Specimen measurement device and specimen measurement system

• US 9,055,900 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2012
• Issued: 06/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ARKRAY, Inc
• Original Assignee: ARKRAY, Inc
• Inventors: Yuasa, Kazuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Wendell, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): Soltanzadeh, Maryam
• Application Number:
  US13/456,842
• Publication Number:
  US 20120276843A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,146 Days
• Field of Search: 455/39
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• 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 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A specimen measurement system simplifies the function of a measurement device and facilitates measurement under an appropriate condition. Use is made of a specimen measurement device suitable for the system. The specimen measurement device includes a measurement unit, a measurement condition decision unit, and a communication unit. The measurement unit measures a specific component contained in the specimen. The measurement condition decision unit decides suitability of measurement conditions necessary for the measurement, and generates measurement condition data including decision result about the suitability of the measurement conditions. The communication unit transmits the measurement condition data through wireless communication.

Claims

1. A specimen measurement device comprising:

a measurement unit for measurement of a specific component contained in a specimen;

a measurement condition decision unit that decides suitability of at least one measurement condition required for the measurement and generates measurement condition data containing a decision result on the suitability of the measurement condition;

a data transmitter that transmits the measurement condition data through wireless communication; and

a sensor piece detector that detects insertion and removal of a sensor piece,

wherein insertion of a sensor piece spotted with the specimen into the specimen measurement device activates the specimen measurement device to measure the specimen,

wherein the specimen measurement device is switched, when the sensor piece detector detects the insertion of the sensor piece, to an operative state in which the specimen can be measured from a stand-by state in which the specimen is unable to be measured,

wherein the measurement condition decision unit automatically decides the suitability of the measurement condition, after the sensor piece is inserted,

wherein the data transmitter automatically transmits the measurement condition data based on the insertion of the sensor piece detected by the sensor piece detector and after the measurement condition decision unit decides the suitability of the measurement condition, and

wherein the data transmitter automatically establishes wireless communication after the sensor piece is inserted and before the measurement condition data is transmitted,

wherein the communication apparatus includes an improvement remedy storage unit in which improvement remedy data for improving a status of the specimen measurement device on the basis of the measurement condition data is stored, and the communication apparatus-end display unit displays the improvement remedy data together with or after a display of the measurement condition information.

2. The specimen measurement device according to claim 1, further comprising a temperature measurement unit that measures a temperature of a place related to the measurement of the specimen,

wherein the measurement condition decision unit decides suitability of the temperature measured by the temperature measurement unit with respect to the measurement of the specimen, and adds the decision result to the measurement condition data as temperature suitability data.

3. The specimen measurement device according to claim 1, further comprising a charge storage unit and a charge amount measurement unit that measures a charge amount in the charge storage unit,

wherein the measurement condition decision unit decides suitability of the charge amount measured by the charge amount measurement unit with respect to the measurement of the specimen, and adds the decision result to the measurement condition data as charge amount suitability data.

4. The specimen measurement device according to claim 1, further comprising a date and time generation unit having a clock function so as to identify a date and time of the measurement,

wherein the measurement condition decision unit decides suitability of a time-counting status of the clock function of the date and time generation unit with respect to the measurement of the specimen, and adds the decision result to the measurement condition data as time-counting status suitability data.

5. The specimen measurement device according to claim 1, wherein the specific component is blood sugar level.

6. The specimen measurement device according to claim 1, further comprising a measurement device-end display unit that displays at least one of the measurement result of the measurement unit and the decision result of the measurement condition decision unit.

7. The specimen measurement device according to claim 1, wherein the specimen measurement device is provided with no function to display the measurement result given by the measurement unit and the decision result given by the measurement condition decision unit.

8. A specimen measurement system comprising:

the specimen measurement device according to claim 1, and

a communication apparatus including a data receiver that receives, through wireless communication, the measurement condition data transmitted from the data transmitter of the specimen measurement device and a communication apparatus-end display unit that displays measurement condition information based on the measurement condition data.

9. The specimen measurement system according to claim 8, wherein measurement data generated by the measurement unit is transmitted from the specimen measurement device by the data transmitter, and the measurement data received by the data receiver is displayed on the communication apparatus-end display unit in the communication apparatus.