Patent ID: 6430451
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A medical machine repair information administrating system for administrating trouble information involved in an operation of medical machines, comprising:an administrating center comprising: a central communicating device to receive trouble information and to transmit counter measure information; and a memory to store the counter measure information which includes possible causes of troubles of medical machines and counter measures correlated with the possible causes; and a first local apparatus installed in a first hospital remote from the administrating center and comprising: a first medical machine to conduct a medical operation; and a first local communicating device to transmit trouble information regarding the first medical machine to the administering center and to receive the counter measure information from the administrating center; and a second local apparatus installed in a second hospital remote from the administrating center and comprising: a second medical machine being the same type of the first medicl machine and to conduc the same medical operation as the first medical machine; a second local communicating device to transmit trouble information regarding the second medical machine to the administrating center and to receive the counter measure information from the adminstrating center; wherein when the first local communicating device transmits trouble information reporting a trouble involved in an operation of the first medical machine, a cause of the trouble an an actual counter measure having taken to repair the trouble to the administrating center, the adminstrating center renews the counter measure informatioin stored in the memory so as to include the cause of the trouble and the actual counter measure taken in the first medical machine; wherein the second local communicating device transmits trouble information reporting a trouble involved in an operation of the second medical machine to the administrating center, the second local communicating device receives the renewed counter measure information from the adminstrating center, and wherein the renewed counter measure information includes the counter measure taken for the first medical machine.