Clinical examination apparatus

Abstract

A clinical examination apparatus is equipped with a measurement unit which measures a patient's clinical specimen, an output unit which outputs the measurement result by this measurement unit and a storage unit which stores determination criteria of the measurement result by the measurement unit according to a medical organization. Moreover, the clinical examination apparatus determines whether or not the measurement result corresponds to a predetermined state based on the measurement result by the measurement unit and the determination criteria stored in the storage unit, for each medical organization, and upon determination that the measurement result corresponds to a predetermined state, allows the output unit to output information indicating the predetermined state.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective explanatory drawing that shows a urine analyzer in accordance with one embodiment of a clinical examination apparatus;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a personal computer shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a drawing that shows a schematic functional configuration of a sample preparation unit and an optical detecting unit of the urine analyzer;

FIG. 4 is a drawing that shows a configuration of the optical detecting unit;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the entire configuration of the urine analyzer shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view showing a quantity-measuring mechanism and a sample preparation unit of the urine analyzer;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory drawing for the quantity-measuring mechanism and the sample preparation unit of the urine analyzer;

FIG. 8 is a drawing that shows an example of an inputting window for determination criteria;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart that shows a procedure of a re-examination determination;

FIG. 10 is a drawing that shows an inputting window for setup conditions used upon carrying out a re-examination determination;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart (first half part) that shows an analytic procedure of urine using the urine analyzer shown in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 12 is a flowchart (second half part) that shows an analytic procedure of urine using the urine analyzer shown in FIG. 1.

Claims

1. A clinical examination apparatus comprising: measurement means for measuring a clinical specimen extracted from a patient;a storage unit for storing a first determination criterion and a second determination criterion used for classifying the measurement result obtained by the measurement means, the first determination criterion corresponding to a first medical organization and the second determination criterion corresponding to a second medical organization;first determination means for determining whether or not the measurement result is in a first state for the first medical organization, based upon the first determination criterion stored in the storage unit;second determination means for determining whether or not the measurement result is in a second state for the second medical organization, based upon the second determination criterion stored in the storage unit;a display unit;first displaying means for displaying first information indicating the measurement result being in the first state on the display unit, when the first determination means determines that the measurement result is in the first state; andsecond displaying means for displaying second information indicating the measurement result being in the second state on the display unit, when the second determination means determines that the measurement result is in the second state.

2. The clinical examination apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: specimen information acquisition means for acquiring specimen information related to a specimen.

3. The clinical examination apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the specimen information acquisition means acquires the specimen information including patient information relating to a patient from which the specimen is extracted.

4. The clinical examination apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first determination criterion include a first re-examination determination condition used for determining whether or not a first re-examination for the first medical organization is required,wherein the first determination means includes first re-examination determination means for determining whether or not the first re-examination is required based upon the first re-examination determination condition,wherein the first displaying means displays first re-examination information indicating the first re-examination being required on the display unit, when the first re-examination determination means determines that the first re-examination is required,wherein the second determination criterion include a second re-examination determination condition used for determining whether or not a second re-examination for the second medical organization is required,wherein the second determination means includes second re-examination determination means for determining whether or not the second re-examination is required based upon the second re-examination determination condition,wherein the second displaying means displays second re-examination information indicating the second re-examination being required on the display unit, when the second re-examination determination means determines that the second re-examination is required.

5. The clinical examination apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first determination criterion include a first abnormality determination condition used for determining whether or not the measurement result is in a first abnormal state,wherein the first determination means includes first abnormality determination means for determining whether or not the measurement result is in the first abnormal state based upon the first abnormality determination condition,wherein the first displaying means displays first abnormal information indicating that the measurement result is in the first abnormal state on the display unit, when the first abnormality determination means determines that the measurement result is in the first abnormal state,wherein the second determination criterion include a second abnormality determination condition used for determining whether or not the measurement result is in a second abnormal state,wherein the second determination means includes second abnormality determination means for determining whether or not the measurement result is in the second abnormal state based upon the second abnormality determination condition,wherein the second displaying means displays second abnormal information indicating that the measurement result is in the second abnormal state on the display unit, when the second abnormality determination means determines that the measurement result is in the second abnormal state.

6. The clinical examination apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: input means for receiving an input of medical organization information and determination criterion, the medical organization information used for specifying a medical organization; andsetting means for storing the input determination criterion in the storage unit in association with the medical organization information.

7. The clinical examination apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising: input screen displaying means for displaying an input screen on the display unit, the input screen used for receiving the input of the medical organization information and the determination criterion.

8. The clinical examination apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising: name input means for receiving an input of a name of the determination criterion,wherein the setting means stores the inputted name in the storage unit in association with the determination criterion.

9. A clinical examination apparatus comprising: measurement means for measuring a clinical specimen extracted from a patient;a display unit;displaying means for displaying the measurement result obtained by the measurement means on the display unit;a storage unit for storing a first determination criterion and a second determination criterion used for classifying the measurement result obtained by the measurement means, the first determination criterion corresponding to a first medical organization and the second determination criterion corresponding to a second medical organization;receiving means for receiving a medical organization information used for identifying a medical organization related to the patient;first determination means for determining whether or not the measurement result is in a first state based upon the first determination criterion, when the first medical organization is identified by the medical organization information received by the receiving means; andsecond determination means for determining whether or not the measurement result is in a second state based upon the second determination criterion, when the second medical organization is identified by the medical organization information received by the receiving means,wherein the displaying means displays first information indicating that the measurement result is in the first state when the first determination means determines the measurement result is in the first state, and displays second information indicating that the measurement result is in the second state when the second determination means determines the measurement result is in the second state.

10. The clinical examination apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the receiving means receives specimen information including the medical organization information.

11. The clinical examination apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the specimen information include information indicating gender and age of the patient.

12. The clinical examination apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising: input device for receiving medical organization information and determination criterion; andsetting means for storing the inputted determination criterion in the storage unit in association with the medical organization information.

13. The clinical examination apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising: input screen displaying means for displaying an input screen on the display unit, the input screen used for receiving the input of the medical organization information and the determination criterion.

14. The clinical examination apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising: name input means for receiving an input of a name of the determination criterion,wherein the setting means stores the inputted name in the storage unit in association with the determination criterion.

15. A clinical examination method comprising: measuring a clinical specimen extracted from a patient;comparing the measurement result with a first determination criterion which corresponds to a first medical organization and determining whether or not the measurement result is in a first state;comparing the measurement result with a second determination criterion which corresponds to a second medical organization and determining whether or not the measurement result is in a second state;displaying first information indicating the measurement result being in the first state on a display unit, when the measurement result is in the first state; anddisplaying second information indicating the measurement result being in the second state on the display unit, when the measurement result is in the second state.

16. The clinical examination method according to claim 15, further comprising: acquiring specimen information related to a specimen.

17. The clinical examination method according to claim 16, wherein the specimen information include patient information relating to a patient.

18. The clinical examination method according to claim 15, wherein the first determination criterion include a first re-examination determination condition used for determining whether or not a first re-examination for the first medical organization is required,wherein the step of comparing the measurement result with the first determination criterion includes a step for determining whether or not the first re-examination is required based upon the first re-examination determination condition,wherein first re-examination requirement information is displayed on the displaying unit, when it is determined that the first re-examination is required,wherein the second determination criterion include a second re-examination determination condition used for determining whether or not a second re-examination for the second medical organization is required,wherein the step of comparing the measurement result with the second determination criterion includes a step for determining whether or not the second re-examination is required based upon the second re-examination determination condition,wherein second re-examination requirement information is displayed on the displaying unit, when it is determined that the second re-examination is required,

19. The clinical examination method according to claim 15, wherein the first determination criterion include a first abnormality determination condition used for determining whether or not the measurement result is in a first abnormal state,wherein the step of comparing the measurement result with the first determination criterion includes a step for determining whether or not the measurement result is in the first abnormal state based upon the first abnormality determination condition,wherein first abnormal information is displayed on the displaying unit, when it is determined that the measurement result is in the first abnormal state,wherein the second determination criterion include a second abnormality determination condition used for determining whether or not the measurement result is in a second abnormal state,wherein the step of comparing the measurement result with the second determination criterion includes a step for determining whether or not the measurement result is in the second abnormal state based upon the second abnormality determination condition,wherein second abnormal information is displayed on the displaying unit, when it is determined that the measurement result is in the second abnormal state.

20. The clinical examination method according to claim 15, further comprising: receiving an input of medical organization information and determination criterion, the medical organization information used for identifying a medical organization; andstoring the input determination criterion in a storage unit in association with the medical organization information.