Biological sample measurement device

• US 9,933,410 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2017
• Issued: 04/03/2018
• 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): Gibson, Randy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kidanu, Gedeon M
• Application Number:
  US15/453,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20170176409A1
• Time in Patent Office: 390 Days
• 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; 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.

Claims

1. A biological sample measurement device comprising:

a biological sample measuring instrument;

a cradle configured to be electrically connected to the biological sample measuring instrument; and

a measurement-related information supply instrument configured to supply a plurality of measurement-related information pieces to the biological sample measuring instrument,

wherein the measurement-related information supply instrument has

a reading unit configured to read the plurality of measurement-related information pieces from a plurality of IC tags by proximity communication through an electric wave, and

a transmission unit configured to add measurer identification information identifying a measurer to the plurality of measurement-related information pieces read from the plurality of IC tags and transmit the plurality of measurement-related information pieces to which the measurer identification information is added,

the biological sample measuring instrument having

a display unit,

a main body case having a mounting portion for a separately housed biological sample sensor,

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

a control unit connected to the measurement unit, and

a reception unit configured to receive the plurality of measurement-related information pieces to which the measurer identification information is added, and

the control unit configured to transmit the plurality of measurement-related information pieces to which the measurer identification information is added and a measured value measured by the measurement unit to the cradle.

2. The biological sample measurement device according to claim 1,

wherein the biological sample measuring instrument has a connection terminal for transmitting the plurality of measurement-related information pieces to which the measurer identification information is added and the measured value to the cradle;

and wherein

the connection terminal is connected to the control unit.

3. The biological sample measurement device according to claim 1,

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

4. The biological sample measurement device according to claim 1,

each of the plurality of measurement-related information pieces to which the measurer identification information is added has a measurer ID, a patient ID, and a biological sample sensor ID.

5. The biological sample measurement device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit stores the plurality of measurement-related information pieces to which the measurer identification information is added in a storage unit and enters a measurement mode.

6. The biological sample measurement device according to claim 1,

wherein the display unit performs a display regarding a lack of information when either of a measurer ID, a patient ID, and/or a biological sensor ID is lacking in one of the plurality of measurement-related information pieces to which the measurer identification information is added.