Biological sample measurement device

• US 9,625,441 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2012
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PHC Holdings Corporation
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Watanabe, Takahiro, Aono, Masumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams, Hezron E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kidanu, Gedeon M
• Application Number:
  US13/985,734
• Publication Number:
  US 20140007714A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,852 Days
• Field of Search: 422 67, 422 68, 600365, 204403, 205777
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150358 Strips for collecting blood, e.g. absorbent optical reagent test strips G01N21/8483; chemical reagent test strips G01N33/4875, G01N33/52
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/157 Devices characterised by integrated means for measuring characteristics of blood
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2035/00881 network configurations
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/44 Resins; Plastics; Rubber; Leather
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48 Biological material, e.g. blood, urine G01N33/02, G01N33/26, G01N33/44, G01N33/46 take precedence; Haemocytometers counting blood corpuscules distributed over a surface by scanning the surface G06M11/02
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48792 Data management, e.g. communication with processing unit for in vivo diagnostics A61B5/0002; transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A biological sample measurement device includes a biological sample measuring instrument and measurement-related information supply instrument which supplies measurement-related information. Measurement-related information supply instrument has reading unit which reads the measurement-related information, first storage unit which stores identification information of measurement-related information supply instrument, and transmission unit which transmits the measurement-related information and the identification information of measurement-related information supply instrument to the biological sample measuring instrument. The biological sample measuring instrument has a main body case which has a mounting portion of a biological sample detection sensor and a display unit, a measurement unit which is connected to the mounting portion inside the main body case, a control unit which is connected to the measurement unit, and a reception unit which is connected to the control unit and receives the measurement-related information and the identification information of the measurement-related information supply instrument transmitted from the transmission unit of the measurement-related information supply unit.

Claims

1. A biological sample measurement device comprising:

a biological sample measuring instrument, the biological sample measuring instrument for holding a biological sample of a patient; and

a measurement-related information supply instrument which supplies measurement-related information to the biological sample measuring instrument, the measurement-related information supply instrument supplied to each measurer,

wherein the measurement-related information supply instrument has;

a thin plate-shape,

a plate-shaped surface on which a name of an individual measurer that the measurement-related information supply instrument is supplied is printed,

a reading unit which is provided on a central portion of the plate-shaped surface and reads the measurement-related information from an IC tag by proximity communication using electric waves,

a first storage unit which stores a measurer identification information identifying the individual measurer with the name printed on the plate-shaped surface, and

a transmission unit which adds the measurer identification information identifying the individual measurer that the measurement-related information supply instrument is supplied to various types of measurement-related information read from IC tags and transmits the measurer identification information and the various types of measurement-related information to the biological sample measuring instrument through RFIP transmission, and

the biological sample measuring instrument has

a main body case which has a mounting portion for a separately housed biological sample detection sensor,

a display unit,

a measurement unit which is connected to the mounting portion inside the main body case,

a control unit which is connected to the measurement unit, and

a reception unit which is connected to the control unit and receives the various types of measurement-related information and the measurer identification information of the measurement-related information supply instrument transmitted from the transmission unit of the measurement-related information supply unit.

2. The biological sample measurement device of claim 1,

wherein the first storage unit of the measurement-related information supply instrument stores the measurement-related information read by the reading unit, and

the measurement-related information stored in the first storage unit is erased after the measurement-related information is transmitted to the reception unit of the biological sample measuring instrument by the transmission unit.

3. The biological sample measurement device of claim 1,

wherein the measurement-related information supply instrument further has a power switch, and

the power switch is provided near an outer edge portion of the measurement-related information supply instrument having the plate-shaped surface.

4. The biological sample measurement device of claim 3,

wherein the power switch of the measurement-related information supply instrument is a pressure-sensitive switch, and

the pressure-sensitive switch is configured to supply power to the measurement-related information supply instrument only in a pressure-sensitive state.

5. The biological sample measurement device of claim 1,

wherein the biological sample measuring instrument further has

a second storage unit which stores the measurement-related information and the measurer identification information transmitted from the measurement-related information supply instrument, and

a connection terminal which is connected to the control unit for providing information stored in the second storage unit to an external device.

6. The biological sample measurement device of claim 5,

wherein the second storage unit of the biological sample measuring instrument stores a measured value detected by the biological sample detection sensor.

7. The biological sample measurement device of claim 5,

wherein the second storage unit of the biological sample measuring instrument stores identification information of the biological sample measuring instrument.

8. The biological sample measurement device of claim 7,

wherein the reception unit is provided on a surface of the main body case of the biological sample measuring instrument.