LIQUID INJECTOR, FLUOROSCOPIC IMAGING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20100217121A1
• Filed: 09/19/2008
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nemoto Kyorindo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nemoto Kyorindo Company Limited
• Inventors: Nemoto, Shigeru
• Application Number:
  US12/680,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20100217121A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/432
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/201 Assessing renal or kidney functions
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4494 Means for identifying the diagnostic device
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/481 involving the use of contrast agents
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/487 involving fluoroscopy

Abstract

A liquid injector acquires personal condition data originating from a patient, before executing injection of a medical liquid, and a function decision unit decides whether the patient has renal dysfunction based on the acquired personal condition data. Accordingly, such arrangement can be made that in the case where the patient is not decided to have renal dysfunction the liquid injection is executed without announcing an alert, and that in the contrary case the alert is announced and the liquid injection is suspended. Thus, the liquid injector allows easily and surely preventing improper injection of the liquid such as a contrast medium to a patient with renal dysfunction.

Claims

1. A liquid injector that injects a medical liquid to a patient whose fluoroscopic image data is to be picked up, comprising:

a liquid injection mechanism that executes injection of said medical liquid;

an injection control unit that controls an action of said liquid injection mechanism according to injection control data to be given;

a data input unit that acquires personal condition data originating from said patient before executing said liquid injection; and

a function decision unit that decides renal dysfunction of said patient based on said personal condition data acquired.

2. The liquid injector according to claim 1,

wherein said data input unit acquires said personal condition data containing a serum creatinine value;

and

said function decision unit decide that said patient has renal dysfunction in the case where said serum creatinine value in acquired said personal condition data deviates from a predetermined acceptable range.

3. The liquid injector according to claim 1,

wherein said data input unit acquires said personal condition data containing a glomerular filtration rate;

and

said function decision unit decides that said patient has renal dysfunction in the case where said glomerular filtration rate in said acquired personal condition data deviates from a predetermined acceptable range.

4. The liquid injector according to claim 1,

wherein said data input unit acquires said personal condition data containing said serum creatinine value, age and body weight;

and

said function decision unit calculates an estimated value of said glomerular filtration rate based on said serum creatinine value, age and body weight in said acquired personal condition data, and decide that said patient has renal dysfunction in the case where said estimated value thus acquired deviates from a predetermined acceptable range.

5. The liquid injector according to claim 4,

wherein said function decision unit calculates said estimated value of said glomerular filtration rate through a formula of:

(140−

age)×

body weight/72×

serum creatinine value.

6. The liquid injector according to claim 1,

wherein said data input unit acquires said personal condition data containing said serum creatinine value, age, body weight, and sex;

and

said function decision unit calculates an estimated value of said glomerular filtration rate based on said serum creatinine value, age, body weight, and sex in said acquired personal condition data, and decide that said patient has renal dysfunction in the case where said estimated value thus acquired deviates from a predetermined acceptable range.

7. The liquid injector according to claim 6,

wherein said function decision unit calculates said estimated value of said glomerular filtration rate through a formula of:

(140−

age)×

body weight/72×

serum creatinine value

in the where said sex is male, and through a formula of;

(140−

age)×

body weight/72×

serum creatinine value×

0.85

in the case where said sex is female.

8. The liquid injector according to claim 1, further comprising an alert notification unit that outputs a confirmation alert in the case where said patient is decided to have renal dysfunction.

9. The liquid injector according to claim 1,

wherein said injection control unit disables said liquid injection mechanism from working in the case where said patient is decided to have renal dysfunction.

10. The liquid injector according to claim 1,

wherein said injection control unit adjusts said injecting action of said liquid injection mechanism in the case where said patient is decided to have renal dysfunction.

11. The liquid injector according to claim 2,

wherein said injection control unit adjusts said injecting action of said liquid injection mechanism according to said acquired serum creatinine value.

12. The liquid injector according to claim 3,

wherein said injection control unit adjusts said injecting action of said liquid injection mechanism according to said acquired glomerular filtration rate.

13. The liquid injector according to claim 4,

wherein said injection control unit adjusts said injecting action of said liquid injection mechanism according to said calculated estimated value of said glomerular filtration rate.

14. The liquid injector according to claim 10,

wherein said injection control unit adjusts at least one of injection rate, injection duration, and a total injection amount provided by said liquid injection mechanism.

15. The liquid injector according to claim 10,

wherein said liquid injection mechanism injects a contrast medium and physiological saline as medical liquid;

and

said injection control unit adjusts an injection ratio of said contrast medium and said physiological saline.

16. The liquid injector according to claim 10, further comprising a liquid acquisition unit that acquires liquid condition data originating from said medical liquid;

wherein said injection control unit adjusts said injecting action according to said liquid condition data in the case where said patient is decided to have renal dysfunction.

17. The liquid injector according to claim 16,

wherein said liquid injection mechanism drives a liquid syringe bearing said liquid condition data and loaded with said medical liquid;

and

said liquid acquisition unit acquires said liquid condition data from said liquid syringe.

18. The liquid injector according to claim 17,

wherein said liquid injection mechanism drives a liquid syringe on which an RFID chip containing said liquid condition data is mounted;

and

said liquid acquisition unit acquires said liquid condition data from said RFID chip.

19. The liquid injector according to claim 16,

wherein said injection control unit further comprises a control setting unit that sets at least a part of said acquired liquid condition data in said injection control unit as at least a part of said injection control data.

20. The liquid injector according to claim 1,

wherein said data input unit acquires imaging order data of each imaging job containing said personal condition data and managed outside;

and

said function decision unit decides whether said patient has renal dysfunction based on said personal condition data in said acquired imaging order data.

21. The liquid injector according to claim 20, further comprising a control setting unit that sets at least a part of said acquired imaging order data in said injection control unit as at least a part of said injection control data.

22. The liquid injector according to claim 20, further comprising a data output unit that transmits a decision result of renal dysfunction to outside, to thereby store said decision result outside together with said imaging order data.

23. The liquid injector according to claim 1, further comprising:

a history generation unit that generates injection history data containing action history of said liquid injection mechanism based on said injection control data; and

a data output unit that transmits said generated injection history data to outside, to thereby store said injection history data outside together with said fluoroscopic image data.

24. The liquid injector according to claim 23,

wherein said history generation unit also registers at least a part of said injection control data in said injection history data.

25. The liquid injector according to claim 23,

wherein said history generation unit also registers said decision result of renal dysfunction in said injection history data.

26. A fluoroscopic imaging system comprising an external processor that contains imaging order data relevant to each imaging job of picking up fluoroscopic image data from a patient, and a liquid injector that injects a medical liquid to said patient;

wherein said external processor contains said imaging order data including personal condition data originating from said patient; and

said liquid injector is one according to claim 20.

27. A fluoroscopic imaging system comprising a liquid injector that injects a medical liquid to a patient whose fluoroscopic image data is to be picked up, and a data storage unit that stores therein said fluoroscopic image data picked up;

wherein said liquid injector is one according to claim 23; and

said data storage unit also stores injection history data received from said liquid injector, together with said fluoroscopic image data.

28. A computer program for a liquid injector that includes a liquid injection mechanism for injecting a medical liquid to a patient whose fluoroscopic image data is to be picked up, comprising causing said liquid injector to execute:

an injection control process including controlling an action of said liquid injection mechanism according to injection control data to be set;

a data input process including acquiring personal condition data originating from said patient; and

a function decision process including deciding whether said patient has renal dysfunction based on said personal condition data acquired.