Management system of test device and management method thereof

• US 8,869,266 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2011
• Issued: 10/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Precision Biosensor Inc.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jong Rip, Kim, Seok Ho, Lee, Sung Hwa, Jang, Seock Woo
• Primary Examiner(s): Zand, Kambiz
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran, Tongoc
• Application Number:
  US13/335,060
• Publication Number:
  US 20120167203A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,034 Days
• Field of Search: 726/6, 726/19, 702/182, 702/183, 702/188
• US Class Current: 726/19
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis

Abstract

Assigning identifiers to a plurality of test devices to manage the test devices, and displaying the assigned identifiers on the test devices to distinguish the test devices.

Claims

1. A management system for managing a plurality of test devices, comprising:

a management device configured to receive a first user input of a first identifier and assign the first identifier to a first test device among the plurality of test devices, and configured to receive a second user input of a second identifier and assign the second identifier to a second test device among the plurality of test devices,

wherein the first test device displays the first identifier and the second test device displays the second identifier, and

wherein the first test device displays the first identifier on an indication part of the first test device and the second test device displays the second identifier on an indication part of the second test device.

2. The management system according to claim 1, wherein the management device stores a management program to manage the plurality of test devices.

3. The management system according to claim 2, wherein the first identifier is different from the second identifier and the first identifier and the second identifier are registered in the management device by the management program.

4. The management system according to claim 1, wherein the first identifier and the second identifier are marks that distinguish the first test device from the second test device.

5. The management system according to claim 1, wherein the first test device or the second test device is a testing device that analyzes a biomaterial.

6. The management system according to claim 1, wherein communication between the management device and the plurality of test devices is executed by at least one of Bluetooth, infrared communication, Wi-Fi, wired or wireless communication over a network, Serial, ZigBee, radio frequency, and universal serial bus.

12. The management system according to claim 1, wherein the first test device is assigned a first serial number different than the first identifier and the second test device is assigned a second serial number different than the second identifier.

7. A method of managing a plurality of test devices, the method comprising:

selecting, by a management system, a test device present on a network of the management system;

receiving a user input of an identifier;

providing the identifier to the selected test device;

associating the provided identifier with identification information of the test device; and

storing the associated information in the management system,

wherein the test device displays the identifier assigned to the test device on an indication part of the test device.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the selecting comprises:

locating the test device on the network, wherein the identifier is a unique identifier.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the selecting comprises:

connecting to the test device,

wherein the providing comprises providing the identifier to the connected test device.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein connecting comprises:

attempting a connection to the test device;

requesting input of a password; and

in response to receiving the requested password, permitting the connection to the test device.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the password is a secret code that is requested to be input when settings of the test device are changed.

13. The method according to claim 7, wherein the identification information is a serial number of the test device.