Clinical specimen processing apparatus and clinical specimen processing system

摘要

A clinical specimen processing apparatus that includes: a preparation device that is configured to conduct operations to perform predetermined processing of clinical specimen; a controller in communication with the preparation device, wherein the controller is configured to detect an operating condition of the preparation device which performs the predetermined processing; a central processing unit that is configured to: 1) compare a detection value detected by the controller to a first threshold value and a second threshold value; and 2) determine whether or not the preparation device is in any one of three condition stages.

主权项

1. A clinical specimen processing system including a clinical specimen processing apparatus situated at a user facility and maintenance management device situated in at a maintenance facility located in a building different from the user facility,
the clinical specimen processing apparatus comprising: a liquid transport system including a liquid supply, a pressure regulator, a liquid flow passage and a pressurized chamber coupled to the liquid supply and the pressure regulator, the pressurized chamber including a float switch responsive to a quantity of liquid in the pressurized chamber; at least one memory that stores programs executable by at least one processor of a computer system within the clinical specimen processing apparatus, wherein, in response to a signal from the float switch, the processor executes the programs to: activate the pressure regulator to transport liquid from the liquid supply to the pressurized chamber through the liquid flow passage; deactivate the pressure regulator when the float switch detects that a required amount of liquid has been transported to the pressurized chamber; measure an amount of time elapsed between a beginning and an end of the liquid transport; and when detecting that the required amount of liquid has been transported from the liquid supply to the pressurized chamber, diagnose the liquid transport system by: (a) determining whether the measured elapsed time falls within a first time range, wherein when the measured elapsed time is determined to fall within the first time range, the at least one processor diagnoses the liquid transport system as being in a normal condition; (b) determining whether the measured elapsed time falls within a second time range, wherein when the measured elapsed time is determined to fall within the second time range, the at least one processor diagnoses the liquid transport system as being in a warning condition, the controller does not display an alert message on the display and stores and transmits warning information to the maintenance management device over a network; and (c) determining whether the measured elapsed time falls within a third time range, wherein when the measured elapsed time is determined to fall within the third time range, the at least one processor diagnoses the liquid transport system as being in an error condition, the controller displays an alert message on the display and stores and transmits error information to the maintenance management device over the network, the maintenance management device comprising: a maintenance management device display; at least one memory that stores an error log and programs executable by a processor of a computer system within the maintenance management device, wherein, in response to receiving the warning information or the error information, the processor executes the programs to: classify the warning information or the error information in the error log; calculate the number of times each warning information and error information is received, and display on the maintenance management device a maintenance alert if the warning information or error information occurs more than a predetermined number of times.