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Solution Overview
Problem
Automatic analyzing devices face complexity in screen structures and manual input requirements, leading to inefficiencies and human errors in identifying sample and reagent information, especially in large hospitals where identification information is lengthy and requires extensive searching across multiple screens.
Innovation Solution
An automatic analyzing device equipped with reading means such as bar code or RFID readers to mechanically read identification information on containers, allowing for automatic searching and display of relevant test information on screens, thereby improving work efficiency and reducing manual input errors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual input of identification information is used, then users can input data, but work efficiency decreases and human errors increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical input operations with automatic optical/electronic reading systems (bar code readers, RFID readers) that mechanically read identification information from samples and reagents, eliminating manual typing and reducing human error while improving work efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing samples and reagents to automatically provide their identification information through embedded bar codes or RFID tags, which are read automatically by the analyzing device without requiring user intervention for data entry
2Loss of information
If identification information is displayed on screens, then information is visible, but screen complexity increases and searching becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts identification information from complex screen displays and presents it in a dedicated, simplified search result screen that shows only the essential read information (bar code, RFID tag data) without the clutter of other analysis parameters and controls
Solution Approach 2:
The information display is segmented into separate functional screens: one for search results showing identification information, and another for detailed analysis results. This segmentation allows users to focus on one type of information at a time, reducing cognitive load and improving search efficiency
3Measurement precision
If reading means are fixed to analyzing units, then reading precision improves, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal reading system where a single operating unit with integrated bar code and RFID reading capabilities manages multiple analyzing units. This multi-functional approach maintains high reading precision while reducing overall device complexity compared to having separate reading systems for each analyzing unit
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the reading functions (bar code reader and RFID reader) into the operating unit that also displays information, combining multiple functions (reading, displaying, controlling) into a single integrated system rather than distributing them across separate components
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AI summary
In order to improve work efficiency, to exclude human mistakes, and to improve analysis efficiency, an automatic analyzing device that analyzes living body samples such as blood and urine includes a reading means such as a bar code reader and an RFID reader that reads identification information relating to samples and reagents and that is installed in an operating unit managing a single or a plurality of analyzing units in an integrated manner; a function of automatically searching inquirable test information from test information stored in a test information storage means of the operating unit when the identification information stuck on containers of the samples or the reagents is read and of displaying the test information on a screen of the operating unit as search results; and a function of switching from the search results displayed on the screen to a detailed screen that displays details of the test information when a user selects target test information and of returning from the detailed screen to the search results.