Patent ID: 7741041
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: A61B,B01J,G16B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A control method comprising the steps of: receiving examinee identification information along with analytical parameters and inspection data through a communicating network for transmitting and receiving data via communication lines from a reagent inspection device including a removable DNA chip module having a plurality of thin-film transistor (TFT) elements, a drive circuit for driving each TFT element, a used flag memory, a terminal unit, and an ejection device for ejecting the liquid reagent onto the DNA chip module, the TFT elements being substantially linearly arranged at substantially equal intervals in a plurality of lines and functioning as semiconductor field-effect biosensors for detecting the reaction between a liquid reagent and the blood of an examinee supplied on the TFT elements; recording the analytical parameters and the inspection data in association with the examinee identification information with an analysis unit that stores the analytical parameters, receives the examinee identification information, instructs the ejection device to eject the reagent to the DNA chip module, reads results of an analyzed DNA chip module based on selected analytical parameters, and produces and outputs data related to the results of the analyzed DNA chip module; and requesting a diagnosis based on the inspection data, wherein the analysis unit produces and outputs the data of the results of the analyzed DNA chip module, the examinee-identification information, and the selected analytical parameters through the communicating network; the analysis unit is adapted to be controlled from a remote location through the communicating network by a control unit such that the analytical parameters may be selected remotely via the communication network; the analytical parameters are information directed to diseases and symptoms; and the terminal unit includes terminals for inputting and outputting various signals of each TFT element, is adapted to input a signal to the drive circuit, and is adapted to write and read signals of the used flag memory.