SERVER DEVICE, MEDICAL SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION NOTIFICATION METHOD

• US 20160210419A1
• Filed: 03/25/2016
• Published: 07/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation, Jtekt Corporation (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: KUJI, Tetsuya, ISHIBASHI, Katsuyoshi
• Granted Patent: US 10,559,381 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00059 provided with identification means for the endoscope
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/1402 Probes for open surgery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/1412 Blade
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A server device includes a first storage unit in which first information including device names, locations, and scheduled use dates and times of a plurality of medical devices is stored, a determination unit that determines an alternative medical device that may be an alternative device of the failed medical device on the basis of second information relating to at least one failure of the plurality of medical devices and the first information stored in the first storage unit, and a communication unit that transmits third information including a device name, a location, and a usable date and time of the alternative medical device to one or more client terminal devices corresponding to the medical devices that have not failed.

Claims

1. A server device comprising:

a first storage unit in which first information including device names, locations, and scheduled use dates and times of a plurality of medical devices are stored;

a determination unit that determines an alternative medical device that may be an alternative device of the failed medical device on the basis of second information relating to at least one failure of the plurality of medical devices and the first information stored in the first storage unit; and

a communication unit that transmits third information including a device name, a location, and a usable date and time of the alternative medical device to one or more client terminal devices corresponding to the medical devices that have not failed.

2. The server device according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit transmits fourth information including a device name and a location of the failed medical device to all the client terminal devices, and transmits the third information including the device name, the location, and the usable date and time of the alternative medical device to the client terminal device close to the failed medical device.

3. The server device according to claim 1, wherein

the plurality of medical devices include an endoscopic device and one or more peripheral devices connected to the endoscopic device, and

the second information is transmitted from the endoscopic device that has detected a failure of the peripheral device.

4. The server device according to claim 3, wherein the one or more peripheral devices include one or more of scopes, lighting devices, and electrosurgical knife devices.

5. The server device according to claim 3, wherein

the second information is one or more of patient information stored in a second storage unit of the endoscopic device, inspection information stored in the second storage unit, device identification information of the endoscopic device, device setting information of the endoscopic device, device identification information of the peripheral device that the endoscopic device acquires from the peripheral device, and device setting information of the peripheral device that the endoscopic device acquires from the peripheral device,

the server device further includes:

a third storage unit in which the patient information and the inspection information stored in the second storage unit, the device identification information and the device setting information of the endoscopic device, and the device identification information and the device setting information of the peripheral device are stored by being associated with each other;

an updating unit that updates corresponding information stored in the third storage unit in response to the patient information, the inspection information, the device setting information of the endoscopic device, or the device setting information of the peripheral device after a change transmitted by the endoscopic device; and

a comparison unit that compares the device identification information of the endoscopic device and the device identification information of the peripheral device transmitted by the endoscopic device with the device identification information of the endoscopic device and the device identification information of the peripheral device stored in the third storage unit, wherein

as a result of a comparison performed by the comparison unit, when the device identification information of the endoscopic device is different, the server device transmits the patient information, the inspection information, and the device setting information of the endoscopic device stored in the third storage unit to the endoscopic device, and the endoscopic device stores the patient information and the inspection information transmitted by the server device in the second storage unit of the endoscopic device, and performs device setting of the endoscopic device in accordance with the device setting information of the endoscopic device transmitted by the server device, and

as a result of a comparison performed by the comparison unit, when the device identification information of the peripheral device is different, the server device transmits the device setting information of the peripheral device stored in the third storage unit to the endoscopic device, and the endoscopic device performs device setting of the peripheral device in accordance with the device setting information of the peripheral device transmitted by the server device.

6. A medical system comprising:

the server device according to claim 3; and

the plurality of medical devices including the endoscopic device and the peripheral device, wherein

the endoscopic device includes;

a second storage unit in which patient information and inspection information are stored;

a third storage unit in which the patient information and the inspection information stored in the second storage unit, device identification information and device setting information of the endoscopic device, and device identification information and device setting information of the peripheral device acquired from the peripheral device are stored by being associated with each other, and that is freely attached to or detached from the endoscopic device;

an updating unit that updates corresponding information stored in the third storage unit in response to a change in the patient information or the inspection information stored in the second storage unit, a change in device setting of the endoscopic device, or the device setting information after a change in the peripheral device acquired from the peripheral device; and

a comparison unit that compares the device identification information of the endoscopic device and the device identification information of the peripheral device acquired from the peripheral device with the device identification information of the endoscopic device and the device identification information of the peripheral device stored in the third storage unit,

as a result of a comparison performed by the comparison unit, when the device identification information of the endoscopic device is different, the endoscopic device stores the patient information and the inspection information stored in the third storage unit in the second storage unit of the endoscopic device, and performs device setting of the endoscopic device in accordance with the device setting information of the endoscopic device stored in the third storage unit, and

as a result of a comparison performed by the comparison unit, when the device identification information of the peripheral device is different, the endoscopic device performs device setting of the peripheral device in accordance with the device setting information of the peripheral device stored in the third storage unit.

7. A medical system comprising:

the server device according to claim 3;

the plurality of medical devices including the endoscopic device and the peripheral device; and

a portable terminal device, wherein

the endoscopic device includes a second storage unit in which patient information and inspection information are stored,

the endoscopic device transmits one or more of the patient information stored in the second storage unit, the inspection information stored in the second storage unit, device setting information of the endoscopic device, and device setting information of the peripheral device acquired from the peripheral device to the portable terminal device,

the portable terminal device includes;

an acquisition unit that acquires one or both of device identification information of the endoscopic device and device identification information of the peripheral device;

a third storage unit in which the patient information and the inspection information stored in the second storage unit, the device identification information and the device setting information of the endoscopic device, and the device identification information and the device setting information of the peripheral device are stored by being associated with each other;

an updating unit that updates corresponding information stored in the third storage unit in response to the patient information, the inspection information, the device setting information of the endoscopic device, or the device setting information of the peripheral device after a change transmitted by the endoscopic device; and

a comparison unit that compares the device identification information of the endoscopic device and the device identification information of the peripheral device acquired by the acquisition unit with the device identification information of the endoscopic device and the device identification information of the peripheral device stored in the third storage unit, wherein

as a result of a comparison performed by the comparison unit, when the device identification information of the endoscopic device is different, the portable terminal device transmits the patient information, the inspection information, and the device setting information of the endoscopic device stored in the third storage unit to the endoscopic device, the endoscopic device stores the patient information and the inspection information transmitted by the portable terminal device in the second storage unit of the endoscopic device, and performs device setting of the endoscopic device in accordance with the device setting information of the endoscopic device transmitted by the portable terminal device, and

as a result of a comparison performed by the comparison unit, when the device identification information of the peripheral device is different, the portable terminal device transmits the device setting information of the peripheral device stored in the third storage unit to the endoscopic device, and the endoscopic device performs device setting of the peripheral device in accordance with the device setting information of the peripheral device transmitted by the portable terminal device.

8. An information notification method for a medical system including a plurality of medical devices, one or more client terminal devices, and a server device including a storage unit that stores first information including device names, locations, and scheduled use dates and times of the plurality of medical devices, wherein

the server device determines an alternative medical device that maybe an alternative device of the medical device that has failed, on the basis of second information including a device name and a location of the medical device that has failed and is at least one of the plurality of medical devices and the first information stored in the storage unit, and

the server device transmits third information including a device name, a location, and a usable date and time of the alternative medical device to the one or more client terminal devices corresponding to the medical devices that have not failed.