Medical device diagnostic apparatus and control method thereof

• US 10,331,118 B2
• Filed: 11/03/2015
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Sang Hoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhat, Aditya S
• Application Number:
  US14/931,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20160209837A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,330 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/055 involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/586 Detection of faults or malfunction of the device
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/58 Testing, adjusting or calibrating the diagnostic device
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0275 Fault isolation and identification, e.g. classify fault; estimate cause or root of failure
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades

Abstract

A medical device diagnostic apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The medical device diagnostic apparatus includes a communicator connected to a controlled medical device, the communicator being configured to transmit and receive data to and from the controlled medical device, and a controller configured to select a component from components of the controlled medical device based on the received data, calculate a difference value between input and output data of the selected component and input and output data corresponding to the selected component in reference data, determine whether the difference value is greater than a value, determine that the selected component operates abnormally in response to the controller determining that difference value is greater than the value, and select another component from the components in response to the controller determining that the difference value is less than or equal to the value.

Claims

1. A medical device diagnostic apparatus comprising:

a communicator connected to a controlled medical device, the communicator being configured to transmit and receive data to and from the controlled medical device; and

a controller configured to;

select one of first components of the controlled medical device, based on the received data;

calculate a first difference value between first input and output data of the selected one of the first components and second input and output data corresponding to the selected one of the first components in reference data;

determine whether the first difference value is greater than a value;

based on the first different value being determined to be greater than the value;

determine that the selected one of the first components operates abnormally;

select one of second components included in the one of the first components determined to operate abnormally;

calculate a second difference value between third input and output data of the selected one of the second components and fourth input and output data corresponding to the selected one of the second components in the reference data;

determine whether the second difference value is greater than the value; and

based on the second different value being determined to be greater than the value, determine that the selected one of the second components operates abnormally; and

based on the first different value being determined to be less than or equal to the value, select another one of the first components, based on the received data, to determine whether the selected other one of the first components operates abnormally.

2. The medical device diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reference data is a medical device simulation corresponding to the controlled medical device.

3. The medical device diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage configured to store normal input and output data being inputs and outputs of the first components,

wherein the reference data is the normal input and output data.

4. The medical device diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communicator is connected to an external reference medical device corresponding to the controlled medical device, the external reference medical device operating normally, and

the communicator is further configured to receive the reference data from the external reference medical device.

5. The medical device diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a user interface configured to:

display a state of the controlled medical device; and

receive a diagnosis command.

6. The medical device diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a user interface configured to:

display the first components; and

receive an input selection of the one of the first components to determine whether the selected one of the first component operates abnormally.

7. The medical device diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to randomly select the one of the first components, the selected one of the first components having not been subject to determination on whether the selected one of the first components operates abnormally.

8. The medical device diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a user interface configured to display an inventory of the one of the first components determined to operate abnormally.

9. The medical device diagnostic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the communicator is further configured to order the one of the first components of which the inventory is displayed.

10. The medical device diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage configured to store a self-replacement manual for replacing the one of the first components determined to operate abnormally; and

a user interface configured to display a method of replacing the one of the first components determined to operate abnormally, based on the self-replacement manual.

11. The medical device diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communicator is further configured to receive data for updating the reference data, from a server.

12. A method of controlling a medical device diagnostic apparatus, the method comprising:

transmitting and receiving data to and from a controlled medical device;

selecting one of first components of the controlled medical device, based on the received data;

calculating a first difference value between first input and output data of the selected one of the first components and second input and output data corresponding to the selected one of the first components in reference data;

determining whether the first difference value is greater than a value;

based on the first different value being determined to be greater than the value;

determining that the selected one of the first components operates abnormally;

selecting one of second components included in the one of the first components determined to operate abnormally;

calculating a second difference value between third input and output data of the selected one of the second components and fourth input and output data corresponding to the selected one of the second components in the reference data;

determining whether the second difference value is greater than the value; and

based on the second different value being determined to be greater than the value, determining that the selected one of the second components operates abnormally; and

based on the first different value being determined to be less than or equal to the value, selecting another one of the first components, based on the received data, to determine whether the selected other one of the first components operates abnormally.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the reference data is a medical device simulation corresponding to the controlled medical device.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the reference data is normal input and output data being inputs and outputs of the first components.

15. The method according to claim 12, further comprising receiving the reference data from an external reference medical device connected to and corresponding to the controlled medical device, the external reference medical device operating normally.

16. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

displaying the first components; and

receiving an input selection of the one of the first components to determine whether the selected one of the first components operates abnormally.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein the selecting the one of the first components comprises randomly selecting the one of the first components, the selected one of the first components having not been subject to determination on whether the selected one of the first components operates abnormally.

18. The method according to claim 12, further comprising displaying an inventory of the one of the first components determined to operate abnormally.

19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising ordering the one of the first components of which the inventory is displayed.

20. The method according to claim 12, further comprising displaying a method of replacing the one of the first components determined to operate abnormally, based on a self-replacement manual for replacing the one of the first components determined to operate abnormally.

21. The method according to claim 12, further comprising receiving data for updating the reference data, from a server.