Organism sample measurement device and organism sample measurement sensor housing device

• US 9,384,650 B2
• Filed: 07/27/2012
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PHC Holdings Corporation
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Watanabe, Atsushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Raevis, Robert R
• Application Number:
  US14/234,683
• Publication Number:
  US 20140177671A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,439 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 27/28 Electrolytic cell components
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 27/416 Systems G01N27/27 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48778 Containers specially adapted therefor, e.g. for dry storage
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/18 Status alarms G08B21/02 takes precedence

Abstract

An organism sample measurement device is capable of suppressing the degradation of the performance of an organism sample measurement sensor by notifying that the lid of a housing part housing the organism sample measurement sensor is open. In this organism sample measurement device (1), a measurement unit (21) measures organism information using the organism sample measurement sensor mounted in a sensor mounting part. A first detection switch (13) detects that the lid of a sensor bottle is open. A display unit (2) notifies the measurement result of the organism information measured by the measurement unit (21), and on the basis of the result of the detection by the first detection switch (13), displays error information indicating that the lid is open.

Claims

1. A biological sample measuring apparatus to which a sensor bottle including a cylindrical housing section and a closure is installed, the housing section having an opening at one end thereof and being capable of housing a biological sample measuring sensor, the closure being configured to open and close the opening, the biological sample measuring apparatus comprising:

a sensor installment section to which the biological sample measuring sensor is installed;

a measurement section that measures biological information by using the biological sample measuring sensor installed to the sensor installment section;

an open/close detection section that detects an open state of the closure; and

a notifying section that notifies a measurement result of the biological information measured by the measurement section, and notifies error information indicating that the closure is open on the basis of a detection result detected by the open/close detection section.

2. The biological sample measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sensor bottle is installed in a bottomed cylinder having an upper opening portion provided on an upper surface side of the biological sample measuring apparatus.

3. The biological sample measuring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the open/close detection section is composed of a first detection switch disposed at the upper opening portion.

4. The biological sample measuring apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the closure of the sensor bottle installed to the biological sample measuring apparatus faces a peripheral edge of the upper opening portion when the closure is closed, and

the first detection switch is disposed at the peripheral edge of the upper opening portion.

5. The biological sample measuring apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising an installment detection section that detects whether the sensor bottle is installed, wherein

when the installment detection section detects that the sensor bottle is not installed, the notifying section notifies that the sensor bottle is not installed.

6. The biological sample measuring apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the sensor bottle is installed in a bottomed cylinder having an upper opening portion provided on an upper surface side of the biological sample measuring apparatus, and

the installment detection section is composed of a bottle detection switch disposed on an internal surface of the bottomed cylinder and/or on a bottom surface of the bottomed cylinder.

7. The biological sample measuring apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the bottle detection switch includes a second detection switch disposed on the internal surface of the bottomed cylinder and a third detection switch disposed on the bottom surface of the bottomed cylinder.

8. The biological sample measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notifying section provides a notification by displaying the measurement result and the error information, and displays the error information when displaying the measurement result.

9. The biological sample measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notifying section notifies the error information before notifying the measurement result or after notifying the measurement result.

10. The biological sample measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notifying section notifies the error information when the open/close detection section detects that the closure is open.

11. The biological sample measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notifying section displays the error information and sounds a buzzer when notifying the error information.

12. The biological sample measuring apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising:

a temperature measurement section that measures temperature;

a humidity measurement section that measures humidity;

a timer section that measures an opening time during which the closure is open when the open/close detection section detects that the closure is open; and

a control section that calculates an exposure value on the basis of a temperature measured by the temperature measurement section, a humidity measured by the humidity measurement section, and the opening time, the exposure value being a parameter that indicates influence of the outside environment on the biological sample measuring sensor, wherein

the notifying section notifies the error information when the exposure value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

13. The biological sample measuring apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a timer section that measures an opening time during which the closure is open when the open/close detection section detects that the closure is open, wherein

the notifying section notifies the error information when the opening time is equal to or longer than a predetermined time.

14. A biological sample measuring sensor housing apparatus to which a sensor bottle including a cylindrical housing section and a closure is installed, the housing section having an opening at one end thereof and being capable of housing a biological sample measuring sensor, the closure being configured to open and close the opening, the biological sample measuring sensor housing apparatus comprising:

a detection section that detects an open state of the closure; and

a notifying section that notifies error information indicating that the closure is open on the basis of a detection result detected by the detection section.