JP2002282217A - Measuring device and result of measurement management system including the device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small and inexpensive measuring device never to make errors in outputting the result of measurement and to be easily moved, and a measurement result management system including the device. SOLUTION: The measuring device characteristically comprises a measuring part for measuring a subject to be examined, a bar code converting part for converting the result of measurement measured by the measuring part to a bar code, and a bar code display part for displaying the bar code converted to by the bar code converting part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a measuring device for measuring an object to be tested such as body temperature, blood pressure, blood, urine, sweat, etc.
In particular, the present invention relates to a measurement device that can be moved so as to be usable beside a patient and a measurement result management system including the measurement device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, doctors, nurses, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "operators") visit patient's side such as a patient's body temperature and blood pressure, and measure them using a thermometer, a sphygmomanometer or the like. It is a target. Therefore, such a measuring device needs to be small so that it can be easily moved.

[0003] In addition to the data directly measured from the patient as described above, when analyzing blood, urine, sweat, etc. collected from the patient, there has recently been a request for a point of care, It is required to perform a predetermined measurement when necessary and immediately provide the measurement result on the spot. Therefore, such a measuring device also needs to be small so that it can be easily moved.

On the other hand, it is necessary to process and store the measurement results measured by the above-described measuring device together with the patient ID, the patient name, the patient's gender, age, medical history, and the like. This is because the result determines the doctor's coping method.
Further, in order to improve the efficiency of the operator's work, it is necessary to collectively process and store data of a plurality of patients from a plurality of measurement devices in one computer.

[0005]

The above-mentioned conventional measuring apparatus has not been provided with a data processing section for processing and storing a measurement result for miniaturization. Therefore, the measurement result is only displayed on the display unit or printed by the printing unit. Therefore, the operator writes the displayed and printed measurement results on a medical chart or the like, or manually inputs the measurement results into a host computer for processing and storing the measurement results in a time-series manner for each patient. However, there was a risk that a mistake occurred during the entry and entry, leading to a serious medical accident. Also, it took a lot of time to fill in and enter.

[0006] Further, a system in which a measuring device and a host computer are connected by wire and a measurement result obtained by the measuring device is automatically output to the host computer is also generally used. This eliminates the risk of data entry and entry errors.

However, in the above-mentioned system, since the measuring device is connected to the host computer by a wire, the measuring device cannot be moved, and the request for the point of care cannot be answered. In addition, since connection work is required when installing the measuring device, the installation work is complicated.

Further, if the measuring device and the host computer are connected wirelessly in the above-described system, the measuring device can be moved. However, since the measuring device must be provided with a data transmitting unit, the measuring device can be reduced in size. Can not be achieved enough. In addition, the measuring device becomes expensive. In order to respond to the request of the point of care, it is preferable that there are a plurality of measurement devices, so that the devices need to be as inexpensive as possible.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a small and inexpensive measuring apparatus which does not cause an error in the input of a measurement result, is easy to move, and a measurement result management system including the same.

[0010]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a measuring apparatus for measuring an object to be inspected, and converting a measurement result measured by the measuring section into a bar code. A bar code conversion unit is provided, and a bar code display unit that displays the bar code converted by the bar code conversion unit is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a measuring device for measuring an object to be inspected, and a bar code converting unit for converting a measurement result measured by the measuring unit into a bar code. And a barcode printing unit that prints the barcode converted by the barcode conversion unit.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The test object measured by the measuring unit of the present invention includes not only the patient himself / herself but also blood, urine, sweat, etc. collected from the patient when measuring body temperature, blood pressure and the like.

The bar code conversion unit used in the measurement apparatus of the present invention includes a CPU for performing calculations and an IC such as a ROM or RAM storing a program for converting a signal obtained by the measurement unit into a bar code. And a memory. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a hard disk device may be used for storing programs. The program includes a step of causing a computer to read a barcode pattern from a look-up table that associates numerical values and characters with a barcode pattern, and a step of generating a barcode by combining the barcode pattern read by the computer. Consisting of

The bar code display unit used in one measuring device of the present invention may be any device that displays the bar code converted by the bar code conversion unit in a readable manner.
LCDs are preferably used.

The bar code printing unit used in another measuring apparatus of the present invention may be any unit that prints the bar code converted by the bar code conversion unit on a printing paper in a readable manner. It is preferably used from the viewpoint of miniaturization of the measuring device.

The patient information input means used in the measuring apparatus of the present invention may be any device capable of inputting a patient ID number, a sample number such as blood collected from the patient, and the like. Is preferably used.

When the measuring device of the present invention has the patient information input means, the bar code conversion program provided in the bar code conversion section causes the computer to convert the patient information and the measurement result into one bar code. It is preferable that it is comprised as follows.

The bar code converted at this time is as follows:
With a two-dimensional barcode, more information can be stored in the barcode.

Thus, since both the patient information and the measurement result can be read at one time, the trouble of reading the bar code by the operator can be greatly reduced.

Further, it is preferable that one measuring device of the present invention includes a barcode storage unit that stores the barcode converted by the barcode conversion unit. Alternatively, it is preferable that one measurement apparatus of the present invention includes a measurement result storage unit that stores a measurement result measured by the measurement unit. In this case, the barcode conversion unit is configured to read the measurement result from the measurement result storage unit and convert the read measurement result into a barcode. Although the barcode storage unit and the measurement result storage unit are not particularly limited, for example, a hard disk device is preferably used.

This eliminates the need to read a barcode every time measurement is performed. In other words, there is no time limit for reading the barcode. Therefore, the operator can collectively read the barcodes after the completion of the measurement in one day, and can improve work efficiency. Further, it becomes easy to read the barcodes of a plurality of measuring devices with one barcode reader.

Further, the measuring device of the present invention includes a host computer for receiving, processing, and storing the measurement results obtained by the measuring unit, a bar code displayed on the bar code display unit, and / or a bar code printing. It is preferably used with a portable data terminal including a barcode reader for reading a barcode printed by a unit, and a transmission unit for transmitting the measurement result read by the barcode reader to the host computer. . In addition, a well-known thing can be used suitably for a portable data terminal.

Thus, it is possible to provide a measurement result management system including a small and inexpensive measurement device that does not cause a measurement result input error and is easy to move.

[0024]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited by this.

Example 1 FIG. 1 is a front view of a measuring device of Example 1, which is a thermometer. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the internal configuration of the thermometer according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a management flow chart of the measurement result by the measurement result management system including the thermometer of the first embodiment. FIG.
1 is a schematic view of a portable data terminal used for a measurement result management system including a measurement device according to the present invention. FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a host computer used in a measurement result management system including the measurement device of the present invention. FIG. 15 is a tabulation table of measurement results obtained by the measurement result management system including the measurement device of the present invention.

Operation of the Thermometer 1 The operator measures the patient's body temperature with the measuring unit 2 of the thermometer 1 (S101). The body temperature measured by the measurement unit 2 is converted into a barcode 7 by the barcode conversion unit 3 (S10).
2). Note that the barcode conversion unit 3 includes a CPU, a ROM, an R
AM. The barcode 7 converted by the barcode conversion unit 3 is displayed on the display unit 5 (S103).
The display is an LCD.

Operation of Portable Data Terminal 50 The operator inputs patient information from the patient information input means 52 (S104). The patient information is not particularly limited, and various information such as the patient's ID number, name, gender, age, and the like can be input. Next, the operator:
The barcode reader 54 reads the barcode 7 displayed on the display unit 5 of the thermometer 1 (S105). Thereby, the portable data terminal 50 reads the thermometer 1 from the bar code 7.
Obtain the measurement result (body temperature). Further, the measurement result (body temperature) obtained from the patient information and the barcode 7 is correlated by a control unit (comprising a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM; not shown) in the portable data terminal (S106). . The measurement result (body temperature) obtained from the patient information and the barcode 7 associated by the control unit is transmitted to the host computer 60 by the transmission unit 56 (S107).

Operation of Host Computer 60 The data transmitted from the transmitting section 56 of the portable data terminal 50 is received by the receiving section 62 (S108).
The data received by the receiving unit 62 is converted into a table as shown in FIG. 15 by a control unit (comprising a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM; not shown) in the host computer (S109). The table creation can be realized by known table creation software, and the operator can also perform processing such as sorting the table (S109). The created table is stored in the storage unit (hard disk, not shown) (S110).

Embodiment 2 FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a measuring device according to a second embodiment, which is a hemoglobin measuring device. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an internal configuration of the hemoglobin measuring device according to the second embodiment. FIG. 6 shows the second embodiment.
It is a management flowchart of the measurement result by the measurement result management system including the hemoglobin measuring device of FIG. FIG. 13 is a schematic view of a portable data terminal used in a measurement result management system including the measurement device of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a host computer used in a measurement result management system including the measurement device of the present invention. FIG. 16 is a tabulation table of measurement results obtained by the measurement result management system including the hemoglobin measurement device of the second embodiment.

Operation of Hemoglobin Measuring Device 11 The hemoglobin measuring device 11 is a device for non-invasively measuring the amount of hemoglobin. Non-invasive measurement of hemoglobin can be realized, for example, by the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-323. More specifically, the non-invasive blood analyzer of JP-A-11-323 includes a light source unit for irradiating a part of a living body including a blood vessel, an imaging unit for imaging a part of the illuminated living body, and a light source unit. A holding member for holding the imaging unit to a part of a living body, an analysis unit for setting an analysis region in a captured image, measuring and analyzing a blood vessel portion in the analysis region, and an analysis result thereof. A display unit for displaying, the imaging unit captures a part of the living body a plurality of times, the analysis unit identifies an analysis region including the same blood vessel region in the plurality of captured images, and a blood vessel region in the identified analysis region. Is characterized by calculating a blood vessel component concentration. Examples 2 to 4
Then, the above operation is performed, and the blood vessel component concentration (in this embodiment,
The part for calculating the amount of hemoglobin) is referred to as a measuring unit. The patient inserts the finger 12 into the measuring unit 14. The hemoglobin measuring device 11 measures the hemoglobin amount of the patient by the measuring unit 14 (S201). The hemoglobin amount measured by the measurement unit 14 is converted into the barcode 17 by the barcode conversion unit 13 (S202). The barcode conversion unit 13
Is composed of a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. The barcode 17 converted by the barcode conversion unit 13 is output to the printing unit 15.
Is printed (S203). The printing unit 15
Is a thermal printer.

Operation of Portable Data Terminal 50 The operator inputs patient information from the patient information input means 52 (S204). The patient information is not particularly limited, and various information such as the patient's ID number, name, gender, age, and the like can be input. Next, the operator:
The barcode reader 54 reads the barcode 17 printed by the printing unit 15 of the hemoglobin measuring device 11 (S205). Thereby, the portable data terminal 50
Obtains the measurement result (hemoglobin amount) of the hemoglobin measuring device 11 from the barcode 17. The measurement result (hemoglobin amount) obtained from the patient information and the barcode 17 is stored in a control unit (CPU, ROM,
Consists of RAM. Not shown. ) Is associated (S206). The measurement result (hemoglobin amount) obtained from the patient information and the barcode 17 associated by the control unit is transmitted to the host computer 60 by the transmission unit 56 (S207).

Operation of Host Computer 60 The data transmitted from the transmitting section 56 of the portable data terminal 50 is received by the receiving section 62 (S208).
The data received by the receiving section 62 is converted into a table as shown in FIG. 16 by a control section (comprising a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM; not shown) in the host computer (S209). The table creation can be realized by known table creation software, and the operator can also perform processing such as sorting the table (S209). The created table is stored in a storage unit (hard disk, not shown) (S210).

Third Embodiment FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a measuring device according to a third embodiment, which is a hemoglobin measuring device. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an internal configuration of the hemoglobin measuring device according to the third embodiment. FIG. 9 shows the third embodiment.
It is a management flowchart of the measurement result by the measurement result management system including the hemoglobin measuring device of FIG. FIG. 13 is a schematic view of a portable data terminal used in a measurement result management system including the measurement device of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a host computer used in a measurement result management system including the measurement device of the present invention. FIG. 16 is a tabulation table of measurement results obtained by the measurement result management system including the hemoglobin measurement device of the third embodiment.

Operation of Hemoglobin Measuring Device 21 The operator inputs patient information from the patient information input section 26 (S301). Next, the patient places the finger 22 on the measuring unit 2.
Insert into 4. The hemoglobin measuring device 21 includes a measuring unit 2
At 4, the hemoglobin amount of the patient is measured (S302).
The measuring unit 24 is the same as the measuring unit 14 of the hemoglobin measuring device 11 according to the second embodiment. The amount of hemoglobin measured by the measuring unit 24 is
It is converted into a dimensional barcode 27 (S303). In addition,
The barcode conversion unit 23 includes a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. The two-dimensional barcode 27 converted by the barcode conversion unit 23 is displayed on the display unit 25 (S3).
04). Note that a thermal printer may be used instead of the display unit 25.

Operation of Portable Data Terminal 50 The operator reads the two-dimensional bar code 27 displayed on the display unit 25 of the hemoglobin measuring device 21 with the bar code reader 54 (S305). by this,
The portable data terminal 50 obtains the patient information and the measurement result (hemoglobin amount) of the hemoglobin measuring device 21 from the two-dimensional barcode 27. The transmitting section 56 transmits the patient information and the measurement result (hemoglobin amount) to the host computer 6.
0 (S306).

Operation of Host Computer 60 The data transmitted from the transmitting section 56 of the portable data terminal 50 is received by the receiving section 62 (S307).
The data received by the receiving unit 62 is converted into a table as shown in FIG. 16 by a control unit (comprising a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM; not shown) in the host computer (S308). The table creation can be realized by known table creation software, and the operator can also perform processing such as sorting the table (S308). The created table is stored in a storage unit (hard disk, not shown) (S309).

Fourth Embodiment FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a measuring device according to a fourth embodiment, which is a hemoglobin measuring device. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the internal configuration of the hemoglobin measuring device according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 12 is a management flow chart of measurement results by the measurement result management system including the hemoglobin measuring device of the fourth embodiment. FIG.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a portable data terminal used in a measurement result management system including the measurement device of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a host computer used in a measurement result management system including the measurement device of the present invention. FIG. 16 shows the fourth embodiment.
7 is a tabulation table of measurement results obtained by a measurement result management system including the hemoglobin measurement device of FIG.

Operation of Hemoglobin Measuring Apparatus 31 The operator inputs patient information from the patient information input section 36 (S401). Next, the patient places the finger 32 on the measuring unit 3.
Insert into 4. The hemoglobin measuring device 31 includes a measuring unit 3
At 4, the hemoglobin amount of the patient is measured (S402).
The measuring unit 34 is the same as the measuring unit 14 of the hemoglobin measuring device 11 according to the second embodiment. The amount of hemoglobin measured by the measuring unit 34 is
It is converted into a dimensional barcode 37 (S403). In addition,
The barcode conversion unit 33 includes a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. The two-dimensional barcode 37 converted by the barcode conversion unit 33 is stored in the storage unit 38 (S40).
4). The storage unit 38 is a hard disk. The two-dimensional barcode 37 stored in the storage unit 38 is displayed on the display unit 35 when the operator issues a display instruction to the control unit (CPU, ROM, RAM, not shown) (S405).

Operation of Portable Data Terminal 50 The operator reads the two-dimensional bar code 37 displayed on the display unit 35 of the hemoglobin measuring device 31 with the bar code reader 54 (S406). by this,
The portable data terminal 50 obtains the patient information and the measurement result (hemoglobin amount) of the hemoglobin measuring device 31 from the two-dimensional barcode 37. The transmitting section 56 transmits the patient information and the measurement result (hemoglobin amount) to the host computer 6.
0 (S407).

Operation of Host Computer 60 The data transmitted from the transmitting section 56 of the portable data terminal 50 is received by the receiving section 62 (S408).
The data received by the receiving unit 62 is converted into a table as shown in FIG. 16 by a control unit (comprising a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM; not shown) in the host computer (S409). The table creation can be realized by well-known table creation software, and the operator can also perform processing such as sorting the table (S409). The created table is stored in the storage unit (hard disk, not shown) (S410).

In the embodiments, the thermometer and the hemoglobin measuring device have been described as the measuring devices of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to these, and the blood pressure monitor, the blood cell counter, the blood coagulation measuring device, It goes without saying that a measuring device, a urine analyzer and the like can also be applied.

In the measuring apparatus of the embodiment, only the barcode is displayed (printed) on the display section and the printing section. However, the measurement result is displayed (printed) numerically simultaneously with the barcode. It can also be configured. Thereby, the operator can grasp the measurement result simultaneously with the measurement.

[0043]

According to the above-described configuration of the measuring apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to obtain a small and inexpensive measuring apparatus which does not cause an input error of the measurement result, is easy to move. . Specifically, since the display unit or the printing unit provided in the conventional measuring device can be used as it is, without increasing the size and cost of the device, without causing an input error of the measurement result, and A measurement device that can be easily moved can be obtained.

Further, by using the measuring device, it is possible to obtain a measurement result management system which does not cause an error in inputting the measurement result and can reduce the labor for inputting data by the operator.

Further, the measuring apparatus of the present invention is used in the third or fourth embodiment.
With such a configuration, the labor of the operator can be further reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a thermometer according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an internal configuration of the thermometer according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a management flow chart of a measurement result by a measurement result management system including the thermometer according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a hemoglobin measuring device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an internal configuration of a hemoglobin measuring device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a management flow chart of measurement results by a measurement result management system including a hemoglobin measuring device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a hemoglobin measuring device according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an internal configuration of a hemoglobin measuring device according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a management flow chart of measurement results by a measurement result management system including the hemoglobin measurement device of the third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a hemoglobin measuring device according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of an internal configuration of a hemoglobin measuring device according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a management flow chart of measurement results by a measurement result management system including a hemoglobin measuring device according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of a portable data terminal used in a measurement result management system including the measurement device of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a host computer used in a measurement result management system including the measurement device of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a tabulation table of measurement results obtained by the measurement result management system including the thermometer according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a tabulation table of measurement results obtained by the measurement result management system including the hemoglobin measuring devices of Examples 2 to 4.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Thermometer 2 Measurement part 3 Barcode conversion part 5 Display part 7 Barcode 11, 21, 31 Hemoglobin measuring device 50 Portable data terminal 52 Patient information input means 54 Barcode reader 56 Transmission part 60 Host computer 62 Reception part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A measuring unit for measuring an object to be inspected, a barcode converting unit for converting a measurement result measured by the measuring unit into a barcode, and a bar for displaying a barcode converted by the barcode converting unit. A measuring device comprising a code display unit. 2. A measuring section for measuring an object to be inspected, a barcode converting section for converting a measurement result measured by the measuring section into a barcode, and a bar for printing a barcode converted by the barcode converting section. A measurement device comprising a code printing unit. 3. The measuring device according to claim 1, further comprising a patient information input unit for inputting patient information, wherein the barcode conversion unit converts the patient information and the measurement result into one barcode. A measuring device characterized by the above-mentioned. 4. A measuring device according to claim 1, a host computer for receiving, processing, and storing a measurement result obtained by said measuring unit, and a bar code and / or a bar code displayed by said bar code display unit. A bar code reader for reading a bar code printed by the bar code printing unit, and a portable data terminal including a transmission unit for transmitting the measurement result read by the bar code reader to the host computer. A measurement result management system consisting of: