Analytical Device Integrating Drug Administration Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional analytical devices for urine and blood samples do not output drug administration information, making it difficult to determine if analysis results are affected by drug administration, and require examiners to manually check medical records, which is cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
An analytical system that reads test subject identification information from sample containers, acquires and outputs drug administration information from an external source, and determines if the drug administration affects the analysis results, integrating this information with the analysis output.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If only analysis results and test subject identification information are outputted from the analytical device, then the output process is simple and fast, but it is difficult to determine accurately whether the analysis results are affected by drug administration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an external information processing device as an intermediary that stores and manages drug administration information. The analytical device communicates with this external system to acquire relevant drug information, allowing the analytical device to output comprehensive data without requiring complex internal storage and management capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The external information processing device serves multiple functions: storing drug administration information for multiple test subjects, receiving requests from analytical devices, and providing relevant drug information. This multi-functional system resolves the contradiction by externalizing the complexity while maintaining reliability.
2Reliability
If drug administration information is manually checked from medical records, then accurate drug effect determination is possible, but the operation is troublesome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic acquisition of drug administration information through computerized communication between the analytical device and the external information processing device. This eliminates the need for manual record checking, allowing examiners to obtain accurate drug information automatically, thus improving ease of operation while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of checking medical records with an automated electronic information retrieval system. The analytical device automatically queries the external database and receives drug administration information, substituting human manual operation with automated electronic communication.
3Reliability
If comprehensive drug administration information is stored and managed externally, then accurate drug effect determination becomes possible, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The external information processing device acts as an intermediary that handles the complexity of storing and managing comprehensive drug administration information for multiple test subjects. The analytical device interacts with this intermediary through standardized communication, allowing the analytical device to benefit from comprehensive data without bearing the complexity of data management.
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AI summary
An analytical device is provided that can easily determine whether analysis results are affected by drug administration for the test subject when a sample such as urine or blood is analyzed. The analytical device includes reading means capable of reading test subject identification information recorded on an information recording portion of a sample container, and data output means capable of outputting data on analysis results of a sample contained in the sample container, the analytical device further having: information acquiring means capable of acquiring, from a source external to the analytical device, drug administration information on the test subject corresponding to the test subject identification information read by the reading means, wherein when the data on analysis results of a sample are outputted by the data output means, data on the drug administration information on the test subject corresponding thereto are also outputted.