WO2004014228A1

WO2004014228A1 - Data measuring device, healthcare data acquiring system, and healthcare data acquiring method

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Publication number: WO2004014228A1
Application number: PCT/JP2003/010110
Authority: WO
Inventors: Hiroshi Tsutsui; Yasuhiro Mori; Hirosi Yamamoto; Shiro Nankai; Nobuyuki Shigetoh; Tatsurou Kawamura
Original assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2002-08-09
Filing date: 2003-08-08
Publication date: 2004-02-19
Also published as: AU2003254886A1; EP1527732A1; JPWO2004014228A1; US20050203707A1; CN1694645A

Abstract

A data measuring part (11) measures the blood or urine of a subject to acquire numerical data (S501). A communication control part (12) transmits the acquired numerical data to a data managing device (20) (S502). A general control part (14) receives the numerical data from a data measuring device (10) (S503) and analyzes the contents of the received numerical data (S504). The general control part (14) selects, based on the result of the foregoing analysis, calibration curve data (S505) and performs a healthcare data conversion (S506). Further, the general control part (14) instructs a communication control part (13) to transmit the converted healthcare data to the data measuring device (10) (S507). The data measuring device (10) receives the healthcare data from the data managing device (20) (S508).

Description

Description Data measurement device, healthcare data acquisition system, and healthcare data acquisition method

The present invention relates to a data measurement device, a health care data acquisition system, and the like that can easily perform a health check regardless of the place and time. Background art

Conventionally, health-related data such as blood pressure, pulse rate, and blood glucose level are measured with a measuring instrument, and the data is transmitted to medical institutions and municipalities via telephone lines, etc., for diagnosis and advice at medical institutions. A system for providing medical information has been proposed and is in operation. A typical functional configuration of the conventional medical information service system 500 is shown in FIG. As shown in Fig. 1 (a), the medical information service system 500 includes a data measurement unit 51, communication control units (telephones) 52 and 53, a data management unit 54, an input / output unit 55 and It is provided with a billing unit 56 and the like.

The data measuring unit 51 measures the health of the subject based on the body fluid and the like. Here, as shown in FIG. 1 (b), the data measuring unit 51 includes a sensor 5110 and an arithmetic control unit 511. Based on the numerical data acquired by the sensor 5110 and the calibration curve data held by the computation control unit 511, the computation control unit 511 performs health data with units (hereinafter referred to as “health care”). Data). Here, “numeric data” refers to the amount of electricity output from the sensor 510 (for example, voltage value, current value, (E.g., resistance value or power value). This data alone is data for which it is unknown what characteristics related to health. Further, “calibration curve data” refers to data representing a straight line or a curve for connecting a relationship between the above numerical data and a property relating to health to be measured.

The communication control units 52 and 53 control communication exchanged between the data measurement unit 51 and the data management unit 54. The data management unit 54 accumulates and manages the healthcare data received from the data measurement unit 51 via the communication control units 52 and 53, and also connects the input / output unit 55 and the charging processing unit 56. Control.

In the medical information service system 500 having the above-described configuration, the data measurement unit 51 transmits health care data such as “mg Hg” as a blood pressure value and “mg / dlj” as a blood glucose value, for example. This method is used to acquire and send the health care data to a data management unit 54 installed at a medical institution via a telephone line, etc. Doctors and nurses (hereinafter referred to as “medical staff”) ) Is to check the health status by looking at changes in healthcare data from the past to the present stored in the data management unit 54 via the input / output unit 55, and manage the health status. Or Also, when a medical staff gives a diagnosis or advice based on healthcare data to a subject via the input / output unit 55, the charge processing unit 56 performs the above diagnosis, advice, and data measurement. By performing billing processing on the transmission of health care data from 1 to the data management unit 54, the builder of the system 500 can benefit.

The outline of the medical information service system 500 using the health care system according to the conventional technology is as described above.The data measurement unit 51 in the medical information service system 500 described above is shown in Fig. 1 ( b) As shown in (b), the sensor 5 10 directly measuring the subject and the numerical value obtained from the sensor 5 10 An arithmetic control unit 511 (for example, a micro-computer having a ROM or a RAM storing a calculation algorithm) for converting data into health care data.

That is, the data measurement unit 51 requires a dedicated IC or the like for converting the numerical data detected by the sensor 510 into healthcare data, and the cost of the data measurement unit 51 increases. Problem.

Furthermore, the use of a mobile phone, which has become very popular in recent years, as the communication control unit 52 makes it easier to transmit healthcare data.However, the data measurement unit 51 needs to have the arithmetic control unit 511. Therefore, there is a problem that the size becomes large. This increase in size is inconsistent with the portability of mobile phones, and is an obstacle for users to easily obtain healthcare data anytime, anywhere.

Further, when the version of the sensor 5 10 attached to the data measuring unit 51 changes, such as a blood sugar level measuring sensor, the entire data measuring unit 51 needs to be replaced. This increases the burden on the user.

Furthermore, if it is necessary to perform point-of-care in the future (for example, blood component analysis immediately at a medical site, etc.), even if the sensor 5 10 If sophisticated algorithms are needed to analyze healthcare data, external computers with high processing power must be used, but in such cases, it is not possible to respond quickly and the necessary There is no way to do analysis.

In view of the above, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and reduces the cost of a measurement device for obtaining health care data, and also makes it easy and easy to obtain health care data and to process health care data. Run It is intended to provide a data measurement device, a healthcare data acquisition system, etc. Disclosure of the invention

In order to achieve the above object, a data measuring device according to the present invention is a data measuring device for measuring a predetermined biological property of a subject, wherein the property of the subject is measured by a predetermined amount of electricity. A characteristic conversion unit for converting the information representing the converted amount of electricity to another predetermined device; and a biological characteristic of the subject from the other device. And a data receiving means for receiving data to which a unit representing is added.

Accordingly, the data measurement device according to the present invention detects only the numerical data that is the basis of the subject's health care data, transmits the data to an external device, and receives the health care data calculated by the external device. With such a configuration, the data measurement device can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, a healthcare data acquisition system according to the present invention includes a data measurement device connected to each other via a network for measuring a biological characteristic of a subject. And a data management device that manages data related to the characteristic, wherein the data measurement device includes a characteristic conversion unit configured to convert the characteristic related to the subject into information representing a predetermined amount of electricity. An information transmitting unit that transmits information representing the quantity of electricity to the data management device, wherein the data management device receives the information from the data measurement device, based on the received information. A data conversion means for converting data into which a unit indicating a biological property of the subject is added, and converting the converted data to the data Reply means for replying to the data measuring device. Accordingly, the healthcare data acquisition system according to the present invention allows the data measurement device used by the subject to detect only the numerical data that is the source of the healthcare data, and the calculation of the healthcare data is performed by an external data management device. Since it is configured to implement, the data measurement device can be simplified and the cost can be reduced, and the conversion of healthcare data can be flexibly handled by the external data management device.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is realized as a data measurement method which is characterized by the above-described data measuring apparatus. The program includes all the steps of the method. It can also be realized as The program can be stored not only in a ROM or the like provided in an apparatus capable of realizing the above method, but also can be distributed via a recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a transmission medium such as a communication network. . Further, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention can also be realized as a healthcare data acquisition method in which the characteristic configuration means of the healthcare data acquisition system is used as a step. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a conventional medical information service system.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the healthcare data acquisition system according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the calibration curve data.

Figure 4 shows an example of the structure of data exchanged between the data measurement device and the data management device.

FIG. 5 is a communication sequence diagram according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a communication sequence diagram according to a modification of the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the healthcare data acquisition system according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a communication sequence diagram according to the second embodiment. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment 1)

FIG. 2A is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the healthcare data acquisition system 100 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2A, the healthcare data acquisition system 100 includes a data measurement device 10 and a data management device 20.

First, the data measuring device 10 will be described.

The data measurement device 10 includes a data measurement unit 11 and a communication control unit 12. FIG. 2B is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the data measurement unit 11. As shown in FIG. 2B, the data measurement unit 11 includes a sensor 110 and an interface unit (measurement unit) 111.

The sensor 110 measures a predetermined characteristic of a subject's body fluid or the like (for example, a blood glucose level in blood or a protein content in urine) and an electric quantity (for example, a voltage value, a current value, a resistance value, or an electric power). Value, etc.) and obtain numerical data representing this electric quantity.

The interface unit 111 transmits the numerical data acquired by the sensor 110 to the communication control unit 12 according to a predetermined procedure.

The communication control unit 12 is, for example, a mobile phone, includes a microcomputer including a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and performs communication with a data management device 20 connected via a network 15 such as a telephone line. Control communications. Further, the communication control unit 12 obtains numerical data from the data measurement unit 11. Tell them to get. Furthermore, the communication control unit 12 receives numerical data from the data measurement unit 11 and transmits the data to the data management device 20, and receives health care data from the data management device 20.

Next, the data management device 20 will be described.

The data management device 20 is, for example, a personal computer, and includes a communication control unit 13, an overall control unit 14, a storage unit 25, an input / output unit 36, and a charging unit 47.

The communication control unit 13 is, for example, an LSI for communication control including ROM, RAM, and the like, and controls communication between the data measurement device 10 and the data management device 20. Further, the communication control unit 13 performs these data transmissions from the data measurement device 10 to the data management device 20 or data transmission from the data management device 20 to the data measurement device 10. Information relating to the data transmission (for example, the time required for data transmission and a telephone number) is notified to the charging processing unit 47.

The overall control unit 14 is, for example, a microcomputer having a ROM, a RAM, and the like, controls the entire data management device 20, and receives the data from the data measurement device 10 via the communication control unit 13. Converts health care data from numerical data. More specifically, the overall control unit 14 converts the healthcare data from the numerical data by using the calibration curve data.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of calibration curve data used when the overall control unit 14 converts healthcare data. As shown in Fig. 3, the healthcare data for the numerical data can be uniquely defined by the calibration curve data.

The storage unit 25 stores various types of calibration curve data in association with the purge ports and the mouths of the sensor 110 and the measurement unit 111. In addition, storage unit 25 Accumulates the numerical data received from the data measuring device 10 and the health care data converted by the overall control unit 14 in association with the subject _c. Thereby, the overall health care unit 14 Changes over time in data can be converted into diagrams or graphs and presented to the input / output unit 36 or returned to the data measurement device 10. Therefore, the subject who is a user of the data measurement device 10 receives the health care data from the data management device 20 and passes through the display provided in the communication control unit 12 (for example, a mobile phone). Healthcare data can be checked at any time.

The billing processor 47 manages the communication status in the system 100, the number of times the data measurement device 10 accesses the data management device 20, the number of times the medical staff operates the input / output unit 36, and the like. Based on, charging is set for the user of the data measurement device 10 and the medical staff of the data management device 20. The results of the charge shall be communicated to the user or medical staff each time data is transmitted or received or at predetermined intervals. More specifically, the charging processing unit 47 is connected to the communication control unit 13 and the overall control unit 14, and transmits data from the data measurement device 10 to the data management device 20, Detects data transmission from the management device 20 to the data measurement device 10 (for example, receives information on the data transmission (for example, telephone number and time required for data transmission, etc.) from the communication control unit 13). ) Count the time and number of times required for data transmission. Further, the charging processing unit 47 performs a charging process on at least one or both of the data measurement device 10 and the data management device 20 according to the time and the number of times required for the data transmission.

By providing the billing processing unit 47 in this way, when providing the healthcare data acquisition system 100, a user using the data measurement device 100 and a medical device using the data management device 20 are provided. You can get compensation for providing services from both the person in charge. The input / output unit 36 is, for example, a keyboard or a liquid crystal display device, and transmits information representing an operation received from a medical staff to the general control unit 14 and receives the information via the general control unit 14. It displays information indicating communication status and various data. More specifically, the input / output unit 36 converts the accumulated change of the healthcare data over time into a diagram or a graph and presents it to the medical staff. The input / output unit 36 receives data input for diagnosis, advice, and the like from the medical staff. A subject who is a user of the data measuring device 10 can check these data on a display or the like provided in the communication control unit 12 (for example, a mobile phone).

More importantly, the medical data received from the data measurement device 10 cannot be altered by the user, so the medical staff may arbitrarily self-report from the data measurement device 10 (for example, Therefore, by changing the data a little ... J, etc.), it is possible to obtain the correct health care data, and it is possible to perform highly accurate diagnosis and appropriate advice. This is because the numerical data acquired by the unit 11 is automatically transmitted to the data management device 20 via the communication control unit 12.

FIGS. 4A to 4C are diagrams showing an example of the structure of data exchanged between the data measurement device 10 and the data management device 20. FIG. FIG. 4A is a diagram showing an example of the structure of data 400 including numerical data 404 transmitted from the data measurement device 10 to the data management device 20. The data 400 includes, in addition to the numerical data 404, a measuring unit 1041, a sensor 1D402, and a type of healthcare data 403.

FIG. 4 (b) is a diagram showing an example of the structure of data 4 10 including health care data 4 14 transmitted from the data management device 20 to the data measurement device 10. This data 410 is the same as data 400 above, and measurement unit I D 401, sensor ID 402 and type of health care data 400 3 are included.

FIG. 4 (c) shows data used in a modification of the first embodiment described later, and includes data including calibration curve data transmitted from the data management device 20 to the data measurement device 10. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a structural example of 420. The data 420 includes the measurement unit ID401, the sensor ID402, and the type of healthcare data 4003, similarly to the data 400 described above.

Next, the operation of the health care data acquisition system 100 configured as described above will be described.

FIG. 5 is a communication sequence diagram in a case where the health care data converted by using the calibration curve data in the data management device 20 is transmitted to the data measurement device 10.

First, the data measurement unit 11 of the data measurement device 10 measures the blood and urine of the subject according to a predetermined procedure and obtains numerical data according to the instruction of the communication control unit 12 (S501). ). Specifically, when the sensor 110 of the data measurement unit 11 receives an instruction from the communication control unit 12 via the interface I-111, the current as a measurement result for blood or urine is obtained. Numerical data representing a quantity of electricity, such as a value, a voltage value, a resistance value, or an electric power value, is output to the communication control unit 12 via the interface unit 111. For example, when blood pressure is to be obtained, the sensor 110 outputs numerical data of a voltage value as a measurement result by an element such as a piezoelectric element or a thermocouple. Further, the communication control unit 12 of the data measurement device 10 transmits the numerical data acquired by the data measurement unit 11 to the data management device 20 (S502).

Accordingly, when the overall control unit 14 of the data management device 20 receives the numerical data from the data measurement device 10 via the communication control unit 13 (S503), the content of the received numerical data is Analyze (S504). In addition, data tube The overall control unit 14 of the processing device 20 selects the calibration curve data based on the above analysis results (S505), and converts the healthcare data from the numerical data using the calibration curve data. Yes (S'506). More specifically, when receiving the numerical data, the overall control unit 14 converts the health care data from the numerical data by using the selected calibration curve data based on a predetermined analysis algorithm. For example, when blood pressure is to be obtained, the overall control unit 14 selects calibration curve data indicating a known blood pressure value corresponding to the received numerical data, and converts the healthcare data using the calibration curve data. . Thereafter, the overall control unit 14 of the data management device 20 instructs the communication control unit 13 to transmit the converted health care data to the data measurement device 10 (S507).

Thereafter, when the data measurement device 10 receives the healthcare data from the data management device 20 (S508), the healthcare data is displayed on a display (not shown) of the communication control unit 12 (not shown). S509).

As described above, in the healthcare data acquisition system 100 according to the present embodiment, the data measurement device 100 detects only the numerical data that is the basis of the healthcare data of the subject, and the calculation of the healthcare data is In addition, since the configuration is performed by the external data management device 20, the data measurement device 10 can be simplified and reduced in cost. In other words, a communication control unit 12 (for example, a mobile phone) combined with a data measurement unit 11 (for example, a blood glucose meter) and a data management device 20 (for example, a personal computer) having a healthcare data generation function When implemented as a healthcare data acquisition system that includes the following, users using the communication control unit 12 (for example, a mobile phone) can perform advanced analysis while using a very simple device. It becomes possible. In the above-described embodiment, an example in which a blood pressure value is obtained as health care data has been described. Hereinafter, a case in which a blood glucose level is obtained as health care data will be described. In this case, sensor 1

The entire control unit 14 may be configured to include a reading device as a disposable sensor including a reagent for detecting the data. In this case, the healthcare data is converted using the numerical data acquired by the sensor 110 and the calibration curve data stored in the overall control unit 14.

Furthermore, the sensor 110 has been described as being provided with a reagent, but if the reagent is improved, the version of the sensor 110 will change, and the calibration curve in the overall control unit 14 will be changed. The data also needs to be adapted to this new sensor.

In the present embodiment, in order to cope with this, the version number and the lot number are set in the sensor 110 and the measurement unit 111, and the sensor control is also performed in the overall control unit 14. Calibration curve data corresponding to the version number or lot number-(these are referred to as Γattribute information j or Γproperty information) are stored.

In this case, the data measurement unit 11 transmits the version number and the lot number of the sensor 110 and the measurement unit 111 to the overall control unit 14 together with the detected numerical data. The overall control unit 14 of the data management device 20, which has received the attribute information from the data measurement device 10, refers to the acquired version number and unit number and selects the corresponding calibration curve data. To convert healthcare data. Then, the converted health care data is transmitted to the data measuring device 10.

In other words, the overall control unit 14 can follow the improvement of the performance of the data measurement device 10 (that is, the sensor and the measurement unit) to improve the measurement accuracy, and the cost can be reduced. 1 Little effect on 1 Therefore, it is possible to construct a system that is very inexpensive for the user.

(Modification)

In the above embodiment of the present embodiment, the case where the health care data is converted on the data management device 20 side has been described. However, the data measurement device 10 transmits data from the data management device 20 based on attribute information such as a sensor. It is also conceivable to obtain calibration curve data and convert healthcare data on the data measurement device 10 side.

Fig. 6 shows the communication when the data measurement device 10 obtains the calibration curve data from the data management device 20 based on the attribute information of the sensor etc., and converts the health care data in the data measurement device 10. It is a sequence diagram.

First, the data measurement device 1.0 specifies attribute information (for example, version number and lot number) of the sensor 110 and the measurement unit 111 according to an instruction of the communication control unit 12 ( S601). Further, the data measurement device 10 transmits the specified attribute information to the data management device 20 (S602).

Accordingly, the overall control unit 14 of the data management device 20 receives the attribute information from the data measurement device 10 via the communication control unit 13 (S603), and based on the received attribute information. The calibration curve data is specified (S604). Further, the data management device 20 transmits the calibration curve data specified as described above to the data measurement device 10 (S605).

After that, the data measuring device 10 that transmitted the calibration curve data (S606) acquires the numerical data via the data measuring unit 11 (S501), and acquires the acquired numerical data and the received calibration curve. Based on the data, health care data is generated (S502), and the health care data is displayed on a display (not shown) of the communication control unit 12 (S509). As described above, according to the healthcare data acquisition system according to the present embodiment, the data measurement device 10 manages necessary calibration curve data each time based on the attribute information of the sensor and the measurement unit. Since it is obtained from the instrument, there is no need for a memory to accumulate a large number of calibration curve data corresponding to the version number / lot number, so that the data measuring apparatus 10 can be realized in a compact form. Become.

Also, according to the healthcare data acquisition system 100 in the present embodiment, the user as a subject can use a simple data measurement device set with a mobile phone or the like to immediately obtain healthcare data. In addition to receiving a series of health care data from the data management device, it is easy to compare past and present data.

Note that, in the above embodiment, the charging processing unit 47 communicates the charging to the data measuring device 10 or the overall control unit 14 via the communication control unit 13 when the charging is set. Communication may be made by mail, etc., without using a communication line.

Further, in the above embodiment, transmission and reception through a mobile phone has been described as being via a mobile phone line. However, the communication circuit is not limited to this. For example, e-mail and the like can be transmitted via the Internet. You may use it. As a result, communication costs can be reduced, and connection fees and the like can be reduced.

(Embodiment 2)

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the healthcare data acquisition system 700 according to the present embodiment. This system 700 is different from the health care data acquisition system 100 of the first embodiment in that the data measurement device includes a plurality of data measurement units and a plurality of sensors. The operation of this system 700 is basically the same as that of the healthcare data acquisition system 100 of the first embodiment, and was measured by the data measurement units 71 1, 71 4 and 7 17 Numerical data is converted into health care data in the overall control unit 740 and stored in the storage unit 770. Furthermore, the medical staff inputs healthcare data and data such as diagnosis and advice for the change over time through the input / output unit 36, and the user of the data measurement device 710 confirms these data. I do.

Further, in the present embodiment, as a method of using the healthcare data acquisition system 700, the charging processing unit 47 monitors the communication status, and the communication between the data measurement device 7100 and the overall control unit 7400 is performed. Based on the number of accesses, the number of operations of the medical staff in the input / output unit 36, and the like, charging is set for the user of the data measuring device 710 and the medical staff. The result of the billing may be reported to the user terminal, that is, the data measuring device 7100 or the general control unit 7400 every time data is transferred or at predetermined intervals.

Further, since the present embodiment uses a plurality of sensors and a plurality of measurement units, it is possible to determine which sensor has been set to which measurement unit based on an ID number for identifying the sensor or the measurement unit. The overall control unit 7400 identifies it. After the identification, the calibration curve data matching the selected data is selected from the storage unit 770, and the numerical data received from the data measuring device 710 is converted into healthcare data.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to distribute more value-added information by enabling analysis of various types of health care data.

Next, the operation of the health care data acquisition system 700 configured as described above will be described. Figure 8 shows the data management device of the healthcare data acquisition system 700

7 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing in 730.

First, the overall control unit 740 receives the numerical data via the communication control unit 13 (S810), and determines the type of the measurement unit (S802). At this time, the overall control unit 740 determines whether or not the measurement unit 713 is a contracted measurement unit (S803), and if the measurement unit is not a contracted measurement unit (S803). 803: NO), and transmits a message to that effect to the data measuring device 710 (S804).

In the case of a contracted measurement unit (S804: YES), the overall control unit 740 determines the type of the sensor (S805) and determines whether the sensor corresponds to the above measurement unit. It is determined whether or not it is (S806). Accordingly, if the sensor is not a sensor corresponding to the measurement unit (S806: NO), a message to that effect is transmitted to the data measurement device 7100 (S806).

807).

Further, the overall control unit 740 determines whether the measurement unit is within the contract period (S808). If the measurement unit is not within the contract period (S

808: NO), and sends a message to that effect to the data measuring device 710 (S809).

Finally, the overall control unit 740 selects the calibration curve data corresponding to the above measurement unit (S810), and generates health care data based on the received numerical data and the calibration curve data. (S 8 1 1), data measurement device 7 1

It transmits to 0 (S812).

As described above, according to the present invention, a user can exchange health care data as a health care system by connecting a measuring instrument having a very simple configuration to a mobile phone. The image of conventional individual health care devices has been greatly changed, and it is simple for the user, but simple. As a system, it can provide a complete healthcare system including services.

Note that, in each of the above embodiments, the data measurement units 11, 71, 714, and 717 are examples of the characteristic conversion unit of the present invention. Further, the sensors 110, 712a, 712b, and 71c are examples of the sensors included in the conversion unit of the present invention. Further, the communication control sections 12 and 720 in the data measuring devices 10 and 710 are examples of the information transmitting means and the data receiving means in the data measuring device of the present invention. The communication control unit 13 in each of the data management devices 20 and 730 is an example of a receiving unit and a reply unit in the data management device of the present invention. The overall control units 14 and 740 are examples of the data conversion means of the present invention. The storage units 25 and 770 are examples of the storage unit of the present invention. The input / output unit 36 is an example of the instruction receiving unit of the present invention. Further, the charging processing section 47 is an example of the charging means of the present invention. Further, the communication control unit 13 and the charge processing unit 47 in the data management devices 20 and 730 are examples of a first detection unit in the present invention. In addition, the communication control unit 13 and the charging processing unit 47 in the data management devices 20 and 730 are examples of a second detection unit in the present invention. Numerical data corresponds to information representing a predetermined amount of electricity converted by the characteristic conversion means of the present invention, and healthcare data corresponds to all or a part of the medical, physiological, and biological aspects of the present invention. The version number corresponds to the property information of the present invention. Further, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and the data measuring device of the present invention may be realized using a mobile communication terminal (PDA) in addition to a mobile phone. Further, the display and the means for receiving may be omitted, and a transmission-only terminal provided with only the information transmitting means of the present invention may be used. In this case, the healthcare data can be browsed only from the overall control unit 14. In the above embodiment, the blood pressure and the blood sugar level are described as an example of the healthcare data, but may be a body temperature, a heart rate, a blood pressure, or the like.

In addition, the living body of the present invention includes not only humans but also animals such as livestock and pets, crops, and plants such as houseplants.

Further, the property information of the present invention may be information other than the version number and the lot number as long as the property or the characteristic of the sensor can be identified.

Further, the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute the functions of all or a part of the above-mentioned health care data acquisition system of the present invention (or an apparatus, an element, a circuit, a unit, or the like) by a computer. It may be a program that operates in cooperation with a computer.

Further, the present invention is a medium carrying a program for causing a computer to execute all or a part of the functions of all or part of the above-described health care data acquisition system of the present invention, and is readable by a computer. The read program may be a medium that executes the function in cooperation with the computer.

Note that some means (or devices, elements, circuits, units, and the like) of the present invention, and some steps (or steps, operations, functions, and the like) of the present invention refer to those means or steps. Means some means or steps, or means some functions or some operations within one means or step.

In addition, some devices (or elements, circuits, units, and the like) of the present invention mean several devices among a plurality of devices, or one device among one device. Means the means of a unit (or an element, a circuit, a unit, etc.), or-means some of the functions of one means. The present invention also includes a computer-readable recording medium that records the program of the present invention.

One use form of the program of the present invention may be such that the program is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium and operates in cooperation with the computer.

One use form of the program of the present invention may be a form in which the program is transmitted through a transmission medium, read by a computer, and operates in cooperation with the computer.

Further, the data structure of the present invention includes a database, a data format, a data table, a data list, a data type, and the like.

Further, the recording medium includes ROM and the like, and the transmission medium includes a transmission mechanism such as the Internet, and optical and radio waves.

Further, the computer of the present invention described above is not limited to pure hardware such as CPU, but may include firmware, OS, and peripheral devices.

As described above, the configuration of the present invention may be realized as software or as hardware. Industrial applicability

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is useful for a data acquisition system for measuring health and biological properties having portability, and particularly, a measurement unit or a sensor is calibrated according to a version at the time of manufacture or a manufacturing lot. It can be applied to systems that need to change data.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. A data measuring device for measuring a predetermined biological property of a subject,

Characteristic conversion means for converting characteristics relating to the subject into information representing a predetermined amount of electricity;

Information transmitting means for transmitting the information representing the converted amount of electricity to another predetermined device,

Data receiving means for receiving, from the other device, data to which a unit representing a biological property of the subject is added.

A data measurement device comprising:

2. A healthcare data acquisition system having a data measurement device for measuring a biological characteristic of a subject and a data management device for managing data relating to the characteristic, which are connected to each other via a network. hand,

The data measurement device,

Information transmitting means for transmitting information representing the amount of electricity to the data management device,

The data management device,

Receiving means for receiving the information from the data measurement device,

Data conversion means for converting the received information into data obtained by adding a unit representing a biological property of the subject,

Reply means for returning the converted data to the data measuring device. A health care data acquisition system comprising:

3. The characteristic conversion means is:

A conversion unit that includes a sensor that converts the characteristic into a predetermined amount of electricity; and an interface unit that includes a measurement unit that generates information representing the converted amount of electricity.

The sensor and the measurement unit are provided with property information indicating respective attributes,

The property conversion unit further specifies the property information, and the information transmission unit further transmits the specified property information to the data management device,

The data conversion means of the data management device,

The health care data acquisition system according to claim 2, wherein the health care data is converted in consideration of the property information.

4. The data conversion means of the data management device,

The conversion is performed based on calibration curve data that associates the predetermined amount of electricity with the characteristics of the subject.

4. The health care data acquisition system according to claim 3, wherein:

5. The data management device further comprises:

Storage means for storing calibration curve data corresponding to the property information,

The data conversion means,

The calibration curve data is selected from the storage unit according to the property information, and the conversion is performed based on the selected calibration curve data. 5. The health care data acquisition system according to claim 4, wherein:

6. The storage means

Calibration curve data corresponding to a set of the property information of the sensor and the property information of the measurement unit is stored.

6. The health care data acquisition system according to claim 5, wherein:

7. The data management device further comprises:

An instruction receiving means for receiving an instruction from the operator is provided,

The storage means,

Based on the instruction, add new calibration curve data corresponding to a set of new property information of the sensor and property information of the measurement unit.

7. The health care data acquisition system according to claim 6, wherein:

8. The property information of the sensor is an ID number that can identify the sensor,

The property information of the measurement unit is an ID number that can identify the unit.

8. The health care data acquisition system according to claim 7, wherein:

9. The property information of the sensor is at least one of the type of body fluid to be measured by the sensor, the serial number or manufacturing lot number of the measurement unit compatible with the sensor, and the expiration date of the sensor. The health care data acquisition system according to claim 7, wherein the health care data acquisition system represents information. 1 o. The property information of the measurement unit includes the type of body fluid to be measured by the measurement unit, the manufacturing number or manufacturing lot number of the sensor compatible with the measurement unit, and the validity of the measurement unit. Represents at least one piece of information within a time period

8. The health care data acquisition system according to claim 7, wherein:

1 1. The data management device in the health care data acquisition system further includes:

First detection means for detecting that the data measurement device has transmitted the information to the data management device;

Second detection means for detecting that the data management device has transmitted the health care data to the data measurement device;

A charging unit configured to perform a predetermined charging for at least one of the data measurement device and the data management device when the first detection unit and the second detection unit detect the transmission.

3. The health care data acquisition system according to claim 2, comprising:

12. The first detecting means further counts the number of times the information is transmitted,

The second detection means further counts the number of times the health care data has been transmitted,

The charging unit performs the charging in accordance with the number of times the transmission is performed in each of the first detecting unit and the second detecting unit.

The health care data acquisition system according to claim 11, wherein:

13. A data measurement method for determining a predetermined biological property of a subject, the method comprising:

A property conversion step of converting a property related to the subject into information representing a predetermined amount of electricity;

An information transmitting step of transmitting information representing the converted amount of electricity to another predetermined device;

A data receiving step of receiving data added with a unit representing a biological characteristic of the subject from the other device;

A data measurement method comprising:

14. Healthcare data in a system that is connected to each other via a network and includes a data measurement device for measuring a biological characteristic of a subject and a data management device for managing data relating to the characteristic. Data acquisition method,

In the data measurement device,

An information transmission step of transmitting information representing the electric quantity from the data measurement device to the data management device,

In the data management device,

A receiving step of receiving the information from the data measuring device; a data conversion step of converting the data to a data to which a unit representing a biological characteristic of the subject is added based on the received information; A reply step of returning data from the data management device to the data measurement device;

A method for acquiring healthcare data, comprising:

15. A program for a data measurement device for measuring a predetermined biological property of a subject, the program comprising:

A data receiving step of receiving data from the other device to which a unit representing a biological property of the subject is added;

A program characterized by including: