JP2017127381A - Information management device - Google Patents

Abstract

A technique for appropriately associating endoscope use information with cleaning information is provided. A management unit 104 manages a plurality of processing devices to which an endoscope is connected and a plurality of cleaning machines for cleaning the endoscope. The information acquisition unit 102 acquires usage information indicating the usage status of the endoscope in the processing apparatus and cleaning information indicating the cleaning status of the endoscope in the cleaning machine. The storage processing unit 110 associates the usage information of the endoscope with the cleaning information of the endoscope and stores them in the storage unit. The management unit 104 identifies an upper limit time at which the storage processing unit 110 can perform the association process from the last time when the information acquisition unit 102 last acquired the usage information and the cleaning information. The storage processing unit 110 associates the usage information and the cleaning information acquired by the information acquisition unit 102 before the upper limit time and stores them in the storage unit. [Selection] Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for managing an endoscope use history and a cleaning history.

  In order to prevent patient-to-patient infection from endoscopy, cleaning personnel clean and disinfect used endoscopes according to established guidelines. In a medical facility, it is preferable to manage as a history which examination the endoscope is used in and which washing machine is used to wash the used endoscope. By managing the history of endoscope usage information and cleaning information, if an infection occurs, it is possible to identify the cause from the managed history information and take countermeasures.

  Patent Document 1 acquires an endoscope image from an endoscope apparatus, associates an endoscope image with endoscope identification information, acquires history information about cleaning from the cleaning apparatus, and acquires history information. Disclosed is an endoscope information management system that includes a cleaning information management device that associates endoscope identification information with a server that stores an associated endoscope image and history information.

JP 2009-95502 A

  Endoscope usage information and cleaning information need to be correctly associated and no mistakes are allowed. For example, if you consider the process of associating endoscope usage information with later cleaning information, in many cases the correct association will be performed, but it will be acquired between the associated usage information and the cleaning information. There may be other cleaning information and usage information that could not be obtained. For example, if another cleaning information and usage information could not be acquired due to poor communication, the acquired usage information was originally associated with the cleaning information that could not be acquired. It is wrong to associate the acquired usage information and the cleaning information with the cleaning information.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a technique for appropriately associating endoscope use information with cleaning information.

  In order to solve the above problems, an information management device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of processing devices to which an endoscope is connected, a management unit that manages a plurality of cleaning machines that clean the endoscope, and a processing An information acquisition unit that acquires usage information indicating the usage status of the endoscope in the apparatus and cleaning information indicating the cleaning status of the endoscope in the cleaning machine, usage information of the endoscope, and cleaning of the endoscope A storage processing unit that associates information and stores the information in the storage unit. The management unit specifies an upper limit time when the storage processing unit can perform the association process from the last time when the information acquisition unit last acquired the usage information and the cleaning information, and the storage processing unit acquires the information by the upper limit time. The usage information acquired by the unit and the cleaning information are associated with each other and stored in the storage unit.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and a conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, a system, a recording medium, a computer program, and the like are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a technique for appropriately associating endoscope use information with cleaning information.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the information management system concerning the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of a processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the structure of a washing machine. It is a figure which shows the structure of an information management apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the time table | surface of the operating condition of each apparatus which is a management object. It is a figure which shows an example of the time table | surface of the operating condition of each apparatus which is a management object. It is a figure which shows an example of the time table | surface of the operating condition of each apparatus which is a management object. It is a figure which shows an example of the time table | surface of the operating condition of each apparatus which is a management object.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information management system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information management system 1 is a system for managing usage information indicating the usage status of the endoscope 12 and cleaning information indicating the cleaning status, and includes a plurality of endoscope systems 10, a cleaning system 50, and an information management device 100. Prepare. The endoscope system 10 and the cleaning system 50 are communicably connected to the information management apparatus 100 via a network 2 such as a LAN (local area network).

  In the embodiment, the medical facility includes the two first endoscope systems 10a and the second endoscope system 10b, but may include three or more endoscope systems 10. The first endoscope system 10a includes a first processing device 14a and a display device 16a, and the second endoscope system 10b includes a second processing device 14b and a display device 16b. The first processing device 14 a and the second processing device 14 b (hereinafter referred to as “processing device 14” unless otherwise distinguished) each have a communication function, and can communicate with the information management device 100 by connecting to the network 2. . The processing device 14 may be a stationary type installed in the examination room, but may be a portable type. In the case of the portable type, the processing device 14 may be carried into an operating room or the like without a network environment. In this case, the processing device 14 is in a state where communication with the information management device 100 is disabled.

  In the first endoscope system 10a, the connecting portion of the endoscope 12a is connected to the first processing device 14a. The endoscope 12a performs signal processing such as A / D conversion and noise removal on a solid-state imaging device (for example, a CCD image sensor or a CMOS image sensor) that converts incident light into an electrical signal, and photoelectrically converted image data. A signal processing circuit is provided. When the distal end of the endoscope 12a is inserted into the patient's body and the doctor presses the release switch of the endoscope 12a, the endoscope 12a captures a still image inside the body. The first processing device 14a displays the video acquired by the endoscope 12a on the display device 16a in real time, and transmits an inspection image taken by the endoscope 12a to an image server (not shown). Remember me.

  Similarly, in the second endoscope system 10b, the connecting portion of the endoscope 12b is connected to the second processing device 14b. The distal end portion of the endoscope 12b is inserted into the patient's body, and a still image inside the body is taken at the timing when the doctor presses the release switch of the endoscope 12b. The second processing device 14b displays the video acquired by the endoscope 12b on the display device 16b in real time, and transmits and stores the examination image captured by the endoscope 12b to the image server.

  Each processing device 14 transmits usage information indicating the usage status of the endoscope 12 to the information management device 100. Here, the usage information includes the identification information of the processing device 14 (hereinafter referred to as “processing device ID”), the identification information of the endoscope 12 (hereinafter referred to as “scope ID”), and the identification information of the endoscope examination (hereinafter referred to as “scope ID”). Hereinafter, it may be referred to as “inspection ID”) and inspection time information. The examination time information includes at least examination end time information, and may further include examination start time information.

  FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the processing device 14. The processing device 14 includes a connector 20, a scope ID acquisition unit 22, a button operation reception unit 24, a usage information generation unit 26, a communication processing unit 28, and a memory 30. FIG. 2 shows a configuration in which the processing device 14 transmits usage information to the information management device 100, and illustration of a configuration related to image processing by the processing device 14 is omitted.

  The connector 20 is connected by inserting a connecting portion of the endoscope 12. When the endoscope 12 is connected to the connector 20, the scope ID is transmitted to the processing device 14, and the scope ID acquisition unit 22 acquires the transmitted scope ID. Note that a scope ID acquired by the scope ID read unit 22 may be acquired by attaching a tape printed with a scope ID to the endoscope 12 and reading the scope ID by the reading means. The scope ID acquisition unit 22 stores the acquired scope ID in the memory 30.

  The button operation accepting unit 24 accepts operations of an inspection start button and an inspection end button. After the examination to be performed is designated, when the button operation accepting unit 24 accepts the operation of the examination start button, the memory 30 stores information on the time when the operation of the examination start button is accepted (examination start time). When the button operation accepting unit 24 accepts the operation of the examination start button, an image processing unit (not shown) that processes image data supplied from the endoscope 12 is activated, and the image processing unit inspects the display device 16. An image is displayed and endoscopy is started. Note that when an examination to be performed is designated, the examination ID is stored in the memory 30.

  When the button operation accepting unit 24 accepts the operation of the examination end button, the button operation accepting unit 24 turns off the power supply to the image processing unit, and stores information on the time when the operation of the examination end button is accepted (examination end time). To remember. The processing device ID is stored in the memory 30 from the beginning, and the stored processing device ID, scope ID, inspection ID, inspection start time information, and inspection end time information are elements of the usage information of the endoscope 12. Configure.

  The usage information generation unit 26 reads the elements of the usage information stored in the memory 30 to generate usage information of the endoscope 12, and the communication processing unit 28 transmits the generated usage information to the information management apparatus 100. To do. The usage information generation unit 26 is instructed to generate usage information from the communication processing unit 28 at a timing when the communication processing unit 28 transmits the usage information, and generates usage information based on this instruction. The usage information may include at least a processing device ID, a scope ID, and an inspection ID.

  The communication processing unit 28 may determine the use information transmission timing when an element to be transmitted occurs, that is, when an element to be transmitted is stored in the memory 30. For example, when the examination start button is operated and examination start time information is stored in the memory 30, the usage information generation unit 26 uses the processing device ID, the scope ID and the examination ID in combination with the examination start time information. The communication processing unit 28 transmits the generated usage information to the information management apparatus 100. When the examination end button is operated and the examination end time information is stored in the memory 30, the usage information generation unit 26 uses the processing device ID, the scope ID, the examination ID, and the examination end time information in combination to use information. The communication processing unit 28 transmits the generated usage information to the information management apparatus 100. As described above, the usage information may be generated at the timing when the other elements other than the processing device ID, the scope ID, and the inspection ID, that is, the inspection start time information or the inspection end time information is stored in the memory 30, but the inspection start time information Once the inspection end time information is transmitted as the usage information, it may not be transmitted again as the usage information.

  Since the processing load on the processing device 14 increases after the inspection starts, the communication processing unit 28 may be controlled so that usage information cannot be transmitted to the information management device 100. At this time, the communication processing unit 28 cannot transmit the usage information from the time when the examination start button is operated until the time when the examination end button is operated. Therefore, the timing when the examination end button is operated is referred to as the usage information transmission timing. It will be determined. Therefore, the use information generation unit 26 extracts the elements of the use information that have not been transmitted from the memory 30 at the timing when the test end button is operated and the test end time information is stored in the memory 30, and the processing device ID, Usage information is generated by combining the scope ID, examination ID, examination start time information, and examination end time information. Note that it is preferable that the communication processing unit 28 periodically transmits usage information indicating that there is no information element to be transmitted to the information management apparatus 100 during a time period other than the time during the inspection.

  As described above, the portable processing device 14 may be carried and used in various places, but the carried-in place does not necessarily have a network environment. If there is no network environment, the processing device 14 is used off-line. During use off-line, the memory 30 stores elements of use information for each inspection. When the processing device 14 is newly connected to the network 2, the communication processing unit 28 detects that the usage information can be transmitted to the information management device 100, and instructs the usage information generation unit 26 to generate usage information. To do. Thereby, the usage information generation unit 26 generates usage information of the endoscope 12 from the information elements stored in the memory 30, and the communication processing unit 28 transmits the usage information to the information management apparatus 100.

  Even when the processing device 14 is connected to the network 2, if the main power of the processing device 14 is turned off immediately after the examination end button is operated, the communication processing unit 28 cannot transmit the usage information. It is also possible. Also in this case, when the main power supply of the processing device 14 is turned on and the communication processing unit 28 detects that the usage information can be transmitted to the information management device 100, the usage information generation unit 26 generates the usage information. The communication processing unit 28 transmits usage information to the information management apparatus 100.

  In the above case, the communication processing unit 28 cannot transmit the usage information to the information management apparatus 100 at the timing when the usage information element to be transmitted occurs. Therefore, the information management apparatus 100 cannot manage the usage information of the endoscope 12 in the processing apparatus 14 in real time.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the cleaning system 50 includes a plurality of cleaning machines 52. In this example, the cleaning system 50 includes the two first cleaning machines 52a and the second cleaning machine 52b, but may include three or more cleaning machines 52. The first cleaning machine 52a and the second cleaning machine 52b each have a communication function, and transmit cleaning information indicating the cleaning status of the endoscope 12 to the information management apparatus 100. The cleaning system 50 may include a cleaning server, and the cleaning server may transmit cleaning information of the endoscope 12 in each cleaning machine 52 to the information management apparatus 100.

  Here, the cleaning information includes identification information of the cleaning machine 52 (hereinafter referred to as “cleaning machine ID”), identification information of the endoscope 12 (scope ID), and cleaning time information. It may contain information about the person in charge. The cleaning time information includes cleaning start time information, and may further include cleaning end time information.

  FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the washing machine 52. The cleaning machine 52 includes an ID reading unit 60, a scope ID acquisition unit 62, a button operation reception unit 64, a cleaning end detection unit 66, a cleaning information generation unit 68, a communication processing unit 70, and a memory 72. FIG. 3 illustrates a configuration in which the cleaning machine 52 transmits cleaning information to the information management apparatus 100, and illustration of a configuration related to cleaning processing by the cleaning machine 52 is omitted.

  A tape printed with a scope ID is affixed to the endoscope 12, and before the cleaning starts, the person in charge of cleaning causes the ID reading unit 60 to read the scope ID, and the scope ID acquisition unit 62 reads the scope ID. Obtain the scope ID. The scope ID acquisition unit 62 stores the acquired scope ID in the memory 72. The scope ID may be manually input from the operation panel by the person in charge of cleaning, and the scope ID acquisition unit 62 only needs to be able to acquire the scope ID of the endoscope 12 to be cleaned. For example, when the endoscope 12 is set in the cleaning tank, the scope ID of the endoscope 12 may be automatically read.

  The button operation reception unit 64 receives an operation of a cleaning process start button. The person in charge of cleaning sets the endoscope 12 used in the inspection in the cleaning tank, selects a cleaning program, and then operates the start button. When the button operation reception unit 64 receives the operation of the cleaning start button, the memory 72 stores information on the time when the operation of the cleaning start button is received (cleaning start time). When the button operation reception unit 64 receives the operation of the cleaning start button, the cleaning process is executed according to the procedure according to the cleaning program. In the washing machine 52 that can reserve the cleaning start time, the button operation reception unit 64 may store information on the reserved cleaning start time in the memory 72.

  When the cleaning program ends the cleaning process, the cleaning end detection unit 66 detects the end of the cleaning process and stores information on the cleaning end time in the memory 72. The memory 72 stores the cleaning machine ID from the beginning, and the stored cleaning machine ID, scope ID, cleaning start time information, and cleaning end time information constitute elements of the cleaning information of the endoscope 12. .

  The cleaning information generation unit 68 reads the elements of the cleaning information stored in the memory 72 to generate the cleaning information of the endoscope 12, and the communication processing unit 70 transmits the generated cleaning information to the information management apparatus 100. To do. The cleaning information generation unit 68 is instructed by the communication processing unit 70 to generate cleaning information at the timing when the communication processing unit 70 transmits the cleaning information, and generates cleaning information based on this instruction. The cleaning information may include at least a cleaning machine ID and a scope ID.

  In the embodiment, the information management apparatus 100 transmits a polling notification for inquiring whether there is cleaning information to be transmitted to the cleaning machine 52. For example, the polling notification may be performed at a cycle of 1 minute. When the communication processing unit 70 receives the polling notification, the cleaning information generation unit 68 generates the cleaning information by extracting the elements of the untransmitted cleaning information stored in the memory 72, and the communication processing unit 70 responds to the polling notification. In response, cleaning information is transmitted. The cleaning information generation unit 68 generates cleaning information so as to always include the cleaning machine ID and the scope ID. Therefore, when other elements, that is, the cleaning start time information or the inspection end time information are newly stored in the memory 72, the cleaning information generation unit 68 generates cleaning information including the newly stored information.

  Specifically, if the cleaning start time information is newly stored in the memory 72 when the communication processing unit 70 receives the polling notification, the cleaning information generation unit 68 sets the cleaning machine ID, the scope ID, and the cleaning start. The time information is extracted from the memory 72, and cleaning information combining these is generated. When the communication processing unit 70 receives the polling notification, if the cleaning process is ended and the cleaning end time information is newly stored in the memory 72, the cleaning information generation unit 68 includes the cleaning machine ID and the scope ID. Then, the cleaning end time information is extracted from the memory 72, and cleaning information combining these is generated. If no new cleaning information element is stored in the memory 72, there is no cleaning information element to be newly transmitted. Therefore, the cleaning information generation unit 68 displays cleaning information indicating that there is no information element to be transmitted. Then, the communication processing unit 70 transmits cleaning information indicating that there is no new information element to the information management apparatus 100.

  Although the communication processing unit 70 responds to the polling notification from the information management apparatus 100 as described above, the communication processing unit 70 should transmit as described as the communication processing unit 28 of the processing apparatus 14. When an element of cleaning information occurs, that is, when an element of cleaning information to be transmitted is stored in the memory 72, the cleaning information generating unit 68 is instructed to generate cleaning information, and the generated cleaning information is stored in the information management device. 100 may be transmitted.

  In addition, since the washing machine 52 requires drainage equipment, a stationary type installed in a washing room is usually used. Therefore, there is no possibility that communication with the information management apparatus 100 is disabled due to being moved to another place like the processing apparatus 14, but communication between the cleaning machine 52 and the information management apparatus 100 is disabled due to network malfunction. There is a possibility. In this case, the communication processing unit 70 cannot transmit the cleaning information to the information management apparatus 100 in real time, and the elements of the untransmitted cleaning information are accumulated in the memory 72. Therefore, when the communication processing unit 70 detects that the usage information can be transmitted to the information management apparatus 100, the communication processing unit 70 instructs the cleaning information generation unit 68 to generate cleaning information, and includes an element of untransmitted cleaning information. The cleaning information is transmitted to the information management apparatus 100.

  In the above case, the communication processing unit 70 cannot transmit the element of the cleaning information to be transmitted to the information management apparatus 100 in real time. Therefore, the information management apparatus 100 cannot manage the cleaning information of the endoscope 12 in the cleaning machine 52 in real time.

  In the embodiment, if there is no problem in the communication situation between the processing device 14 and the washing machine 52, the information management device 100 uses the endoscope 12 usage information in the plurality of processing devices 14 and the endoscope in the plurality of washing machines 52 in real time. Although the cleaning information of the mirror 12 is acquired, if there is a problem in the communication situation of either the processing device 14 or the cleaning machine 52, the information management device 100 obtains usage information and / or cleaning information from the problematic device in real time. can not get. In the embodiment, an association process between use information and cleaning information in such a case will be described.

  FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the information management apparatus 100. The information management apparatus 100 includes an information acquisition unit 102, a management unit 104, a storage processing unit 110, a memory 112, and a history storage unit 114. These configurations can be realized in hardware by an arbitrary processor, memory, auxiliary storage device, and other LSI, and in terms of software, it is realized by a program loaded in the memory. Depicts functional blocks realized by. Accordingly, those skilled in the art will understand that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by hardware only, software only, or a combination thereof.

  The management unit 104 manages the plurality of processing devices 14 to which the endoscope 12 is connected and the plurality of cleaning machines 52 that clean the endoscope 12. Specifically, the management unit 104 manages a database in which processing apparatus IDs of a plurality of processing apparatuses 14 operating in the information management system 1 and cleaning machine IDs of the plurality of cleaning machines 52 are recorded. When the processing device 14 or the cleaning machine 52 is newly introduced, the management unit 104 adds the ID of the device to the database, and when the existing processing device 14 or the cleaning machine 52 fails and is repaired, The management unit 104 deletes the ID of the device from the database. In this way, the management unit 104 manages the device IDs of the processing device 14 and the cleaning machine 52 that exist in the information management system 1.

  The information acquisition unit 102 acquires usage information indicating the usage status of the endoscope 12 in the processing apparatus 14 to be managed, and cleaning information indicating the cleaning status of the endoscope 12 in the cleaning machine 52 to be managed. . The storage processing unit 110 associates the usage information of the endoscope 12 and the cleaning information of the endoscope 12 and stores them in the history storage unit 114. When the scope ID included in the usage information is the same as the scope ID included in the cleaning information, the storage processing unit 110 stores the usage information and the cleaning information in association with each other in the history storage unit 114. For example, the storage processing unit 110 stores the usage information and the cleaning information in association with each other in the history storage unit 114 at the timing when the usage information is already acquired by the information acquisition unit 102 and the cleaning information is acquired later by the information acquisition unit 102. It's okay. As a result, the history storage unit 114 cleans the inspection ID of the examination in which the endoscope 12 is used, the ID of the processing device 14, the examination start time, the examination end time, and the endoscope 12 used in the examination. The ID of the machine 52, the cleaning start time, and the cleaning end time are associated with each other. Furthermore, after that, when the cleaned endoscope 12 is used in an examination, the usage information is also stored in association with the history storage unit 114. As a result, the usage history and cleaning history of one endoscope 12 can be managed.

  The storage processing unit 110 associates the usage information and the cleaning information including the same scope ID. At this time, referring to the inspection end time information included in the usage information and the cleaning start time information included in the cleaning information, the storage end time Confirm that the information is before the cleaning start time information. As a result, the examination in which the endoscope 12 is used can be associated with the cleaning process for washing the endoscope 12 used in the examination.

  However, even if the inspection end time information included in the usage information is temporally earlier than the cleaning start time information included in the cleaning information, the communication situation of the processing device 14 and / or the cleaning machine 52 is affected as described above. If there is a problem, the information management apparatus 100 cannot acquire usage information and / or cleaning information in real time from the problematic device. For this reason, the information management apparatus 100 may not be able to acquire different cleaning information and different usage information between the inspection end time included in the usage information and the cleaning start time included in the cleaning information. Therefore, in some cases, it is an error to associate the acquired usage information and cleaning information with each other just because the temporal relationship is satisfied.

  Therefore, in the embodiment, the management unit 104 includes a final time specifying unit 106 and an upper limit time specifying unit 108. The last time specifying unit 106 specifies the last time when the information obtaining unit 102 last obtained the usage information and the cleaning information. In this example, the devices managed by the management unit 104 are the first processing device 14a, the second processing device 14b, the first cleaning device 52a, and the second cleaning device 52b, and the final time specifying unit 106 is used by each device. The last time at which information or cleaning information was last acquired is specified. That is, the last time specifying unit 106 lastly acquires the usage information from the first processing device 14a, last time the usage information is last acquired from the second processing device 14b, and lastly the cleaning information from the first cleaning device 52a. And the last time when the cleaning information was last acquired from the second cleaning machine 52b.

  Upon receiving the final time specified by the final time specifying unit 106, the upper limit time specifying unit 108 specifies an upper limit time at which the storage processing unit 110 can perform the association process. Here, the upper limit time at which the association process can be performed is a time when it is guaranteed that the four devices managed by the management unit 104 are transmitting information to the information management apparatus 100 in real time. Is the time allowed to perform

  The upper limit time specifying unit 108 lastly acquires the last use information in the first processing device 14a, the last time the last use information in the second processing device 14b, and the last cleaning information in the first cleaning machine 52a. Among the acquired last time and the last time when the cleaning information in the second cleaning machine 52b was last acquired, the earliest last time is specified as the upper limit time.

For example, it is assumed that the current time is 12:00 and the following final time is specified by the final time specifying unit 106 for each device.
First treatment device 14a 12:00, second treatment device 14b 10:10, first washing machine 52a 10:10, second washing machine 52b 12:00 That is, the first treatment device 14a and the second washing machine 52b are Information can be transmitted to the information management apparatus 100 in real time at the current time (12 o'clock), while the second processing apparatus 14b ends the use information at 10:10 and uses the information management apparatus 100. In addition, the first cleaning device 52a cannot transmit the cleaning information to the information management apparatus 100 after 10:10.

  In this case, the upper limit time specifying unit 108 specifies the earliest last time, that is, 10:10 as the upper limit time. The storage processing unit 110 associates the usage information and the cleaning information acquired by the information acquisition unit 102 by the upper limit time and stores them in the history storage unit 114. However, the usage information and the cleaning information after the upper limit time are subject to association processing. And not.

Hereinafter, an operation example of the information management apparatus 100 will be described.
<Operation example 1>
FIG. 5 is a timetable showing an example of the operating status of the first processing device 14a, the second processing device 14b, the first cleaning device 52a, and the second cleaning device 52b, which is the start time of the endoscopy work 9 The operation status from 12:00 to 12:00 is shown. Here, the usage status and cleaning status of the endoscope 12 whose scope ID is “A” (hereinafter referred to as “scope A”) are shown, and the usage status and cleaning status of another endoscope 12 are illustrated. Is omitted.

The scope A is used and cleaned in the information management system 1 as follows.
<Use A> 9:10 to 9:30 Used in the first processing apparatus 14a <Cleaning A> 9:40 to 10:00 Cleaning in the first cleaning machine 52a <Use B> 10:20 to 10:40 Second processing Used in the apparatus 14b <Washing B> 11:10 to 11:30 Washed with the second washing machine 52b

  In FIG. 5, hatching is shown after 10:10 in the time column of the second processing device 14b and the first cleaning device 52a. This is because the usage information is sent from the second processing device 14b to the first cleaning device. The time zone when cleaning information is not transmitted to the information management apparatus 100 from 52a is shown. That is, the second processing apparatus 14b has not been able to transmit the usage information to the information management apparatus 100 last at 10:10, and the first cleaning machine 52a has the cleaning information to the information management apparatus 100 last at 10:10. It cannot be sent.

The final time specifying unit 106 specifies the following final time for each device.
The first processing device 14a 12:00, the second processing device 14b 10:10, the first cleaning machine 52a 10:10, and the second cleaning machine 52b 12:00. It is specified as the upper limit time. The storage processing unit 110 associates the usage information acquired by the information acquisition unit 102 by the upper limit time with the cleaning information and stores it in the history storage unit 114, and accordingly stores the usage A and the cleaning A in association with each other. To do. In this way, by associating the usage information and the cleaning information up to the upper limit time when each device is guaranteed to be operating stably, the associating process can be executed.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the information acquisition unit 102 acquires the usage information of usage A, the cleaning information of cleaning A, and the cleaning information of cleaning B, but cannot acquire the usage information of usage B. The storage processing unit 110 stores the cleaning information of the cleaning B in the memory 112, and when the upper limit time is later updated after the cleaning end time (11:30) of the cleaning B, the storage processing unit 110 Re-associates the cleaning information of cleaning B with the usage information of use B.

<Operation example 2>
FIG. 6 is a timetable showing an example of the operating status of the first processing apparatus 14a, the second processing apparatus 14b, the first cleaning machine 52a, and the second cleaning machine 52b. Here, the usage status and cleaning status of the scope A are shown, and the usage A, cleaning A, usage B, and cleaning B statuses are the same as those in FIG. The current time is 12:00.

  In FIG. 6, hatching is shown after 10:10 in the time column of the first cleaning machine 52a. This is the time during which cleaning information is not transmitted from the first cleaning machine 52a to the information management apparatus 100. Indicates a band. That is, the first cleaning machine 52a cannot transmit the cleaning information to the information management apparatus 100 after 10:10.

The final time specifying unit 106 specifies the following final time for each device.
1st processing device 14a 12:00, 2nd processing device 14b 12:00, 1st washing machine 52a 10:10, 2nd washing machine 52b 12:00 Thereby, upper limit time specific | specification part 108 sets 10:10 to upper limit time As specified. The storage processing unit 110 associates the usage information acquired by the information acquisition unit 102 by the upper limit time with the cleaning information and stores it in the history storage unit 114, and accordingly stores the usage A and the cleaning A in association with each other. To do. In this way, by associating the usage information and the cleaning information up to the upper limit time when each device is guaranteed to be operating stably, the associating process can be executed.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 6, the information acquisition unit 102 acquires the usage information of use A, the cleaning information of cleaning A, the usage information of usage B, and the cleaning information of cleaning B. That is, as a result, the information acquisition unit 102 acquires all the usage information and cleaning information of the scope A up to the current time (12:00). However, since the operation of the first cleaning machine 52a has become indefinite since 10:10, the storage processing unit 110 stores the usage information of usage B after 10:10 and the cleaning information of cleaning B in the memory 112. , Not subject to association processing. When the upper limit time is later updated after the cleaning end time (11:30) of the cleaning B, the storage processing unit 110 associates the cleaning information of the cleaning B with the usage information of the usage B again.

<Operation example 3>
In the operation example 2, the case where the first cleaning machine 52a has not transmitted the cleaning information to the information management apparatus 100 from 10:10 to 12:00 has been described. In the operation example 3, the first cleaning is performed at 12: 1. A case where the machine 52a has transmitted the cleaning information to the information management apparatus 100 will be described. As described above, the first cleaning machine 52 a stores the elements of the cleaning information in the memory 72 while not communicating with the information management apparatus 100. At 12:01 when communication is possible, the cleaning information generation unit 68 extracts all elements of untransmitted cleaning information stored in the memory 72 to generate cleaning information, and the communication processing unit 70 Transmits the cleaning information to the information management apparatus 100.

  FIG. 7 is a timetable showing an example of the operating status of the first processing apparatus 14a, the second processing apparatus 14b, the first cleaning machine 52a, and the second cleaning machine 52b. Here, the usage status and cleaning status of the scope A are shown, and the usage A, cleaning A, usage B, and cleaning B statuses are the same as those in FIG. The current time is 12: 1.

  In FIG. 7, at 12:01, all the devices of the first processing device 14a, the second processing device 14b, the first cleaning device 52a, and the second cleaning device 52b send information to the information management device 100 in real time. Sending.

The final time specifying unit 106 specifies the following final time for each device.
1st processing device 14a 12: 1, 2nd processing device 14b 12: 1, 1st washing machine 52a 12: 1, 2nd washing machine 52b 12: 1

  Thereby, the upper limit time specifying unit 108 specifies the current time of 12: 1 as the upper limit time. As described above, the upper limit time specifying unit 108 updates the earliest last time among the last time when the usage information was last acquired and the last time when the cleaning information was last acquired, to a later time. The upper limit time is updated and notified to the storage processing unit 110. Thereby, the storage processing unit 110 associates the use information acquired by the information acquisition unit 102 by the upper limit time with the cleaning information and stores them in the history storage unit 114, and accordingly uses A, cleaning A, usage B, and cleaning B. The associated information is stored in the history storage unit 114. In this way, when the communication situation is improved, the storage processing unit 110 re-executes the association process of use information and / or cleaning information acquired after the previous upper limit time. As a result, the usage information and the cleaning information can be correctly associated.

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FIG. 8 is a timetable showing an example of the operating status of the first processing apparatus 14a, the second processing apparatus 14b, the first cleaning machine 52a, and the second cleaning machine 52b. Here, the usage status and cleaning status of the scope A are shown, and the usage A, cleaning A, usage B, and cleaning B statuses are the same as those in FIG. The current time is 12:00.

  In FIG. 8, hatching is shown after 9:35 in the time column of the second processing device 14b and the first cleaning device 52a. This is because the usage information is received from the second processing device 14b and the first cleaning device 52a. Indicates a time period during which no cleaning information is transmitted to the information management apparatus 100. That is, the second processing apparatus 14b has not been able to transmit the usage information to the information management apparatus 100 last at 9:35, and the first cleaning machine 52a has the cleaning information to the information management apparatus 100 last at 9:35. It cannot be sent.

The final time specifying unit 106 specifies the following final time for each device.
The first processing device 14a 12:00, the second processing device 14b 9:35, the first cleaning machine 52a 9:35, and the second cleaning machine 52b 12:00. It is specified as the upper limit time. The storage processing unit 110 associates the usage information and the cleaning information acquired by the information acquisition unit 102 before the upper limit time and stores them in the history storage unit 114. In this case, since there is no cleaning information of the scope A between 9:30 which is the inspection end time of the usage A and 9:35 which is the upper limit time, the storage processing unit 110 uses the usage information of the usage A. Is stored in the memory 112.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 8, the information acquisition unit 102 acquires the usage information of use A and the cleaning information of cleaning B. Since the cleaning B is performed after the use A, the cleaning information of the cleaning B satisfies a condition related to the usage information of the use A only in terms of time. However, after 9:35, since no information is transmitted from the second processing apparatus 14b and the first cleaning machine 52a, there may be another cleaning and use between the use A and the cleaning B. Existence exists (in fact, in this example, cleaning A and use B exist), and the storage processing unit 110 does not associate use A with cleaning B. In this way, the storage processing unit 110 can avoid a situation where the use A and the cleaning B are erroneously associated.

  By setting the upper limit time at which association processing can be performed in this way, use information and cleaning information can be associated in real time up to the upper limit time, while use information and cleaning information after the upper limit time may be associated incorrectly. Can be eliminated.

  The present invention has been described based on a plurality of embodiments. These embodiments are exemplifications, and it is understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention. is there.

  In the embodiment, the upper limit time specifying unit 108 lastly acquires the last time when the usage information in the first processing device 14a and the second processing device 14b is acquired, and the cleaning information in the first cleaning device 52a and the second cleaning device 52b. Among the last times acquired in the above, the earliest last time was specified as the upper limit time. In the modification, the upper limit time specifying unit 108 specifies the earliest last time as the upper limit time among the last times when the cleaning information in the first cleaning machine 52a and the second cleaning machine 52b was last acquired. Also good. That is, the upper limit time specifying unit 108 may specify the upper limit time based on the final time of the cleaning machine 52 regardless of the final time of the processing apparatus 14.

  In the embodiment, the case where the portable processing device 14 is carried to a place without a network environment has been described. However, depending on the medical facility, such a portable processing device 14 is not prepared and is always arranged in an examination room. Sometimes. The major difference between the processing apparatus 14 and the cleaning machine 52 in such a facility is that the cleaning machine 52 is not turned off from the main power supply and is always turned on, whereas the processing apparatus 14 is turned off from the main power supply. A state that is often turned off and cannot communicate with the information management apparatus 100 may frequently occur. While the main power supply of the processing device 14 is turned off, the endoscope 12 is not used in the processing device 14, so that the processing device 14 that is turned off can be ignored as described above. As described above, the upper limit time specifying unit 108 can also specify the upper limit time based on the final time of the cleaning device 52 regardless of the final time of the processing apparatus 14.

  Moreover, although the management part 104 demonstrated managing the some processing apparatus 14 and the some washing machine 52 in the Example, you may add another kind of apparatus, for example, a water leak detection apparatus, to a management object.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information management system, 10 ... Endoscope system, 14a ... 1st processing apparatus, 14b ... 2nd processing apparatus, 20 ... Connector, 22 ... Scope ID acquisition part, 24 ... Button operation accepting unit, 26 ... Usage information generating unit, 28 ... Communication processing unit, 30 ... Memory, 50 ... Cleaning system, 52a ... First cleaning machine, 52b ..Second cleaning machine, 60... ID reading unit, 62... Scope ID acquisition unit, 64... Button operation receiving unit, 66. , 70: Communication processing unit, 72 ... Memory, 100 ... Information management device, 102 ... Information acquisition unit, 104 ... Management unit, 106 ... Final time specifying unit, 108 ... Upper limit time specifying unit, 110 ... storage processing unit, 112 ... memory, 11 ... history storage unit.

Claims (6)

A plurality of processing devices to which the endoscope is connected, a management unit that manages a plurality of cleaning machines for cleaning the endoscope,
An information acquisition unit for acquiring usage information indicating the usage status of the endoscope in the processing apparatus, and cleaning information indicating the cleaning status of the endoscope in the cleaning machine,
A storage processing unit that stores the usage information of the endoscope and the cleaning information of the endoscope in a storage unit in association with each other,
The management unit specifies an upper limit time at which the storage processing unit can perform association processing from the last time when the information acquisition unit last acquired usage information and cleaning information, respectively,
The storage processing unit stores the use information and the cleaning information acquired by the information acquisition unit by the upper limit time in association with each other in the storage unit.
An information management apparatus characterized by that. The storage processing unit stores the use information and the cleaning information in the storage unit in association with the timing at which the information acquisition unit acquires the cleaning information.
The information management apparatus according to claim 1. The information acquisition unit acquires endoscope identification information and examination end time information as usage information, and acquires endoscope identification information and cleaning start time information as cleaning information.
The information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information management apparatus is an information management apparatus. The management unit specifies the earliest last time as the upper limit time among the last time when the usage information in the processing apparatus was last obtained and the last time when the cleaning information in the washing machine was last obtained. ,
The information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information management apparatus is an information management apparatus. The management unit updates the upper limit time when the last time last updated among the last time when the usage information was last acquired and the last time when the cleaning information was last acquired, Notify the storage processing unit,
The storage processing unit stores the use information and the cleaning information acquired by the information acquisition unit in association with the updated upper limit time in the storage unit,
The information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information management apparatus is an information management apparatus. The management unit specifies, as an upper limit time, the last time that is the earliest in time among the last times when the cleaning information was last acquired in the cleaning machine,
The information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information management apparatus is an information management apparatus.

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