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Patent US20080021572 - Quality control system and quality control information delivery device - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsThere is provided a quality control system capable of displaying a display screen regarding quality control of an testing, including a display control part for performing a display control of the display screen regarding the quality control, wherein the display control part displays the display screen...http://www.google.com/patents/US20080021572?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20080021572 - Quality control system and quality control information delivery deviceAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS20080021572 A1Publication typeApplicationApplication numberUS 11/788,791Publication dateJan 24, 2008Filing dateApr 20, 2007Priority dateApr 21, 2006Also published asUS8010223Publication number11788791, 788791, US 2008/0021572 A1, US 2008/021572 A1, US 20080021572 A1, US 20080021572A1, US 2008021572 A1, US 2008021572A1, US-A1-20080021572, US-A1-2008021572, US2008/0021572A1, US2008/021572A1, US20080021572 A1, US20080021572A1, US2008021572 A1, US2008021572A1InventorsTadayuki Yamaguchi, Minoru Takayanagi, Takeshi Matsumoto, Tamiko FujitaOriginal AssigneeTadayuki Yamaguchi, Minoru Takayanagi, Takeshi Matsumoto, Tamiko FujitaExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManClassifications (8), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetQuality control system and quality control information delivery device
US 20080021572 A1Abstract
There is provided a quality control system capable of displaying a display screen regarding quality control of an testing, including a display control part for performing a display control of the display screen regarding the quality control, wherein the display control part displays the display screen on a display in accordance with a category of a quality control sample used by a user. Images(10) Claims(20)
As shown in FIG. 1, a quality control system according to an embodiment includes a quality control server 1, an analyzing device 3 and a user terminal (computer) 4 connected to the quality control server 1 through a network such as internet 2. The quality control server 1 can be used from the analyzing device 3 and the user terminal 4 through the internet 2. This quality control system functions to perform an external quality control of a clinical examination, and based on quality control data sent from a plurality of inspection facilities through the network 2, performs the external quality control. The external quality control is performed in such a way that result data obtained by measuring a quality control sample (also called “control material”) by an inspection device is sent to the quality control server 1 as quality control data, which is then aggregated in the quality control server 1. In the system of this embodiment, the quality control sample, being a quality control object, is classified into two kinds (a plurality of kinds) of categories. An exclusive quality control sample belongs to a first category, which is sold as an exclusive sample of each device of a prescribed inspection device such as a hemocyte analytical device, a blood coagulation measuring device, and a urine measuring device. A general-purpose type quality control sample belongs to a second category, which is the quality control sample used in a field of an inspection such as biochemistry, blood serum, glycohemoglobin, virus, infection diseases, and blood coagulation, irrespective of the kind of the device in which the quality control sample is used (a device of other manufacturer may be allowed). [Hardware Structure of Quality Control Server 1]
FIG. 3 shows a function block of the quality control server 1. As shown in the figure, the quality control server 1 has a function as a display part (Web server) 10 for displaying a screen (Web page) on a terminal device 4 when the user accesses the system through the internet 2 from the terminal device 4 such as a personal computer, and a function as a data processing part 20 for collecting, accumulating, and processing the quality control data from the personal computer 4 in which the quality control data is transferred from an inspection device or an inspection device 3 of each inspection facility (both of them are generally called an “inspection device and the like” hereunder). [Display Part 10 of System]
FIG. 4 shows the processing regarding the reception of the quality control data transmitted from the analyzing device 3 of the user or the user terminal 4. In addition, when the quality control sample is measured by the analyzing device of the user, the quality control data is immediately or periodically transmitted to the quality control server 1 from the analyzing device and the like by an electronic mail, and the quality control data thus transmitted is received by the reception part 21 of the quality control server 1 (step S1). The quality control server 1 extracts the quality control data from the mail received by the reception part 21, and based on the data format of the quality control data, the sample determination part 22 determines whether the data is the quality control data of the first category or the quality control data of the second category (step S2). When the data is the quality control data of the quality control sample belonging to the first category, the quality control server 1 accumulates this data in the first database (individual database) 23 (step S3). As shown in FIG. 5, the data is classified for each quality control sample (inspection device), and is accumulated so as to form a population for each sample. Further, the quality control server 1 converts the quality control data of the first category into the data format of the second category (step S4). In addition, the quality control server 1 complements insufficient data as the quality control data to be accumulated in the second database, being the common database as needed (step S4). The data thus converted/complemented is also accumulated in the second database (step S5). As shown in FIG. 5, the data is classified for each sample and is accumulated so as to form an (entire body of) the population for each sample. When the data is the quality control data of the quality control sample belonging to the second category, the quality control server 1 accumulates this data in the second database 24, being the common database (step S6). As shown in FIG. 5, the data is classified for each sample, and is accumulated so as to form an (entire body of) the population for each sample. As a result of the aforementioned processing, all of the quality control data is accumulated in the common database 24, irrespective of the category. Accordingly, all of the quality control data can be processed by the second statistic processing with abundant functions. In addition, since the quality control data of the first category exists in the first database 23, and the quality control data of the second category exists in the second database 24, the display of the aggregating/quality control results according to the category is easy. Note that the data accumulated in the databases 23 and 24 is processed by the statistic processing part, thus enabling each kind of display by the Web screen. FIG. 6 shows a procedure for viewing the quality control result (QC result) by logging-in the quality control server 1 by the user. First, the quality control server 1 receives the input of the login name and the password on the login screen (step S11). After authentication success of the login, the display control part 11 of the quality control server 1 refers to the registration information database 14, acquires user attribute information of the user who logs-in (list information of inspection device possessed by user), and displays a list of inspection device possessed by the user registered in the quality control server 1 (step S112). A device list screen is shown in FIG. 7. In the device list screen, the name of a facility department, where the device is installed, is displayed together with the name of the device possessed by the user who logged-in the system. In addition, an operation icon for moving to each kind of screen is displayed for each device. As a screen moving operation icon, there are provided quality control result icons 1A, 1B, 1C for moving to the screen where the operation for displaying the quality control result (QC data) is performed, manual input icons 2A, 2B, 2C for moving to the screen for manually-inputting the quality control data, error history icons 3A, 3B, 3C for moving to the screen for displaying an error history of the device, device information icons 4A, 4B, 4C for moving to the screen for displaying device information such as facility name where the device is installed, device category, device model name, and device serial number. Note that the device list screen of FIG. 7 is commonly used, irrespective of the category of the quality control sample used by the user. In the device list screen of FIG. 7, when any one of the quality control result icons 1A, 1B, 1C is selected (selection of device; step S13), the quality control server 1 displays a tabulation menu screen (display screen for first category) in accordance with the kind of the device possessed by the user (steps S14 and S17), based on the kind of the selected inspection device. In this quality control server 1, the quality control sample and the inspection device used by the user are corresponded, and by the selection of the inspection device, the user selects the quality control sample used in this inspection device. When the quality control sample used by the user belongs to the first category, a first tabulation menu screen as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed (step S14). This first tabulation menu screen has a plurality of operation icons Ia-1, Ia-2, Ib-1, Ib-2, Ib-3, Ib-4, Ib-5, Ib-6, and Ib-7. The operation icons of the first tabulation menu screen are largely classified into two. One of them is a first icon group Ia-1 and Ia-2 for performing a result display after performing the first statistic processing based on the first database 23, and the other of them is a second icon group Ib-1, Ib-2, Ib-3, Ib-4, Ib-5, Ib-6, and Ib-7 for performing a result display after performing the second statistic processing based on the second database 24. Here, the quality control data of the quality control sample belonging to both categories is accumulated in the second database, and therefore the icons belonging to the second icon group are common operation icons capable of displaying the quality control result for both categories. Namely, all users can display the quality control result by the second statistic processing with abundant functions, irrespective of the kind of the used sample. Meanwhile, the operation icons belonging to the first icon group are the statistic processing based on the first database 23, and since only the data of the first category is accumulated in the first database, the first icon group is a group for displaying the individual quality control result by an aggregating method (first statistic processing) specific to the quality control sample belonging to a specific category (first category). The icon Ia-1 of the first icon group is an icon for displaying the quality control result based on the first database. Specifically, when the icon Ia-1 is clicked (step S15), it is possible to display an SDI chart for displaying a state (deviation) of the measurement value with respect to a population statistic value (average value of quality control result) for each sample (device) in a chart per day, and a numerical value table for confirming a numerical value of a result of aggregating and abnormality determination such as the measurement value and a population statistic value and an error flag (step S16). In addition, the icon Ia-2 of the first icon group is an icon for displaying the quality control result prepared by the statistic processing part 26 based on the first database 23 as a business form list that can be downloaded. The icon Ib-1 of the second icon group is an icon for displaying the quality control result, based on the second database 24. Specifically, when the icon Ib-1 is clicked, it is possible to display an SDI chart for displaying a state (deviation) of the measurement value with respect to a selected standard population statistic value (average value of quality control result) in a chart per day, and a numerical value table for confirming the numerical value of the result of aggregating and abnormality determination such as the measurement value, the population statistic value and the error flag. When the SDI chart by the icon Ib-1 is displayed, the standard population group, being a display object, can be selected from the entire body of the population for the same quality control sample. The standard population includes several kinds classified by the classification of inspection, inspection method, inspection device, and inspection sample as factors. When the user selects a desired standard population, the quality control server 1 displays the state of the measurement value with respect to the statistic value of the selected standard population. The icon Ib-2 of the second icon group is an icon for displaying the quality control result prepared by the statistic processing part 26 based on the second database 24, as the business form list that can be downloaded. Based on the second database 24, the icon Ib-3 of the second icon group is an icon for displaying QAP MATRIX for confirming a disparity between the average value of the device and the average value of the entire body for each inspection item. The icon Ib-4 of the second icon group is an icon for calculating the deviation (SDI) and variation (P1) from intraday, monthly, and daily report values or an aggregating result of the selected two-density quality control samples, and displaying an SDI/PI control chart or a numeric value table. The icon Ib-5 of the second icon group is an icon for displaying the SDI/PI control chart or the numerical table in the group, based on the second database 24. The icon Ib-6 of the second icon group plots self-device data and all-device data in a two-density chart based on the second database 24, and displays a dispersion view for confirming where the data of the self-device is positioned. The icon Ib-7 of the third icon group is an icon for displaying a precision evaluation report, based on the second database 24. When it is so determined that a determination result of the step S14 belongs to the second category, the display control part 11 displays a second tabulation menu screen as shown in FIG. 9 (step S17). This second tabulation menu screen (display screen for second category (second user)) has a plurality of operation icons Ib-1, Ib-2, Ib-3, Ib-4, Ib-5, Ib-6, and Ib-7, and by selecting these icons (step S18), a screen corresponding to each icon can be displayed (step S19). In this second tabulation menu screen, only the second icon group in the first tabulation menu screen is displayed. Namely, the user using the quality control sample of the second category can use only the function of the second statistic processing. In this way, the system of this embodiment can provide the common statistic processing (second statistic processing) to both categories, and therefore convenience of the user is improved. The present invention is not limited to the aforementioned embodiment. For example, an object for quality control is not limited to the exemplified ones, but can be applied to various ones. Also, the category of the quality control sample is not limited to two, but three or more arbitrary numbers of categories can be provided. In addition, the kind of the statistic processing and the kind of the display screen can be set to arbitrary numbers. The foregoing detailed description and accompanying drawings have been provided by way of explanation and illustration, and are not intended to limit the scope of the appended claims. Many variations in the presently preferred embodiments illustrated herein will be obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, and remain within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents. Classifications U.S. Classification700/3International ClassificationG01N35/00, G05B19/414Cooperative ClassificationG06Q10/02, G01N2035/00653, G01N35/00613European ClassificationG06Q10/02, G01N35/00G1DLegal EventsDateCodeEventDescriptionAug 10, 2007ASAssignmentOwner name: SYSMEX CORPORATION, JAPANFree format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:YAMAGUCHI, TADAYUKI;TAKAYANAGI, MINORU;MATSUMOTO, TAKESHI;AND OTHERS;REEL/FRAME:019684/0904Effective date: 20070628Feb 11, 2015FPAYFee paymentYear of fee payment: 4RotateOriginal ImageGoogle Home - Sitemap - USPTO Bulk Downloads - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - About Google Patents - Send FeedbackData provided by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services