in particular traditional or appropriate, appearing at the level of the computer equipping the doctor's office.
D'autres buts et avantages de la présente invention apparaîtront au cours de la description qui va suivre se rapportant à des modes de réalisation qui ne sont donnés qu' à titre d' exemples indicatifs et non limitatifs.Other objects and advantages of the present invention will appear during the description which follows, relating to embodiments which are given only by way of indicative and nonlimiting examples.
La compréhension de cette description sera facilitée en se référant au dessin joint en annexe et dans lequel :The understanding of this description will be facilitated by referring to the attached drawing in which:
- la figure 1 est une vue schématisée d'une installation faisant intervenir un dispositif selon la présente invention ;- Figure 1 is a schematic view of an installation involving a device according to the present invention;
- la figure 2 est une vue schématisée et en coupe partielle du dispositif selon l'invention.- Figure 2 is a schematic view in partial section of the device according to the invention.
La présente invention concerne le domaine de la fabrication de dispositifs pour la collecte, au niveau d'un appareil, d'informations destinées à être exploitées au niveau d'un autre appareil .The present invention relates to the field of manufacturing devices for collecting, at one device, information intended to be used at another device.
Cette invention trouvera une application toute particulière dans le domaine médical lorsqu'il s'agit de collecter, au niveau d'un appareil d'analyse médicale, des informations médicales relatives à au moins un patient et qui conviennent d' être exploitées au niveau d'un autre appareil. Cet autre appareil peut être constitué par un autre appareil médical ou, et plus usuellement, par un ordinateur ou analogue équipant le cabinet d'un médecin traitant en charge de ce ou ces patients .This invention will find a very particular application in the medical field when it is a question of collecting, at the level of a medical analysis device, medical information relating to at least one patient and which should be used at the level of another device. This other device can be constituted by another medical device or, and more usually, by a computer or analog equipping the office of a treating doctor in charge of this or these patients.
Cette invention trouve, encore, une application lorsqu'il s'agit de collecter des informations, notamment de type administratives (état civil, numéro de sécurité sociale, adresse...) , relatives à au moins un patient. Une telle collecte s'opère au niveau d'un appareil constitué, plus particulièrement, par l'ordinateur équipant le cabinet d'un médecin tandis que lesdites informations collectées sont rapportées sur un support et peuvent, plus particulièrement, être complétées, sur ce support, par des informations médicales récoltées au niveau d'un appareil d'analyse médicale.This invention also finds an application when it comes to collecting information, in particular of administrative type (civil status, social security number, address, etc.), relating to at least one patient. Such collection takes place at the level of a device constituted, more particularly, by the computer equipping a doctor's office while said collected information is reported on a medium and can, more particularly, be supplemented, on this medium. , by medical information collected from a medical analysis device.
Ainsi, la présente invention concerne un dispositif 1 pour collecter, au niveau d'un appareil médical 2 (ou encore au niveau d'une unité centrale, notamment un ordinateur, raccordée à un appareil médical 2 et assimilée à un tel appareil médical 2 dans la suite de la description) et/ou de l'ordinateur 3 d'un médecin traitant, des informations relatives à au moins un patient. Ce dispositif 1 est, encore, conçu pour enregistrer de telles informations au niveau d'une mémoire 4 et pour exploiter ces informations à partir de cette mémoire 4.Thus, the present invention relates to a device 1 for collecting, at the level of a medical device 2 (or even at the level of a central unit, in particular a computer, connected to a medical device 2 and assimilated to such a medical device 2 in following the description) and / or the computer 3 of an attending physician, information relating to at least one patient. This device 1 is also designed to record such information at the level of a memory 4 and to exploit this information from this memory 4.
Selon l'invention, ce dispositif 1 se présente sous la forme d'un boîtier 5 et comporte des moyens 6 agencés pour collecter, au niveau dudit appareil médical 2 et/ou dudit ordinateur 3 , des informations relatives à au moins un patient.According to the invention, this device 1 is in the form of a box 5 and comprises means 6 arranged to collect, at the level of said medical device 2 and / or of said computer 3, information relating to at least one patient.
Tel que visible sur les figures en annexe, ces moyens de collecte 6 sont constitués, au moins en partie, par des moyens conçus aptes à réaliser une liaison (de type filaire ou aérienne) entre ledit dispositif 1 et, selon le cas, ledit appareil médical 2 et/ou ledit ordinateur 3.As visible in the appended figures, these collection means 6 are constituted, at least in part, by means designed capable of producing a connection (of wired or aerial type) between said device 1 and, as the case may be, said device medical 2 and / or said computer 3.
A ce propos , on observera que les informations collectées à partir d'un appareil médical 2 sont, plus particulièrement (mais pas forcément exclusivement) , constituées par des informations médicales , notamment des résultats d' nalyses du ou des patients , ces informations collectées pouvant, encore (et notamment de manière complémentaire à des informations médicales) , être constituées par des informations de type administratif (notamment en rapport avec le ou les patients pour lesquels une telle analyse a été pratiquée) .In this regard, it will be observed that the information collected from a medical device 2 is, more particularly (but not necessarily exclusively), consisting of medical information, in particular the results of analyzes of the patient (s), this collected information may also (and in particular in addition to medical information), consist of information of an administrative type (in particular in report with the patient (s) for whom such an analysis has been performed).
Quant aux informations collectées à partir de l'ordinateur du médecin, celles-ci sont, plus particulièrement (mais pas forcément exclusivement) , constituées par des informations de type administratif tel que susmentionné mais peuvent, encore, être constituées par des informations de type médical (notamment des résultats d' analyse ou autre) .As for the information collected from the doctor's computer, this is, more particularly (but not necessarily exclusively), constituted by information of administrative type as mentioned above but can, still, be constituted by information of medical type (including test results or other).
En fait, de telles informations se présentent sous une forme numérique ou numérisée au niveau dudit appareil médical 2 et dudit ordinateur 3 et sont aptes à être transmises audit dispositif 1 par l'intermédiaire desdits moyens de collecte 6 lesquels sont complétés par des moyens de commande d' une telle collecte .In fact, such information is presented in digital or digitized form at the level of said medical device 2 and said computer 3 and is capable of being transmitted to said device 1 via said collection means 6 which are supplemented by control means of such a collection.
Le boîtier 5 d'un tel dispositif 1 comporte, encore, au moins un moyen 7 de réception d'un moyen mémoire amovible 8 attribué à un médecin traitant en charge du ou des patients pour lequel (lesquels) il convient de collecter des informations .The housing 5 of such a device 1 also comprises at least one means 7 for receiving a removable memory means 8 assigned to a treating doctor in charge of the patient or patients for whom (which) information should be collected.
En fait et selon un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, ledit dispositif 1 comporte une pluralité de ces moyens de réception 7, 7' autorisant la mise en place, de manière concomitante, d'une pluralité de moyens mémoire 8 attribués, chacun, à un médecin déterminé .In fact and according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, said device 1 comprises a plurality of these reception means 7, 7 ′ authorizing the establishment, concomitantly, of a plurality of allocated memory means 8, each , to a specific doctor.
On observera que c'est, plus particulièrement, au niveau d'un tel moyen mémoire amovible 8 que sont enregistrées des informations relatives à au moins un patient. Un tel moyen mémoire amovible 8 peut être constitué, au moins en partie, par au moins un composantIt will be observed that it is, more particularly, at the level of such a removable memory means 8 that information relating to at least one patient is recorded. Such removable memory means 8 can be constituted, at least in part, by at least one component
(de type magnétique, électronique ou analogue) constituant une mémoire 4 au niveau de laquelle sont enregistrées lesdites informations, ce ou ces composants étant associés à un support.(magnetic, electronic or similar) constituting a memory 4 at the level of which said information is recorded, this or these components being associated with a medium.
Selon un mode de réalisation préféré, un tel moyen mémoire amovibleAccording to a preferred embodiment, such a removable memory means
8 est constitué par une carte à mémoire électronique non volatile destinée à coopérer avec un lecteur de carte définissant un moyen de réception 7.8 consists of a non-volatile electronic memory card intended to cooperate with a card reader defining a reception means 7.
A ce propos et selon une autre caractéristique du dispositif 1 selon l'invention, celui-ci 1 comporte des moyens 9 agencés pour assurer un enregistrement, au niveau d'un tel moyen mémoire 8, des informations relatives à au moins un patient, ces informations ayant été collectées au niveau d'un appareil médical 2 et/ou d'un ordinateur 3.In this regard and according to another characteristic of the device 1 according to the invention, the latter 1 comprises means 9 arranged to ensure recording, at the level of such memory means 8, of information relating to at least one patient, these information having been collected at the level of a medical device 2 and / or of a computer 3.
De manière alternative ou (et de préférence) additionnelle à ces moyens d'enregistrement 9, ledit dispositif 1 comporte des moyens 10 de lecture, à partir de ce moyen mémoire 8, des informations relatives à au moins un patient. De tels moyens de lecture 10 sont agencés pour permettre une exploitation de ces informations enregistrées au niveau dudit moyen mémoire amovible 8.As an alternative or (and preferably) additional to these recording means 9, said device 1 comprises means 10 for reading, from this memory means 8, information relating to at least one patient. Such reading means 10 are arranged to allow use of this information recorded at said removable memory means 8.
Selon une autre caractéristique de la présente invention, ledit dispositif 1 comporte des moyens 11 conçus aptes à assurer un traitement des informations, selon le cas, collectées au niveau d'un appareil (appareil médical 2 et/ou ordinateur 3) et/ou enregistrées au niveau dudit moyen mémoire 8.According to another characteristic of the present invention, said device 1 comprises means 11 designed capable of processing information, as the case may be, collected at the level of a device (medical device 2 and / or computer 3) and / or recorded at said memory means 8.
Tel qu'évoqué ci-dessus, les appareils d'analyse médicale 2 et/ou les ordinateurs 3 sont conçus aptes à fournir, à un dispositif 1, des informations sous forme numérique ou numérisée. Ces informations ne se présentent, cependant, pas toujours sous une forme directement exploitable au niveau d'un appareil (2, 3) autre que celui qui les a fourni .As mentioned above, the medical analysis devices 2 and / or the computers 3 are designed capable of supplying, to a device 1, information in digital or digital form. This information does not, however, always appear in a form directly usable at the level of a device (2, 3) other than that which provided it.
Pour remédier à cet inconvénient, ledit dispositif 1 comporte, selon un premier mode de réalisation, des moyens de traitement 11 des informations collectées avant leur enregistrement au niveau du moyen mémoire 8. Un tel mode de réalisation permet de disposer, au niveau de ce moyen mémoire 8, d'une information directement exploitable.To remedy this drawback, said device 1 comprises, according to a first embodiment, processing means 11 for information collected before recording at the memory means 8. Such an embodiment makes it possible to have, at the level of this memory means 8, information that can be directly used.
Cependant et selon un autre mode de réalisation, un tel dispositif 1 peut comporter des moyens de traitement 11 des informations enregistrées au niveau du moyen mémoire 8 avant leur exploitation au niveau d'un appareil médical 2 et/ou d'un ordinateur 3. Les informations figurant au niveau dudit moyen mémoire 8 se retrouvent, alors, soit telles qu'elles ont été fournies par l'appareil (ordinateur 3 et/ou appareil médical 2) au niveau duquel elles ont été collectées, soit sous une forme transcodée (notamment selon le type d'information concerné et/ou l'utilisation qui doit en être faite) . Un tel transcodage a été réalisé par des moyens appropriés, notamment par des moyens de traitement 11 d'un dispositif 1 selon l'invention raccordé à un ordinateur 3 et/ou un appareil médical 2 ou encore par des moyens présents au niveau de cet ordinateur 3 et/ou de cet appareil médical 2 au niveau duquel les informations sont collectées .However, according to another embodiment, such a device 1 may include means 11 for processing information recorded in the memory means 8 before being used in a medical device 2 and / or a computer 3. The information appearing at said memory means 8 is then found either as provided by the device (computer 3 and / or medical device 2) at which it was collected, or in a transcoded form (in particular depending on the type of information concerned and / or the use to be made of it). Such transcoding was carried out by appropriate means, in particular by processing means 11 of a device 1 according to the invention connected to a computer 3 and / or a medical device 2 or even by means present at this computer. 3 and / or this medical device 2 at which the information is collected.
Pour ce faire, lesdits moyens 11 de traitement comportent des moyens 12 agencés pour mettre lesdites informations , selon le cas , collectées ou enregistrées au niveau du moyen mémoire 8 , sous une forme exploitable par des moyens de traitement équipant un appareil médical 2 et/ou un ordinateur 3 au niveau duquel ces informations sont exploitées.To do this, said processing means 11 comprise means 12 arranged to put said information, as the case may be, collected or recorded at the level of memory means 8, in a form usable by processing means equipping a medical device 2 and / or a computer 3 at which this information is used.
Plus précisément, ces moyens 12 de mise en forme sont conçus aptes à organiser lesdites informations et à les classer en différents champs afin de devenir compréhensibles et exploitables par des moyens de traitement (moyen logiciel) que comporte un outil d'exploitation (appareil 2 ou ordinateur 3) .More specifically, these formatting means 12 are designed capable of organizing said information and of classifying it in different fields in order to become understandable and usable by processing means (software means) that an operating tool (device 2 or computer 3).
Selon une autre caractéristique, de tels moyens 12 de mise en forme peuvent être associés à une mémoire tampon au niveau de laquelle les informations, respectivement, collectées ou enregistrées au niveau du moyen mémoire 8, sont stockées provisoirement après leur mise en forme et avant d'être, respectivement, enregistrées au niveau du moyen mémoire 8 ou transférées en vue de leur exploitation.According to another characteristic, such formatting means 12 can be associated with a buffer memory at the level of which the information, respectively, collected or recorded at the level of the memory means 8, are temporarily stored after their shaping and before being, respectively, recorded in the memory means 8 or transferred for their exploitation.
Selon une autre caractéristique de la présente invention, le moyen mémoire amovible 8 comporte des moyens d' identification 13 dudit médecin traitant et/ou du ou des patients pour lequel (lesquels) il convient de collecter des in ormations médicales .According to another characteristic of the present invention, the removable memory means 8 comprises means 13 for identifying said treating doctor and / or the patient or patients for which (which) medical information is to be collected.
A ce propos, il convient d'observer que ces moyens d'identification 13 peuvent être constitués par des informations (notamment de type administratives) relatives à un médecin traitant et/ou à au moins un patient. De telles informations peuvent avoir été enregistrées au niveau de ce moyen mémoire amovible 8, par l'intermédiaire d'un dispositif 1 selon l'invention, un tel dispositif 1 pouvant avoir été associé, soit à l'ordinateur 3 du médecin qui procède à un tel enregistrement, soit à un appareil médical 2 manipulé par un opérateur qui procède à un tel enregistrement.In this regard, it should be noted that these means of identification 13 can consist of information (in particular of administrative type) relating to a treating doctor and / or to at least one patient. Such information may have been recorded at the level of this removable memory means 8, by means of a device 1 according to the invention, such a device 1 possibly having been associated, either with the computer 3 of the doctor who proceeds to such a recording, either to a medical device 2 handled by an operator who performs such a recording.
On observera que l'enregistrement de ces moyens d'identification 13 peut constituer un préalable à l'utilisation d'un moyen mémoire amovible 8 pour la collecte et l'enregistrement d'in ormations médicales, voire pour l'utilisation et/ou l'accès à un appareil médical 2 et/ou à un ordinateur 3.It will be observed that the recording of these identification means 13 may constitute a prerequisite for the use of a removable memory means 8 for the collection and recording of medical information, or even for the use and / or the access to a medical device 2 and / or a computer 3.
A ce propos et selon une autre caractéristique de l'invention, les moyens de traitement 11 comportent des moyens d'analyse 14 des moyens d' identification 13 du médecin traitant et/ou du ou des patients pour autoriser ou non un enregistrement des informations collectées au niveau du moyen mémoire 8, voire pour autoriser ou non l'utilisation et/ou l'accès à un appareil médical 2 et/ou à un ordinateur 2.In this regard and according to another characteristic of the invention, the processing means 11 comprise means of analysis 14 of the identification means 13 of the attending physician and / or of the patient (s) to authorize or not a recording of the information collected at the memory means 8, or even for authorizing or not the use and / or access to a medical device 2 and / or to a computer 2.
De tels moyens d'analyse 14 sont, de préférence, constitués par des moyens agencés pour procéder à une comparaison entre, d'une part, lesdits moyens d'identification 13 et, d'autre part, une partie des informations collectées et caractéristiques d' u moins un patient et/ou d'un médecin en charge du traitement de ce ou ces patients. De tels moyens de comparaison sont conçus aptes , en cas de correspondance, à autoriser un enregistrement des informations au niveau du moyen mémoire 8.Such analysis means 14 are preferably constituted by means arranged to make a comparison between, on the one hand, said identification means 13 and, on the other hand, part of the information collected and characteristics of at least one patient and / or a doctor in charge of the treatment of this or these patients. Such comparison means are designed capable, in the event of a match, of authorizing a recording of the information at the level of the memory means 8.
Un mode préféré de réalisation consiste en ce que ces moyens d'analyse 14 sont conçus aptes à procéder à une comparaison entre, d'une part, les moyens d'identifications 13 correspondant à un médecin traitant et, d'autre part, des informations figurant au niveau d'un appareil médical 2, collectées à partir de ce dernier 2, caractéristiques de ce même médecin et associées à des informations correspondant à au moins un patient.A preferred embodiment consists in that these analysis means 14 are designed capable of making a comparison between, on the one hand, the identification means 13 corresponding to an attending physician and, on the other hand, information appearing at the level of a medical device 2, collected from the latter 2, characteristics of the same doctor and associated with information corresponding to at least one patient.
Un tel mode de réalisation autorise la collecte d'informations, figurant au niveau d'un appareil médical 2, relatives à un ou plusieurs patients, traités par un même médecin traitant porteur d'un moyen mémoire amovible 8, ainsi que l'enregistrement de ces informations au niveau de ce moyen mémoire 8 introduit dans un dispositif 1 raccordé à cet appareil médical 2.Such an embodiment authorizes the collection of information, appearing at the level of a medical device 2, relating to one or more patients, treated by the same treating physician carrying a removable memory means 8, as well as the recording of this information at the level of this memory means 8 introduced into a device 1 connected to this medical device 2.
Selon une autre caractéristique de la présente invention, les moyens de traitement 11 dudit dispositif 1 comportent des moyens de codage 15 des informations collectées avant leur enregistrement au niveau du moyen mémoire 8 et/ou des moyens de décodage 15' des informations enregistrées au niveau de ce moyen mémoire 8.According to another characteristic of the present invention, the processing means 11 of said device 1 comprise means of coding 15 of the information collected before its recording at the level of the memory means 8 and / or means of decoding 15 'of the information recorded at the level of this means memory 8.
Un tel mode de réalisation autorise un enregistrement, au niveau de ce moyen mémoire amovible 8 , d' informations codées auxquelles il ne peut être accédé que par l'intermédiaire d'un dispositif 1 selon 1' invention.Such an embodiment allows recording, at this removable memory means 8, of coded information which can only be accessed by means of a device 1 according to the invention.
Un mode particulier de réalisation consiste à prévoir, au niveau d'un tel dispositif 1, des moyens d' activation de ces moyens de décodage, de tels moyens d' activation pouvant, par exemple, être constitués par un clavier au niveau duquel est saisi un code d' activation confidentiel (propre au médecin porteur du moyen mémoire amovible 8 ou propre à ce dernier 8) .A particular embodiment consists in providing, at the level of such a device 1, means for activating these decoding means, such activation means which can, for example, be constituted by a keyboard at the level of which is entered. a code confidential activation (specific to the doctor carrying the removable memory means 8 or specific to the latter 8).
Selon une autre caractéristique de la présente invention, les moyens de traitement 11 et/ou les moyens de mise en forme 12 et/ou les moyens d'analyse 14 et/ou les moyens de codage 15 et/ou les moyens de décodage 15' sont, de préférence, constitués par des moyens informatiques, plus particulièrement, un logiciel.According to another characteristic of the present invention, the processing means 11 and / or the shaping means 12 and / or the analysis means 14 and / or the coding means 15 and / or the decoding means 15 ' are preferably constituted by computer means, more particularly, software.
Encore une autre caractéristique de l'invention consiste en ce que ledit dispositif 1 comporte un écran au niveau duquel est assuré la visualisation d'informations correspondant, par exemple, à des informations relatives au médecin, à au moins un patient (notamment le nom/prénom de ceux-ci), au code d' activation (notamment sous forme masquée) .Yet another characteristic of the invention consists in that said device 1 comprises a screen at the level of which is provided the display of information corresponding, for example, to information relating to the doctor, to at least one patient (in particular the name / first name of these), to the activation code (especially in masked form).
Une autre caractéristique de l'invention consiste en ce que ledit dispositif 1 peut être complété par des moyens 16 de signalisation (visuelle et/ou sonore) conçus aptes à signaler un processus de collecte, d'enregistrement et/ou de lecture d'une information. De tels moyens de signalisation peuvent, en outre, être conçus aptes à identifier le moyen mémoire 8 au niveau duquel se déroule un tel processus lorsque ledit dispositif 1 comporte une pluralité de moyens de réception 7 d'un tel moyen mémoire amovible 8. Un mode de réalisation consiste à définir un tel moyen de visualisation 16 par une diode lumineuse ou analogue.Another characteristic of the invention consists in that said device 1 can be completed by signaling means 16 (visual and / or audio) designed capable of signaling a process of collecting, recording and / or reading a information. Such signaling means can, moreover, be designed capable of identifying the memory means 8 at which such a process takes place when said device 1 comprises a plurality of means 7 for receiving such a removable memory means 8. A mode embodiment consists in defining such a display means 16 by a light diode or the like.
Il convient d'observer que la présente invention concerne, encore, un procédé consistant à collecter des informations relatives à au moins un patient au niveau d'un appareil médical 2 et/ou de l'ordinateur 3 d'un médecin traitant, à enregistrer ces informations au niveau d'une mémoire 8 et à les exploiter à partir de cette mémoire 8.It should be noted that the present invention also relates to a method consisting in collecting information relating to at least one patient at the level of a medical device 2 and / or of the computer 3 of an attending physician, to be recorded. this information at the level of a memory 8 and to use it from this memory 8.
En fait, ce procédé consiste en ce que : - l'on collecte, respectivement au niveau d'un appareil médical 2 et/ou de l'ordinateur' 3 d'un médecin traitant, des informations relatives à au moins un patient, ceci par l'intermédiaire d'un premier dispositif 1 de collecte ;In fact, this process consists in that: - Is collected, respectively at a medical device 2 and / or the computer ' 3 of an attending physician, information relating to at least one patient, this by means of a first device 1 collection ;
- l'on assure un enregistrement de ces informations au niveau d'un moyen mémoire amovible 8 que reçoit ledit premier dispositif 1 de collecte ;- This information is recorded at a removable memory means 8 that receives said first collection device 1;
- l'on procède à l'exploitation des informations enregistrées au niveau dudit moyen mémoire amovible 8, soit à partir d'un second dispositif l' de collecte, soit à partir de ce premier dispositif 1 de collecte, un tel dispositif 1 ; l' recevant ledit moyen mémoire amovible 8 et étant associé, respectivement à un ordinateur 3 et/ou un appareil médical 2.- The information recorded at said removable memory means 8 is used, either from a second collection device, or from this first collection device 1, such a device 1; receiving it said removable memory means 8 and being associated, respectively, with a computer 3 and / or a medical device 2.
Il est décrit, dans la suite de la description, un processus d'utilisation d'un dispositif 1 selon l'invention.There is described, in the following description, a process for using a device 1 according to the invention.
Une première étape d'un tel processus peut consister à collecter, au niveau de l'ordinateur 3 équipant le cabinet d'un médecin traitant, des informations relatives à ce médecin et/ou à au moins un patient traité par ce médecin, de telles informations étant enregistrées au niveau d'un moyen mémoire amovible 8 associé à un dispositif 1 selon l'invention et en liaison avec ledit ordinateur 3. Ces informations peuvent être constituées, au moins en partie, par des moyens d'identification 13 dudit médecin et/ou d'au moins un patient. A ce propos, on observera que cette première étape, correspondant à un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, n'est, cependant, aucunement indispensable et il est toujours possible de procéder, directement, à une collecte d'informations au niveau d'un appareil d'analyse médical 2 après fourniture au médecin d'un moyen mémoire amovible 8.A first step in such a process may consist in collecting, at the level of the computer 3 equipping the office of a treating doctor, information relating to this doctor and / or to at least one patient treated by this doctor, such information being recorded at a removable memory means 8 associated with a device 1 according to the invention and in connection with said computer 3. This information can be constituted, at least in part, by means of identification 13 of said doctor and / or at least one patient. In this regard, it will be observed that this first step, corresponding to a preferred embodiment of the invention, is, however, in no way essential and it is always possible to proceed, directly, to a collection of information at the level of a medical analysis device 2 after supplying the doctor with a removable memory means 8.
Une seconde étape de ce processus consiste à collecter des informations au niveau d' un appareil médical 2. A ce propos, on observera qu'un premier mode de réalisation consiste à déconnecter ledit dispositif 1 de l'ordinateur 3 du médecin, à le transporter au niveau de l'hôpital, de la clinique ou du cabinet d' analyse , et à le relier audit appareil médical 2 afin de procéder à une telle collecte d' informations .A second step in this process is to collect information at the level of a medical device 2. In this regard, it will be observed that a first embodiment consists in disconnecting said device 1 from the doctor's computer 3, transporting it to the hospital, the clinic or the analysis office, and connect to said medical device 2 in order to collect such information.
Cependant et selon un mode de réalisation préféré, ledit ordinateur 3 et ledit appareil médical 2 sont reliés, chacun, à un tel dispositif 1 selon l'invention. Le procédé consiste, alors, à retirer le moyen mémoire 8 amovible hors du dispositif 1 associé à l'ordinateur 3, à l'emmener au niveau de l'hôpital, de la clinique ou du cabinet d'analyse, et à l'introduire dans un autre dispositif 1 associé à un appareil médical 2 ou à un ordinateur associé à ce dernier 2.However and according to a preferred embodiment, said computer 3 and said medical device 2 are each connected to such a device 1 according to the invention. The method then consists in removing the removable memory means 8 from the device 1 associated with the computer 3, taking it to the hospital, the clinic or the analysis office, and introducing it in another device 1 associated with a medical device 2 or with a computer associated with the latter 2.
Après avoir collecté des informations au niveau de cet appareil médical 2 et procédé à leur enregistrement au niveau dudit moyen mémoire amovible 8 (notamment après au moins l'un quelconque des traitements susmentionnés et opérés par lesdits moyens de traitement 11) , ce moyen mémoire 8 peut être retiré du dispositif 1 associé à l'appareil médical 2, transporté au cabinet du médecin, et introduit dans le dispositif 1 raccordé à l'ordinateur 3 de ce médecin.After having collected information at the level of this medical device 2 and proceeded to their recording at the level of said removable memory means 8 (in particular after at least any of the aforementioned treatments and operated by said processing means 11), this memory means 8 can be removed from the device 1 associated with the medical device 2, transported to the doctor's office, and introduced into the device 1 connected to the doctor's computer 3.
Bien entendu, il est encore possible de déconnecter le dispositif 1 de l'appareil médical 2 pour le transporter et le reconnecter à l' ordinateur 3 du médecin.Of course, it is still possible to disconnect the device 1 from the medical device 2 in order to transport it and reconnect it to the doctor's computer 3.
C'est, plus particulièrement, au niveau de l'ordinateur 3 du médecin que sont exploitées (voire stockées) les informations médicales, collectées au niveau dudit appareil médical 2 , correspondant notamment à des résultats d'analyse, et relatives à au moins un patient.It is, more particularly, at the level of the doctor's computer 3 that the medical information, collected at the level of said medical device 2, is exploited (or even stored), corresponding in particular to analysis results, and relating to at least one patient.
Bien que l'invention ait été décrite à propos d'une forme de réalisation particulière, il est bien entendu qu'elle n'y est nullement limitée et qu'on peut y apporter diverses modifications de formes, de matériaux et de combinaisons de ces' divers éléments, sans pour cela s'éloigner du cadre et de l'esprit de l'invention. Although the invention has been described in connection with a particular embodiment, it is understood that it is not there in no way limited and that it is possible to make various modifications to the forms, materials and combinations of these 'various elements, without thereby departing from the scope and spirit of the invention.

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1) Dispositif (1) pour collecter, au niveau d'un appareil médical (2) et/ou de l'ordinateur (3) d'un médecin traitant, pour enregistrer au niveau d'une mémoire (4) et pour exploiter à partir de cette mémoire (4) , des informations relatives à au moins un patient, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comporte :1) Device (1) for collecting, at the level of a medical device (2) and / or the computer (3) of an attending physician, for recording at the level of a memory (4) and for operating at from this memory (4), information relating to at least one patient, characterized in that it comprises:
- des moyens (6) agencés pour collecter, au niveau dudit appareil médical (2) et/ou dudit ordinateur (3) , des informations relatives à au moins un patient ;- Means (6) arranged to collect, at the level of said medical device (2) and / or of said computer (3), information relating to at least one patient;
- au moins un moyen (7) de réception d'un moyen mémoire amovible (8) attribué à ce médecin traitant et au niveau duquel sont enregistrées lesdites informations relatives à au moins un patient ;- at least one means (7) for receiving a removable memory means (8) assigned to this attending physician and at the level of which said information relating to at least one patient is recorded;
- des moyens (9) agencés pour assurer un enregistrement de ces informations au niveau de ce moyen mémoire (8) et/ou des moyens de lecture (10) de ces informations à partir de ce moyen mémoire (8) , ceci en vue de l'exploitation de ces informations enregistrées au niveau de ce moyen mémoire amovible (8) .- Means (9) arranged to ensure recording of this information at the level of this memory means (8) and / or means of reading (10) of this information from this memory means (8), this in order to the use of this information recorded at this removable memory means (8).
2) Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comporte des moyens (11) de traitement des informations collectées avant leur enregistrement au niveau du moyen mémoire (8) .2) Device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises means (11) for processing the information collected before their recording at the memory means (8).
3) Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 ou3) Device (1) according to any one of claims 1 or
2, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comporte des moyens (11) de traitement des informations enregistrées au niveau du moyen mémoire (8) avant leur exploitation au niveau d'un appareil médical (2) et/ou d'un ordinateur (3) .2, characterized by the fact that it comprises means (11) for processing the information recorded in the memory means (8) before being used in a medical device (2) and / or a computer (3 ).
4) Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 ou4) Device (1) according to any one of claims 2 or
3, caractérisé par le fait les moyens de traitement (11) comportent des moyens (12) agencés pour mettre lesdites informations, selon le cas, collectées ou enregistrées au niveau du moyen mémoire (8), sous une forme exploitable par des moyens de traitement équipant un appareil médical (2) et/ou un ordinateur (3) au niveau duquel ces informations sont exploitées .3, characterized in that the processing means (11) comprise means (12) arranged to put said information, as the case may be, collected or recorded at the level of the memory means (8), under a form that can be used by processing means fitted to a medical device (2) and / or a computer (3) at which this information is used.
5) Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 4, caractérisé par le fait que les moyens (12) de mise en forme sont associés à une mémoire tampon au niveau de laquelle les informations , respectivement, collectées ou enregistrées au niveau du moyen mémoire (8) , sont stockées provisoirement après leur mise en forme et avant d'être, respectivement, enregistrées au niveau du moyen mémoire (8) ou transférées en vue de leur exploitation.5) Device (1) according to claim 4, characterized in that the means (12) for shaping are associated with a buffer memory at the level of which the information, respectively, collected or recorded at the level of the memory means (8 ), are temporarily stored after their shaping and before being, respectively, recorded at the level of the memory means (8) or transferred with a view to their exploitation.
6) Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que le moyen mémoire (8) comporte des moyens d'identification (13) dudit médecin traitant et/ou de ce ou ces patients6) Device (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the memory means (8) comprises identification means (13) of said treating doctor and / or of this or these patient (s)
7) Dispositif (1) selon les revendications 2 et 6, caractérisé par le fait que les moyens (11) de traitement comportent des moyens d'analyse (14) des moyens d'identi ication (13) du médecin traitant et/ou du ou des patients pour autoriser ou non un enregistrement des informations collectées au niveau du moyen mémoire (8) , voire pour autoriser ou non l'utilisation et/ou l'accès à un appareil médical (2) et/ou à un ordinateur (2) .7) Device (1) according to claims 2 and 6, characterized in that the treatment means (11) comprise analysis means (14) identification means (13) of the attending physician and / or the or patients to authorize or not a recording of the information collected in the memory medium (8), or even to authorize or not the use and / or access to a medical device (2) and / or to a computer (2 ).
8) Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 7, caractérisé par le fait que les moyens d'analyse (14) sont constitués par des moyens de comparaison entre, d'une part, lesdits moyens d'identification (13) et, d'autre part, une partie des informations collectées et caractéristiques d' au moins un patient et/ou d' un médecin en charge du traitement de ce ou ces patients, pour, en cas de correspondance, autoriser un enregistrement des informations au niveau du moyen mémoire (8) .8) Device (1) according to claim 7, characterized in that the analysis means (14) are constituted by comparison means between, on the one hand, said identification means (13) and, on the other hand, part of the information collected and characteristics of at least one patient and / or of a doctor in charge of the treatment of this or these patients, in order, in the event of correspondence, to authorize a recording of the information in the memory medium (8).
9) Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé par le fait que les moyens de traitement (11) comportent des moyens (15) de codage des informations collectées avant leur enregistrement au niveau du moyen mémoire (8) et/ou des moyens (15' ) de décodage des informations enregistrées au niveau de ce moyen mémoire (8) .9) Device (1) according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the processing means (11) comprise means (15) for coding the information collected before it is recorded at the memory means (8) and / or means (15 ') for decoding the information recorded at the memory means (8).
10) Procédé consistant à collecter des informations relatives à au moins un patient au niveau d'un appareil médical (2) et/ou de l'ordinateur (3) d'un médecin traitant, à enregistrer ces informations au niveau d'une mémoire (4) et à les exploiter à partir de cette mémoire (4) , caractérisé par le fait que ce procédé consiste en ce que :10) Method consisting in collecting information relating to at least one patient at the level of a medical device (2) and / or the computer (3) of an attending physician, recording this information at the level of a memory (4) and to use them from this memory (4), characterized in that this method consists in that:
- l'on collecte, respectivement au niveau d'un appareil médical (2) et/ou de l'ordinateur (3) d'un médecin traitant, des informations relatives à au moins un patient, ceci par l'intermédiaire d'un premier dispositif (1) de collecte ;- Is collected, respectively at a medical device (2) and / or the computer (3) of an attending physician, information relating to at least one patient, this by means of a first collection device (1);
- l'on assure un enregistrement de ces informations au niveau d'un moyen mémoire amovible (8) que reçoit ledit premier dispositif de collecte (1) ;- this information is recorded at a removable memory means (8) that said first collection device (1) receives;
- l'on procède à l'exploitation des informations enregistrées au niveau dudit moyen mémoire amovible (8) , soit à partir d'un second dispositif de collecte (1'), soit à partir de ce premier dispositif de collecte (1), un tel dispositif (1 ; l') recevant ledit moyen mémoire amovible (8) et étant associé, respectivement à un ordinateur (2) et/ou à un appareil médical (3) . the information recorded at said removable memory means (8) is used, either from a second collection device (1 ′) or from this first collection device (1), such a device (1; l ') receiving said removable memory means (8) and being associated, respectively, with a computer (2) and / or with a medical device (3).
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