Method of managing clinical testing apparatus, clinical testing system, and maintenance management apparatus
AssigneeSysmex Corporation
InventorsYusuke Suga, Naoki Shindo, Atsumasa Sone, Hiroyuki Koyama, Shunsuke Ariyoshi
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Abstract
A management system connected with a clinical testing apparatus is disclosed. The system acquires, from the clinical testing apparatus, a parameter that varies according to deterioration of the unit at a plurality of points of time, stores the parameters and/or analysis results that are obtained by analyzing the parameters, and provides a screen data for showing the stored parameters and/or the stored analysis results in a time-series format. A method for managing a clinical testing apparatus and a clinical testing system for the method are also disclosed.
Claims20
A method for managing a clinical testing apparatus that performs a test on a clinical sample by use of a unit;
- the method comprising:
- acquiring, from the clinical testing apparatus, a parameter that varies according to deterioration of the unit at a plurality of points of time;
- storing the parameters and/or analysis results that are obtained by analyzing the parameters;
- and
- displaying the stored parameters and/or the stored analysis results in a time-series format.
A clinical testing system comprising:
- a maintenance computer having a memory and a display;
- and
- a clinical testing apparatus connected to the maintenance computer via a network, the clinical testing apparatus having:
- a unit used for testing a clinical sample;
- and
- a transmitting section for transmitting to the maintenance computer a parameter that varies according to deterioration of the unit;
- wherein
- the transmitting section transmits the parameter with a predetermined transmission timing;
- the memory associates and stores the parameters transmitted from the transmitter and/or the analysis result acquired by analyzing the parameters with an identification of the clinical testing apparatus that transmitted the parameters;
- and
- the display shows, in response to a display request from a terminal device, the stored parameters or the analysis results of the clinical testing apparatus specified by the identification in time-series format.
A management system connected via a network with a clinical testing apparatus that performs a test on a clinical sample by use of a unit, the management system comprising:
- a receiving section for receiving a parameter transmitted from the clinical testing apparatus at a predetermined timing, the parameter being variable according to deterioration of the unit;
- a data storage for storing the received parameters and/or analysis results that are obtained by analyzing the received parameters, in association with an identification of the clinical testing apparatus that had transmitted the parameter;
- and
- a data provider for providing data of a screen on which the parameters of the unit and/or the analysis results of the clinical testing apparatus identified by one identification is shown in a time-series format.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.