JP5006488B2 - Medical device connection terminal and centralized monitoring system using the same - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention includes external transmission terminals such as an infusion pump, a syringe pump, an electrocardiograph, a sphygmomanometer, and a ventilator that are provided in one intensive care unit, one private room, etc. and connected to one patient. Medical (calling alarms, etc.), etc. that can be used to monitor (alarm) signals from multiple medical devices via a single connection terminal to a monitor device provided in a monitor room such as a nurse center The present invention relates to a device connection terminal and a centralized monitor system using the same.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, when multiple medical devices such as infusion pumps, syringe pumps, electrocardiographs, sphygmomanometers, and ventilators are used for one intensive care unit (patient room) or one patient, each medical treatment Since the cables from the equipment were connected to the nurse center, it was difficult to arrange the communication cables in an orderly manner, and monitor monitoring was extremely complicated.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention was made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and without using new construction and equipment, using an existing nurse call line, an infusion pump, a syringe pump, a sphygmomanometer, an electrocardiograph, To provide a centralized monitoring device using a medical device connection terminal that can monitor, display, and monitor a monitor (alarm) signal of a plurality of medical devices such as thermometers to a nurse station. Objective.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve this problem, the centralized monitor device of the present invention includes an infusion pump, a syringe pump, and a multi-channel input terminal that can be connected to an external transmission terminal of a biological monitor device, and an output terminal of one channel. A monitor unit for monitoring signals from the infusion pump, the syringe pump, and the biological monitor device, which are the medical devices, through one of the medical device connection terminals and the medical device connection terminals. A centralized monitoring device that allows the received monitor signal to be visually recognized by the monitor unit, wherein the signals of the infusion pump, the syringe pump, and the biological monitor device are identified and transmitted in a time-sharing manner. An interface for transmitting to the monitoring device as a differential signal in which a difference indicating an abnormality is identified only when a failure occurs , and the centralized monitoring device The display section of the device displays the arrangement and connection state of the infusion pump, the syringe pump, and the biological monitor device in association with the actual arrangement.
[0008]
[Action]
According to the above configuration, communication cables from multiple medical devices such as infusion pumps, syringe pumps, sphygmomanometers, electrocardiographs, thermometers, ventilators, respiratory monitors, etc. can be used without the need for new construction and equipment. Monitor (alarm) signals of multiple medical devices such as infusion pumps, syringe pumps, sphygmomanometers, electrocardiographs, thermometers, ventilators, respiratory monitors, etc. using existing nurse call lines A nurse call system that can be sent to a nurse station has been built, making it easy to monitor and monitor multiple medical devices such as infusion pumps, syringe pumps, blood pressure monitors, electrocardiographs, thermometers, ventilators, and respiratory monitors It can be carried out.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an entire centralized monitor system (nurse call system) using medical equipment connection terminals actually used at the bedside according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows an external perspective view of a medical device connection terminal according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 shows another example of a centralized monitor system using the medical device connection terminal.
[0010]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a hospital room or ICU, and a plurality of infusion devices (infusion pumps 11 a, syringes) while monitoring biological information such as body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, urine volume, etc. of the patient P in the bed B with the biological monitor device 16. A state in which a drug, an infusion, or the like is injected from the pumps 12a and 12b) is shown. In FIG. 2, the medical device connection terminal 14 includes an output end 1402 to which the communication cable 15 is connected. In addition, a plurality of input end portions 1401a, 1401b, 1401c, 1401d are provided, and a plurality of communication cables 15a, 15b, 15c, 15d are connected. Reference numeral 1403 denotes a clamp for fixing the medical device connection terminal 14 at an arbitrary position.
[0011]
The infusion pump 11a, the biological monitor device 16, and the syringe pump 12b are input terminals of a medical device connection terminal 14b including a multi-channel input terminal 1401 and a one-channel output terminal 1402 via communication cables 15a, 15b, and 15c, respectively. 1401.
[0012]
The syringe pump 12a is connected to an input terminal 1401 of a medical device connection terminal 14a including a multi-channel input terminal 1401 and a 1-channel output terminal 1402 via a communication cable 15d.
[0013]
The medical device connection terminals 14a and 14b are connected to the input terminal 1401 of the medical device connection terminal 14c including the multi-channel input terminal 1401 and the 1-channel output terminal 1402 via the communication cables 15e and 15f, respectively. Has been. Further, the medical device connection terminal 14c is connected to the input terminal 1401d of the normal connection terminal 14d via the communication cable 15g. A nurse call button 13 and an alarm lamp (alarm generating means) are also connected to the connection terminal 14d via cables 15h and 15i, respectively.
[0014]
This connection terminal 14d is connected to an information communication network 19 such as an in-hospital LAN, etc., and is used to inject patient biological information such as body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, urine volume, etc., a medicine, an infusion, etc. The infusion device (infusion pump 11a, syringe pumps 12a, 12b) can be monitored and displayed on the monitor device 2 in a central control room such as a nurse station.
[0015]
In the monitor device (monitor unit) 2, 21 is a control unit, 22 is a display unit (display unit) such as a display, 23 is a storage unit (storage unit) for storing and holding various information and data, and 24 is a keyboard or the like. It is an input part (input means) for inputting the various data comprised. FIG. 4 is an example of a display screen of the display unit 22 of the monitor device 2, and can be displayed in association with the actual arrangement so that the arrangement and connection state of the medical devices arranged in the hospital room 1 can be seen at a glance.
[0016]
The medical device connection terminal 14a and the medical device connection end 14b are connected in parallel. The medical device connection terminal 14a and the medical device connection terminal 14c, and the medical device connection terminal 14b and the medical device connection terminal 14c are in series. It is connected to the. In this embodiment, the medical device connection terminals are connected in parallel and in series, but in consideration of the optimal arrangement of the medical devices in the hospital room 1, only in parallel, only in series, Either parallel or series connection is appropriately selected.
[0017]
Signals such as the operation state of the infusion pump 11a are transmitted to the monitor device 2 via the communication cable 15a, the medical device connection terminal 14b, the communication cable 15f, the medical device connection terminal 14c, the communication cable 15g, and the in-hospital communication network 19. The
[0018]
Similarly, signals such as the operating state of the biological monitoring device 16 such as an electrocardiograph, a thermometer, a blood pressure monitor, a ventilator, and a respiratory monitor are transmitted from the communication cable 15b, the medical device connection terminal 14b, the communication cable 15f, and the medical device. The data is transmitted to the monitor device 2 via the connection terminal 14c, the communication cable 15g, the connection terminal 14d, and the in-hospital communication network 19.
[0019]
Signals such as the operation state of the syringe pump 12b are transmitted via the communication cable 15c, the medical device connection terminal 14b, the communication cable 15f, the medical device connection terminal 14c, the communication cable 15g, the connection terminal 14d, and the in-hospital communication network 19. 2 is transmitted.
[0020]
Signals such as the operating state of the syringe pump 12a are transmitted via the communication cable 15d, the medical device connection terminal 14a, the communication cable 15e, the medical device connection terminal 14c, the communication cable 15g, the connection terminal 14d, and the in-hospital communication network 19. 2 is transmitted.
[0021]
The signals of the infusion pump 11a, the syringe pumps 12a and 12b, and the biological monitor device 16 are conveniently identified and transmitted to the monitor device 2 for each medical device by time division. In addition, in order to perform signal processing of the infusion pumps 11a, syringe pumps 12a and 12b, the biological monitor device 16 and the like from a plurality of hospital rooms and intensive care units in almost real time (real time), the medical device connection terminal 14a. , 14b, 14c, and the connection terminal 14d, the difference between the signals of the infusion pump 11a, the syringe pumps 12a, 12b, and the biological monitor device 16 is identified at at least one of the arbitrary positions. As described above, it is possible to reduce transmission signal data by using an interface that transmits to the monitor device 2 and monitor and display the operation state of each medical device on the monitor device 2.
[0022]
FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention, and the configuration is almost the same as FIG. The thing of the same structure is shown with the same number.
[0023]
Reference numeral 1 denotes a hospital room or an ICU (intensive care unit), which monitors a biological information such as the body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, and urine volume of the patient P in the bed B with the biological monitor device 16, and a plurality of infusion devices (infusion pumps 11a, A state in which a medicine, an infusion, or the like is injected from the syringe pumps 12a and 12b) is shown.
[0024]
The infusion pump 11a, the biological monitor device 16, and the syringe pump 12b are input terminals of a medical device connection terminal 14b including a multi-channel input terminal 1401 and a one-channel output terminal 1402 via communication cables 15a, 15b, and 15c, respectively. 1401.
[0025]
The syringe pump 12a is connected to an input terminal 1401 of a medical device connection terminal 14a including a multi-channel input terminal 1401 and a 1-channel output terminal 1402 via a communication cable 15d.
[0026]
The medical device connection terminals 14a and 14b are connected to the input unit 200 of the first monitor unit 2a via communication cables 15e and 15f, respectively.
[0027]
Further, the first monitor unit 2a is provided with a display unit, and a plurality of infusions for injecting the patient's biological information such as body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, urine volume, medicines, infusions, etc. by the living body monitor device 16 on the spot. It is possible to monitor and display the operating state of the devices (infusion pump 11a, syringe pumps 12a, 12b), but via the terminal 19a of the in-hospital information network 19 by radio, body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate by the biological monitor device 16 The monitoring device 2 such as a central control room such as a nurse station is used to monitor the operating state of a plurality of infusion devices (infusion pump 11a, syringe pumps 12a, 12b) for injecting patient biometric information such as urine volume, drugs, infusion agents, etc. It is also possible to monitor and display with the second monitor unit). The terminal 19a is connected to an alarm lamp (alarm generating means) via a communication cable 15i.
[0028]
In the monitor device (second monitor unit) 2, 21 is a control means, 22 is a display section (display means) such as a display, 23 is a storage section (storage means) for storing and holding various information and data, and 24 is a keyboard. And an input unit (input means) for inputting various types of data. FIG. 4 is an example of a display screen of the display unit 22 of the monitor device 2, and can be displayed in association with the actual arrangement so that the arrangement and connection state of the medical devices arranged in the hospital room 1 can be seen at a glance. In addition, for example, the normal operation state may be displayed in different colors such as green, and the state where an alarm is generated may be displayed in red.
[0029]
The medical device connection terminal 14a and the medical device connection end 14b are connected in parallel. The medical device connection terminal 14a and the medical device connection terminal 14c, and the medical device connection terminal 14b and the medical device connection terminal 14c are in series. It is connected to the. In this embodiment, the medical device connection terminals are connected in parallel and in series, but in consideration of the optimal arrangement of the medical devices in the hospital room 1, only in parallel, only in series, Either parallel or series connection is appropriately selected.
[0030]
Signals such as the operating state of the infusion pump 11a are transmitted from the first monitor unit 2a via the communication cable 15a, the medical device connection terminal 14b, and the communication cable 15f to the terminal 19a and the hospital communication network 19 by wireless means such as infrared rays and radio waves. Via the monitor device 2.
[0031]
Similarly, signals such as an operation state of the biological monitor device 16 such as an electrocardiograph, a sphygmomanometer, a ventilator, and a respiratory monitor are transmitted through the communication cable 15b, the medical device connection terminal 14b, and the communication cable 15f to the first monitor. The data is transmitted from the unit 2a to the monitor device 2 via the terminal 19a and the hospital communication network 19 by wireless means such as infrared rays and radio waves.
[0032]
Signals such as the operating state of the syringe pump 12b are transmitted from the first monitor unit 2a via the communication cable 15c, the medical device connection terminal 14b, and the communication cable 15f to the terminal 19a and the in-hospital communication network 19 by wireless means such as infrared rays and radio waves. Via the monitor device 2.
[0033]
Signals such as the operating state of the syringe pump 12a are transmitted from the first monitor unit 2a via the communication cable 15d, the medical device connection terminal 14a, and the communication cable 15e to the terminal 19a and the in-hospital communication network 19 by wireless means such as infrared rays and radio waves. Via the monitor device 2.
[0034]
The signals of the infusion pump 11a, the syringe pumps 12a and 12b, and the biological monitor device 16 are conveniently identified and transmitted to the monitor device 2 for each medical device by time division. In order to perform signal processing of infusion pumps 11a, syringe pumps 12a, 12b, biological monitor device 16 and the like from a plurality of hospital rooms and intensive care units in almost real time (real time), medical device connection terminals 14a, 14b 14c and the connection terminal 14d at any one of the arbitrary positions between the infusion pump 11a, the syringe pumps 12a and 12b, and the biological monitor device 16 is identified as a difference signal and is monitored as a difference signal only when an abnormality occurs. It is also possible to reduce transmission signal data by using an interface that transmits to the device 2 and monitor and display the operation state of each medical device on the monitor device 2.
[0035]
【Effect of the invention】
As described above, according to the medical device connection terminal of the present invention and the centralized monitor system using the medical device connection terminal, an infusion pump, an existing nurse call line can be used without requiring new construction and facilities. Monitor (alarm) signals of a plurality of medical devices such as a syringe pump, a sphygmomanometer, an electrocardiograph, and a thermometer are transmitted to the nurse station, and can be monitored, displayed, and monitored.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a monitor device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a medical device connection terminal according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a monitor device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a monitor screen of the monitor device of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11a ... Infusion pump, 12a, 12b ... Syringe pump, 13 ... Nurse call button, 14a, 14b, 14c ... Medical equipment connection terminal, 14d ... Connection terminal, 15a, 15b, 15c, 15d, 15e, 15f, 15g, 15h , 15i ... communication cable, 18 ... alarm means, 19 ... hospital communication network, 2, 2a ... monitor device, 22 display section.

Claims (1)

A multi-channel input terminal (1401) and a one-channel output terminal (1402) connectable to the external transmission terminal of the infusion pump (11a), syringe pump (12a, 12b), and biological monitor device (16), which are medical devices Via the medical device connection terminal (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d) and one of the medical device connection terminals (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d) (14d) Monitor signals from the infusion pump (11a), the syringe pumps (12a, 12b) and the biological monitor device (16), which are devices, are transmitted to the monitor unit, and the received monitor signal can be visually recognized on the monitor unit. The centralized monitoring device (2)
The difference between which the signals of the infusion pump (11a), the syringe pumps (12a, 12b) and the biological monitor device (16) are identified and transmitted in a time-sharing manner and a difference indicating an abnormality is identified only when an abnormality occurs An interface for transmitting the signal to the monitor device (2) as a signal, and the display unit (22) of the centralized monitor device (2) includes the infusion pump (11a), the syringe pump (12a, 12b), and the biological monitor device The centralized monitoring device (2), wherein the arrangement and connection state of (16) are displayed in association with the actual arrangement.

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