Information providing system and analyzer

• US 8,010,323 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2010
• Issued: 08/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sysmex Corporation
• Original Assignee: Sysmex Corporation
• Inventors: Naito, Takamichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Khuu; Cindy Hien-Dieu
• Application Number:
  US12/771,804
• Publication Number:
  US 20100274498A1
• Time in Patent Office: 487 Days
• Field of Search: 702/189
• US Class Current: 702/189
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2035/00881 network configurations
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2035/00891 Displaying information to the operator
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 35/00584 Control arrangements for automatic analysers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

An information providing system comprises an analyzer and an information server communicatively connected to the analyzer through a network, which stores coping information regarding apparatus abnormalities of the analyzer, and the analyzer obtains the coping information corresponding to the apparatus abnormalities that occur to the analyzer from the information server, and displays this coping information on a display unit.

Claims

1. An information providing system comprising:

an analyzer for analyzing a biological sample; and

a coping information database that stores coping information in storage positions corresponding to one of a plurality of groups that are divided based on predetermined attributes of operators of the analyzer, wherein the stored coping information indicates coping processes specific to the one of the plurality of groups that the coping information storage is based on,

wherein the analyzer comprises;

a display unit; and

a controller configured for performing operations comprising;

receiving identification information for an operator of the analyzer;

identifying which one of the plurality of groups that the operator of the analyzer belongs based on the identification information;

specifying position information indicating a storage position that stores the coping information corresponding to a status of the analyzer and a group of a plurality of groups to which the operator belongs;

obtaining the coping information from the specified position information; and

displaying the obtained coping information on the display unit.

2. The information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a database apparatus having the coping information database, communicatively connected to the analyzer through a network, wherein the obtaining operation is performed by obtaining the coping information from the database apparatus.

3. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the identification information comprise a logon name.

4. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the controller further performs operations comprising:

displaying a first screen including a coping information request operation part on the display unit, the obtaining operation is performed by obtaining coping information from the coping information database, by receiving an operation of the coping information request operation part displayed on the display unit, and

displaying a second screen including the coping information on the display unit.

5. An analyzer for analyzing a biological sample comprising;

a display unit; and

a controller configured for performing operations comprising;

receiving identification information for an operator of the analyzer;

identifying which one of a plurality of groups that the operator of the analyzer belongs based on the identification information;

specifying position information indicating a storage position that stores a coping information in a coping information database corresponding to a status of the analyzer for analyzing the biological sample and a group of the plurality of groups to which the operator belongs;

obtaining the coping information based on the position information; and

displaying the obtained coping information on the display unit.

6. The analyzer according to claim 5, wherein the controller performs further operations comprising:

receiving identification information used for identifying the group to which the operator belongs; and

identifying what group of the plurality of groups the operator belongs to, based on the received identification information,

wherein the obtaining operation is performed by obtaining the identified coping information corresponding to the group, to which the operator belongs, from the coping information database.

7. The analyzer according to claim 5, wherein the controller further performs operations comprising:

displaying a first screen including a coping information request operation part on the display unit, wherein the obtaining operation is performed by obtaining the coping information from the coping information database, by receiving an operation of the coping information request operation part displayed on the display unit; and

displaying a second screen including the coping information on the display unit.

8. The analyzer according to claim 7, wherein the obtaining operation is performed by obtaining Web data indicating the second screen;

and the second screen displaying operation is performed by displaying the second screen, based on the obtained Web data on the display unit.

9. An information providing system comprising:

an analyzer for analyzing a biological sample; and

a coping information database that stores coping information respectively indicating coping processes for each of a plurality of groups previously divided based on predetermined attributes of operators of the analyzer, to cope with status of the analyzer,

wherein the analyzer comprises;

a display unit; and

a controller configured for performing operations comprising;

obtaining the coping information corresponding to a status of the analyzer and a group to which an operator of the analyzer belongs from the coping information database, wherein the coping information is respectively stored in storage positions corresponding to the status of the analyzer and the plurality of groups;

specifying position information indicating the storage position that stores the coping information corresponding to the status of the analyzer and the group to which the operator belongs, wherein the obtaining operation is performed by obtaining the coping information based on the specified position information; and

displaying the obtained coping information on the display unit.

10. The information providing system according to claim 9, further comprising:

a database apparatus having the coping information database, communicatively connected to the analyzer through a network, wherein the obtaining operation is performed by obtaining the coping information from the database apparatus.

11. The information providing system according to claim 9, wherein the controller further performs operations comprising:

receiving identification information used for identifying the group to which the operator belongs; and

identifying what group of the plurality of groups, the operator belongs to, based on the received identification information,

wherein the obtaining operation is performed by obtaining the identified coping information corresponding to the group, to which the operator belongs, from the coping information database.

12. The information providing system according to claim 9, wherein the controller further performs operations comprising:

displaying a first screen including a coping information request operation part on the display unit, the obtaining operation is performed by obtaining coping information from the coping information database, by receiving an operation of the coping information request operation part displayed on the display unit, and

displaying a second screen including the coping information on the display unit.

13. An analyzer for analyzing a biological sample comprising;

a display unit; and

a controller configured for performing operations comprising;

obtaining coping information corresponding to status of the analyzer for analyzing the biological sample and a group to which an operator of the analyzer belongs, from a coping information database in which the coping information is respectively stored in storage positions respectively corresponding to status of the analyzer and the plurality of groups;

specifying position information indicating the storage position that stores the coping information corresponding to the status of the analyzer and the group to which the operator belongs, wherein the obtaining operation is performed by obtaining the specified coping information based on the position information; and

displaying the obtained coping information on the display unit.

14. The analyzer according to claim 13, wherein the controller performs further operations comprising:

receiving identification information used for identifying the group to which the operator belongs; and

identifying what group of the plurality of groups the operator belongs to, based on the received identification information,

wherein the obtaining operation is performed by obtaining the identified coping information corresponding to the group, to which the operator belongs, from the coping information database.

15. The analyzer according to claim 13, wherein the controller further performs operations comprising:

displaying a first screen including a coping information request operation part on the display unit, wherein the obtaining operation is performed by obtaining the coping information from the coping information database, by receiving an operation of the coping information request operation part displayed on the display unit; and

displaying a second screen including the coping information on the display unit.

16. The analyzer according to claim 15, wherein the obtaining operation is performed by obtaining Web data indicating the second screen;

and the second screen displaying operation is performed by displaying the second screen, based on the obtained Web data on the display unit.