Control device and analyzer
First Claim
1. A control device which evaluates an examination result sent from at least one user terminal, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive, from a user terminal via a network, an examination result of a quality control sample assayed by at least one analyzing unit of a plurality of analyzing units, each analyzing unit configured to analyze a biological sample and a quality control substance using a particular assay mode;
a processor configured to statistically evaluate the received examination result against stored quality control sample data for the quality control substance and the particular assay mode and prepare a quality control report,wherein the processor tallies examination results for each analyzing unit and for each quality control substance and each assay mode; and
a notifying section comprising a WWW server which is accessible from the user terminal, wherein the notifying section is configured to notify the quality control report to the user terminal via the network by putting up the quality control report on the WWW server.
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Abstract
The present invention quickly resolves troubles in an analyzer and performs effective external quality control management. An analyzer (2) and a control device (1) are connected by a network (3). Error data and sample data taken from an assay of a quality control substance are transmitted from the control device (1) to the analyzer (2). The analyzer (2) is made to be remotely operable from the control device (1) and when problems arise, repair from the control device (1) is possible. The control device (1) tallies sample data and provides the tally results to a Web page. The analyzer (2) accesses the Web page using a WWW browser, and it can perform external quality control in real time.
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28 Claims
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1. A control device which evaluates an examination result sent from at least one user terminal, comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive, from a user terminal via a network, an examination result of a quality control sample assayed by at least one analyzing unit of a plurality of analyzing units, each analyzing unit configured to analyze a biological sample and a quality control substance using a particular assay mode; a processor configured to statistically evaluate the received examination result against stored quality control sample data for the quality control substance and the particular assay mode and prepare a quality control report, wherein the processor tallies examination results for each analyzing unit and for each quality control substance and each assay mode; and a notifying section comprising a WWW server which is accessible from the user terminal, wherein the notifying section is configured to notify the quality control report to the user terminal via the network by putting up the quality control report on the WWW server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7)
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4. A quality control method implemented in a control device which evaluates an examination result sent from at least one user terminal, the method comprising:
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from a user terminal via a network, receiving an examination result of a quality control sample assayed by at least one analyzing unit of a plurality of analyzing units, each analyzing unit configured to analyze a biological sample and a quality control substance using a particular assay mode; statistically evaluating the received examination result against stored quality control sample data for different kinds of quality control substances and for different assay modes, wherein the processor tallies examination results for each analyzing unit and for each quality control substance and for each assay mode and preparing a Web page including a quality control report based on the evaluation of the received examination result; and notifying the quality control report to the user terminal via the network by putting up the Web page on a WWW server which is accessible from the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A control device which evaluates an examination result sent from at least one user terminal, the control device comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive, from a user terminal via a network, an examination result of a quality control sample assayed by at least one analyzing unit of a plurality of analyzing units, each analyzing unit configured to analyze biological samples and a quality control substance, wherein the receiver receives the examination result accompanied with at least one of a lot number of the quality control sample, a type of the quality control sample, an assay mode where the quality control sample was assayed, and an identification of the at least one analyzing unit which assayed the quality control sample; a processor configured to statistically evaluate the received examination result against stored quality control sample data, wherein the processor tallies examination results for each analyzing unit and for each quality control sample and for each assay mode and prepares a quality control report based on the evaluation of the received examination result; and a notifying section configured to notify the quality control report to the user terminal via the network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A quality control method implemented in a control device which evaluates an examination result sent from at least one user terminal, comprising:
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from a user terminal via a network, receiving an examination result of a quality control sample assayed by at least one analyzing unit of a plurality of analyzing units, each analyzing unit configured to analyze biological samples and a quality control substance, wherein the result of examination is accompanied with at least one of a lot number of the quality control sample, a type of the quality control sample, an assay mode where the quality control sample was assayed, and an identification of the at least one analyzing unit which assayed the quality control sample; statistically evaluating the received examination result against stored quality control sample data by tallying examination results for each analyzing unit and for each quality control sample and for each assay mode and preparing a quality control report based on the evaluation of the received examination result; and notifying the quality control report to the user terminal via the network. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A control device which evaluates an examination result sent from at least one user terminal, comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive, from a user terminal via a network, an examination result of a quality control sample assayed by at least one analyzing unit of a plurality of analyzing units, each analyzing unit configured to analyze a biological sample and a quality control substance using a particular assay mode; a processor configured to statistically evaluate the received examination result against stored quality control sample data for the quality control substance and for the particular assay mode, wherein the processor tallies examination results for each analyzing unit and for each quality control sample and for each assay mode and prepare a quality control report based on the evaluation of the received examination result; and a notifying section configured to notify the quality control report to the user terminal via the network, wherein the quality control report comprises an external quality control report which statistically compares an examination result of the quality control sample assayed by one analyzing unit against examination results of the quality control sample received by the control device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A quality control method implemented in a control device which evaluates an examination result sent from at least one user terminal, comprising:
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from a user terminal via a network, receiving an examination result of a quality control sample assayed by at least one analyzing unit of a plurality of analyzing units, each analyzing unit configured to analyze biological samples and a quality control substance using a particular assay mode from different kinds of quality control substances and for different assay modes; statistically evaluating the received examination result against stored quality control sample data by tallying the examination results for each analyzing unit and for each kind of quality control substance and for each assay mode and preparing a quality control report based on the evaluation of the received the examination result; and notifying the quality control report to the user terminal via the network, wherein the quality control report comprises an external quality control report which statistically compares an examination result of the quality control sample assayed by one analyzing unit against examination results of the quality control sample received by the control device. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A control device which evaluates a result of examination sent from at least one user terminal, comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive, from a user terminal via a network, an examination result of a quality control sample assayed by at least one analyzing unit of a plurality of analyzing units, each analyzing unit configured to analyze a biological sample and a quality control substance using a particular assay mode, wherein the receiver receives an e-mail containing the examination result; a processor configured to statistically evaluate the received examination result against stored quality control sample data from the quality control substance and for the particular assay mode and prepare a quality control report based on the evaluation of the received examination result, wherein the processor tallies examination results for each analyzing unit and for each kind of quality control substance and for each assay mode; and a notifying section configured to notify the quality control report to the user terminal via the network. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A quality control method implemented in a control device which evaluates an examination result sent from at least one user terminal, comprising:
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from a user terminal via a network, receiving an examination result of a quality control sample assayed by at least one analyzing unit of a plurality of analyzing units, each analyzing unit configured to analyze biological samples and a quality control substance, wherein the receiver receives an e-mail containing the examination result; statistically evaluating the received examination result against stored quality control sample data by tallying examination results for each analyzing unit and for each kind of quality control sample and for each assay mode and preparing a quality control report based on the evaluation of the received examination result; and notifying the quality control report to the user terminal via the network.
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