# US 2022/0285014 A1 · Automatic analysis system and alarm handling method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0285014 A1 - Document ID: US20220285014A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/628,601 - Filed: 2020-03-17 - Published: 2022-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-08-07 - Assignees: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation - Applicants: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation - Inventors: Yoshihiro SEKI; Tomoakira KAWAI; Shigeru YANO; Misato FUKAMI; Ai MASUDA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220285014A1 ## CPC - G01N 35/00: Automatic analysis not limited to methods or materials provided for in any single one of groups G01N1/00 - G01N33/00; Handling materials therefor - G16H 40/20: for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms - G08B 21/18: Status alarms (G08B21/02 takes precedence) - G16H 10/40: for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis - G16H 40/67: for remote operation - G01N 2035/00326: {Analysers with modular structure} - G01N 2035/009: {alarms, e.g. audible} - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS ## Abstract A time period that is required for dealing with the need to access another place in advance of a device which is generating an alarm is reduced. Information of a task being presently executed by a laboratory technician present in a clinical laboratory is acquired from a responsible person schedule management table. Information based on a distance between the present position of the laboratory technician present in the clinical laboratory and a positional information reference point that indicates the position first accessed by the laboratory technician to deal with the alarm and that is specified from an alarm information management table and an alarm handling access position management table is also acquired. Based on the acquired information, ordering for issuing a notification of the alarm of which generation has been detected is performed for the laboratory technician present in the clinical inspection room. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An automatic analysis system comprising: a plurality of analyzers disposed in a clinical laboratory to analyze or pre-process a sample; and a management device configured to manage the plurality of analyzers, wherein the management device includes: a storage device configured to store an alarm information management table that registers information on an alarm whose generation is detected from the plurality of analyzers or the management device, a person-in-charge schedule management table that registers a schedule of a laboratory technician working in the clinical laboratory, and an alarm handling stop position management table that registers information on a stop position where the laboratory technician who handles the alarm stops prior to a device that generates the alarm in order to handle the alarm generated from the plurality of analyzers or the management device; and an information processing device configured to perform prioritization for notifying the alarm whose generation is detected on the laboratory technician in the clinical laboratory, based on information on a task currently being performed by the laboratory technician in the clinical laboratory, which is obtained from the person-in-charge schedule management table, and position information based on a distance between a position information reference point indicating a position where the laboratory technician who handles the alarm first stops and a current position of the laboratory technician in the clinical laboratory, which is identified from the alarm information management table and the alarm handling stop position management table. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The automatic analysis system according to claim 1, wherein the storage device stores a person-in-charge information management table that registers the alarm that can be handled by the laboratory technician working in the clinical laboratory, and the information processing device narrows down the laboratory technician as a candidate for notifying the alarm whose generation is detected based on the alarm information management table and the person-in-charge information management table among laboratory technicians in the clinical laboratory. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The automatic analysis system according to claim 1, wherein the laboratory technician working in the clinical laboratory holds a terminal, and the information processing device notifies the terminal of the laboratory technician given a highest priority by the prioritization of the alarm whose generation is detected. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The automatic analysis system according to claim 3, wherein the information processing device receives a notification of an intention to handle the alarm from the terminal of the laboratory technician notified of the alarm, and registers the laboratory technician notified of the alarm as a person-in-charge who handles the alarm in the alarm information management table stored in the storage device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The automatic analysis system according to claim 4, wherein the laboratory technician as a person-in-charge who handles the alarm can input a comment on handling the alarm to the terminal, and the information processing device receives input of the comment from the laboratory technician as the person-in-charge who handles the alarm, and registers the comment in the alarm information management table stored in the storage device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The automatic analysis system according to claim 5, wherein the information processing device receives a notification of an intention to give up handling the alarm from the terminal of the laboratory technician as the person-in-charge who handles the alarm, registers an alarm that the person-in-charge who handles the alarm gives up as a new alarm in the alarm information management table stored in the storage device, and registers an alarm that the person-in-charge who handles the alarm gives up as a related alarm of the new alarm in the alarm information management table stored in the storage device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The automatic analysis system according to claim 2, wherein the information processing device registers the information on the alarm whose generation is detected as n alarms in the alarm information management table when the alarm whose generation is detected is an alarm that requires n persons-in-charge who handle, and performs the prioritization for notifying the alarm on the laboratory technician in the clinical laboratory for each of the n alarms. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The automatic analysis system according to claim 7, wherein in the person-in-charge information management table, when the alarm from the plurality of analyzers or the management device is an alarm that requires n persons-in-charge who handle, whether the alarm can be handled is registered for each of the n alarms registered in the alarm information management table. ### Claim 9 An alarm handling method in a clinical laboratory where a plurality of analyzers configured to analyze or pre-process a sample are disposed and a plurality of laboratory technicians work, comprising: storing in advance a person-in-charge schedule management table that registers a schedule of laboratory technicians working in the clinical laboratory, and an alarm handling stop position management table that registers information on a stop position where an laboratory technician who handles an alarm generated from the plurality of analyzers stops prior to a device that generates the alarm in order to handle the alarm; detecting generation of the alarm from the plurality of analyzers, and registering information of the alarm whose generation is detected in an alarm information management table; and performing prioritization for notifying the alarm whose generation is detected on the laboratory technician in the clinical laboratory, based on information on a task currently being performed by the laboratory technician in the clinical laboratory, which is obtained from the person-in-charge schedule management table, and position information based on a distance between a position information reference point indicating a position where the laboratory technician who handles the alarm first stops and a current position of the laboratory technician in the clinical laboratory, which is identified from the alarm information management table and the alarm handling stop position management table. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The alarm handling method according to claim 9, wherein the person-in-charge information management table that registers the alarm that can be handled by the laboratory technician working in the clinical laboratory is stored in advance, and laboratory technicians as candidates for notifying the alarm whose generation is detected are narrowed down from the alarm information management table and the person-in-charge information management table. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The alarm handling method according to claim 9, wherein the laboratory technician working in the clinical laboratory holds a terminal, and the alarm whose generation is detected is notified to the terminal of the laboratory technician given a highest priority by the prioritization. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The alarm handling method according to claim 11, wherein a notification of an intention to handle the alarm is received from the terminal of the laboratory technician notified of the alarm, and the laboratory technician notified of the alarm is registered as a person-in-charge who handles the alarm in the alarm information management table. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The alarm handling method according to claim 12, wherein a notification of an intention to give up handling the alarm is received from the terminal of the laboratory technician as the person-in-charge who handles the alarm, an alarm that the person-in-charge who handles the alarm gives up is registered as a new alarm in the alarm information management table, and an alarm that the person-in-charge who handles the alarm gives up is registered as a related alarm of the new alarm in the alarm information management table. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The alarm handling method according to claim 10, wherein generation of an alarm that requires n persons-in-charge who handle is detected from the plurality of analyzers, and information on the alarm whose generation is detected is registered as n alarms in the alarm information management table, and prioritization for notifying the alarm is performed on the laboratory technician in the clinical laboratory for each of the n alarms. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The alarm handling method according to claim 14, wherein in the person-in-charge information management table, when the alarm from the plurality of analyzers is an alarm that requires n persons-in-charge who handle, whether the alarm can be handled is registered for each of the n alarms registered in the alarm information management table.