Quality control system and quality control information delivery device

• US 8,010,223 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2007
• Issued: 08/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sysmex Corporation
• Original Assignee: Sysmex Corporation
• Inventors: Matsumoto, Takeshi, Fujita, Tamiko, Takayanagi, Minoru, Yamaguchi, Tadayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel; Ramesh B
• Assistant Examiner(s): STEVENS, THOMAS H
• Application Number:
  US11/788,791
• Publication Number:
  US 20080021572A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,593 Days
• Field of Search: 700/170, 705/3, 702/19, 702/31
• US Class Current: 700/170
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2035/00653 statistical methods comparing labs or apparatuses
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 35/00613 Quality control
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events

Abstract

There is provided a quality control system capable of displaying a display screen regarding quality control of an testing, including a display control part for performing a display control of the display screen regarding the quality control, wherein the display control part displays the display screen on a display in accordance with a category of a quality control sample used by a user.

Claims

1. A quality control system, comprising:

user terminals each associated with at least one analyzer; and

a quality control server connected to the analyzers and the user terminals via a network, wherein the quality control server comprises;

a processor; and

a memory operable under control of the processor and comprising a first database and a second database, the memory storing instructions enabling the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving from a first group of user terminals first sets of measurement information on a first category of control samples run by a first group of analyzers associated with the first group of user terminals, wherein the first category of control samples are correlated to the first group of analyzers;

storing the first sets of measurement information in the first database, wherein the first database comprises identifications of the first category of control samples and measurement results obtained by running the first category of control sample at the first group of analyzers;

receiving from a second group of user terminals second sets of measurement information on a second category of control samples run by a second group of analyzers associated with the second group of user terminals, wherein the second category of control samples are correlated to types of analyses performed by the second group of analyzers;

storing the second sets of measurement information in the second database, wherein the second database comprises identifications of the second category of control samples, the types of analyses and identifications of the second group of analyzers, and wherein the first sets of measurement information are also storable in the second database;

in response to a request from one user terminal, sending a selection screen for display on said one user terminal prompting a selection indicative of either the first control sample category or the second control sample category;

in response to a selection indicative of the first control sample category, calculating first statistical data including a deviation of the measurement result obtained by an analyzer associated with said one user terminal among measurements results obtained by analyzers which run the same control sample in the first category; and

in response to a selection indicative of the second category of control sample, calculating second statistical data including a deviation of the measurement result obtained by an analyzer of said one user terminal, the deviation being calculable among one group of measurement results selectable at said one user terminal from the following groups of measurement results;

(a) measurement results by analyzers which run the same control sample in the second category;

(b) measurement results by analyzers which run the same type of analysis, using the same control sample in the second category; and

(c) measurement results by the same type of analyzers which run the same control sample in the second category.

2. The quality control system of claim 1, wherein the selection screen is displayed as Web screens.

3. The quality control system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a login name and a password from a user terminal via a login screen displayed on the user terminal; and

authenticating the user terminal; and

wherein the selection screen is displayed on the user terminal only after the user terminal has been authenticated.

4. The quality control system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

converting data format of the first sets of measurement information so that the data format conforms to the second database.

5. The quality control system of claim 1, wherein the selection screen lists at least one analyzer associated with said one user terminal for selection of one of the at least one analyzer, wherein a respective at least one analyzer is correlated with one control sample for use therewith.

6. A user terminal connected to a quality control server via a network, the user terminal comprising:

a display device; and

a memory under control of a processor, the memory storing instructions enabling the processor to perform operations comprising;

requesting from the quality control server displaying of a selection screen comprising a first icon corresponding to a first quality control sample which is categorized in a first category and a second icon corresponding to a second quality control sample which is categorized in a second category;

displaying the selection screen on the display device;

receiving an input selecting the first icon or the second icon via the selection screen;

sending to the quality control server the input selecting the first icon or the second icon;

displaying, on the display device, when the input selecting the first icon is sent, a first screen comprising a third icon corresponding to a first quality control result which is obtained, using a first statistical operation, from a plurality of measurement results of the first quality control samples; and

displaying on the display device, when the input selecting the second icon is sent, a second screen comprising a fourth icon corresponding to a second quality control result which is obtained, using a second statistical operation different from the first statistical operation, from a plurality of measurement results of the second quality control samples.

7. The user terminal of claim 6, wherein the selection screen, the first screen, and the second screen are displayed as Web screens.

8. The user terminal of claim 6, wherein the first screen further comprises the fourth icon.

9. The user terminal of claim 6, wherein the first screen comprises the third icon in plural, and wherein the second screen comprises the fourth icon in plural.

10. A quality control server connected to user terminals via a network, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory operable under control of the processor and comprising a first database and a second database, the memory storing instructions enabling the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving from a first group of user terminals first sets of measurement information on a first category of control samples run by a first group of analyzers associated with the first group of user terminals, wherein the first category of control samples are correlated to the first group of analyzers;

storing the first sets of measurement information in the first database, wherein the first database comprises identifications of the first category of control samples and measurement results obtained by running the first category of control sample at the first group of analyzers;

receiving from a second group of user terminals second sets of measurement information on a second category of control samples run by a second group of analyzers associated with the second group of user terminals, wherein the second category of control samples are correlated to types of analyses performed by the second group of analyzers;

storing the second sets of measurement information in the second database, wherein the second database comprises identifications of the second category of control samples, the types of analyses and identifications of the second group of analyzers, and wherein the first sets of measurement information are also storable in the second database;

in response to a request from one user terminal, sending a selection screen for display on said one user terminal prompting a selection indicative of either the first control sample category or the second control sample category;

in response to a selection indicative of the first control sample category, calculating first statistical data including a deviation of the measurement result obtained by an analyzer associated with said one user terminal among measurements results obtained by analyzers which run the same control sample in the first category; and

in response to a selection indicative of the second control sample category, calculating second statistical data including a deviation of the measurement result obtained by an analyzer of said one user terminal, the deviation being calculable among one group of measurement results selectable at said one user terminal from the following groups of measurement results;

(a) measurement results by analyzers which run the same control sample in the second category;

(b) measurement results by analyzers which run the same type of analysis, using the same control sample in the second category; and

(c) measurement results by the same type of analyzers which run the same control sample in the second category.

11. The quality control server of claim 10, wherein the selection screen is displayed as Web screens.

12. The quality control server of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a login name and a password from a user terminal via a login screen displayed on the user terminal; and

authenticating the user terminal;

wherein the selection screen is displayed only after the user terminal has been authenticated.

13. The quality control server of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise:

converting data format of the first sets of measurement information so that the data format conforms to the second database.

14. The quality control server of claim 10, wherein the selection screen lists at least one analyzer associated with said one user terminal for selection of one of the at least one analyzer, wherein a respective at least one analyzer is correlated with one control sample for use therewith.