KR102311645B1 - Bodily fluid analyzer based on mobile and healthcare system comprising the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer is provided. A mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer according to an embodiment of the present invention is a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer connectable to a biosensor capable of accommodating bodily fluid, and is a hardware platform operating based on a mobile operating system. A hardware platform comprising: a storage unit storing at least one application program operating on a mobile operating system; and a communication unit capable of transmitting and receiving data with an external device; an analysis unit capable of analyzing the body fluid accommodated in the biosensor in a plurality of analysis methods; and when the biosensor is connected to the bodily fluid analyzer, among the application programs stored in the storage unit, an application program corresponding to the biosensor connected to the bodily fluid analyzer operates, and the analysis unit is an analysis method adopted by the biosensor connected to the bodily fluid analyzer and a control unit for controlling to analyze the bodily fluid.

Description

Mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer and healthcare system including the same

The present invention relates to a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer and a health care system including the same, and more particularly, to a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer capable of analyzing bodily fluid by being connected to various types of biosensors, and a health care system including the same.

Looking at recent trends, mobile-based healthcare devices are being focused on areas for measuring and managing behavioral health, cognitive health, or wellness. Specifically, the mobile-based healthcare device mainly uses polysomnography, electroencephalogram (EEG), electrocardiography (EKG), accelerometer or gyro sensor to analyze electrical signals of a living body or to recognize posture or life patterns. to give feedback to the user.

Meanwhile, along with the recent development of point-of-care (POC) technology, a blood analyzer designed to allow a user to measure and diagnose after drawing blood by himself has been released. Blood is a biomaterial capable of predicting and diagnosing most diseases. By quantitatively measuring the concentrations of various substances in the blood and combining them, it is possible to diagnose and prevent chronic diseases early in the long term. health information can be provided.

However, the mobile-based healthcare device and the blood analyzer are only being developed as separate technologies, and products or services in which the two technologies are fused are not yet provided. Therefore, it is necessary to maximize the synergy effect through the convergence of technologies by combining the mobile-based healthcare device and the blood analyzer.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention devised from the above problems is to provide a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer that can be expanded in various ways by combining a mobile platform with a bodily fluid analyzer and a healthcare system including the same.

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer capable of providing various services optimized to users through a mobile platform and a healthcare system including the same.

The technical problems of the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer according to an embodiment of the present invention is a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer connectable with a biosensor capable of accommodating bodily fluid, and operates based on a mobile operating system. A hardware platform comprising: a storage unit storing the mobile operating system and at least one application program operating on the mobile operating system; and a communication unit capable of transmitting and receiving data with an external device; an analysis unit capable of analyzing the body fluid accommodated in the biosensor in a plurality of analysis methods; and when the biosensor is connected to the bodily fluid analyzer, an application program corresponding to the biosensor connected to the bodily fluid analyzer is operated among the application programs stored in the storage unit, and the analysis unit is an analysis method adopted by the biosensor connected to the bodily fluid analyzer and a control unit for controlling to analyze the bodily fluid.

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, a healthcare system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer; and a management server comprising a bodily fluid analyzer manager configured to receive usage information on the bodily fluid analyzer from the bodily fluid analyzer and analyze the usage information to calculate performance of the bodily fluid analyzer or a replacement cycle of consumables included in the bodily fluid analyzer. do.

According to the present invention as described above, the following effects can be obtained.

First, since the bodily fluid analyzer can be scalable by combining the mobile platform with the bodily fluid analyzer, even when various types of biosensors are connected to the bodily fluid analyzer, the analysis method corresponding to the analysis method adopted by the connected biosensor is used to analyze body fluid This may be possible.

Second, various services optimized for users can be provided through the mobile platform of the bodily fluid analyzer. For example, information on the performance of the bodily fluid analyzer or information on the replacement cycle of consumables of the bodily fluid analyzer may be provided, or information on the predicted likelihood of occurrence based on the analysis result of the bodily fluid analyzer may be provided, but is not limited thereto.

1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a healthcare system according to an embodiment of the present invention including a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a management server included in the healthcare system of FIG. 7 .
9 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a healthcare system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Advantages and features of the present invention and methods of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments published below, but can be implemented in various different forms, and only these embodiments make the publication of the present invention complete, and common knowledge in the art to which the present invention pertains It is provided to fully inform those who have the scope of the invention, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used with the meaning commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. In addition, terms defined in a commonly used dictionary are not to be interpreted ideally or excessively unless clearly defined in particular.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing the embodiments and is not intended to limit the present invention. As used herein, the singular also includes the plural unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase. As used herein, “comprises” and/or “comprising” does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other components in addition to the stated components.

Meanwhile, terms such as "...unit", "...unit", or "...module" described in this specification may mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which is hardware or software. Alternatively, it may be implemented as a combination of hardware and software.

Hereinafter, a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer and a healthcare system including the same according to embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, with reference to FIG. 1 , a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. Referring to FIG. 1 , a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention is disclosed.

According to the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to connect to the biosensor 100 capable of accommodating bodily fluid, and the analysis employed in the biosensor 100 connected to the bodily fluid analyzer 10 . Based on the method, the bodily fluid accommodated in the connected biosensor 100 may be analyzed. To this end, the bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to the present embodiment is operated on a mobile basis, and various uses such as downloading a necessary application program or receiving necessary information from a user through the communication unit 13 may be possible.

Here, the biosensor 100 is used to measure the user's biometric information, and may be modularized, for example, in a strip shape, but the shape of the biosensor 100 is not limited to a strip shape. The biosensor 100 may receive a sampled bodily fluid, and when a bodily fluid sample is provided to the biosensor 100 as a user's biological sample, the biosensor 100 may react or Sensing may be performed, and a reaction result or a sensing result may be provided to the connected bodily fluid analyzer 10 .

The biosensor 100 may be specialized according to, for example, an analysis method of a body fluid, and when the analysis method employed in the biosensor 100 is different, the operation or configuration of the biosensor 100 may be different. That is, various types of biosensors 100-1 to 100-n may exist according to the analysis method. For example, depending on the analysis method, the biosensor 100 for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), the biosensor 100 for electrochemical analysis, the biosensor 100 for reflectance photometry, and There may be a biosensor 100 for affinity chromatography, but is not limited thereto. In addition, the bodily fluid may be a fluid in the body, such as blood, lymph fluid, or tissue fluid, but is not limited thereto.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 1 , the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 may include a hardware platform 11 including a storage unit 12 and a communication unit 13 , an analysis unit 15 , and a control unit 17 . have. However, in some embodiments, the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 including a larger number of components or a smaller number of components than the components shown in FIG. 1 may be implemented.

First, the hardware platform 11 may operate based on a mobile operating system. As the mobile operating system, for example, Android of Google or iOS of Apple may be used, but the type of mobile operating system is not limited thereto.

The hardware platform 11 may include a storage unit 12 in which a mobile operating system and at least one application program operating on the mobile operating system are stored, and a communication unit 13 capable of transmitting and receiving data with an external device. However, the data stored in the storage unit 12 is not limited to the mobile operating system and at least one application program, and various data may be stored as needed.

The mobile operating system stored in the storage unit 12 may be upgraded using an upgrade file for the mobile operating system received through the communication unit 13 . In addition, the application program stored in the storage unit 12 may be received and stored through the communication unit 13 , and in the bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to the present embodiment, depending on the type of the biosensor 100 , the corresponding biosensor Since a specific application program may be required for operation 100 or to analyze the sensing result of the biosensor 100 , at least one application program may be stored in the storage unit 12 .

However, the type of application stored in the storage unit 12 is not limited to applications for diagnosis or analysis related to the biosensor 100, and applications that can provide various types of mobile health care services are stored. can be In addition, since a necessary application program can be stored in the bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to a user's selection, the bodily fluid analyzer 10 can be optimized for the user.

On the other hand, if a specific application program corresponding to the biosensor 100 connected to the bodily fluid analyzer 10 is not stored in the storage unit 12 of the bodily fluid analyzer 10 , the controller 17 to be described later connects the communication unit 13 to the You can search for a corresponding specific application online through In addition, the controller 17 may induce the user to download and install the automatically searched application program to the bodily fluid analyzer 10 or to download and install the searched application program. Therefore, since the bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to the present embodiment includes the hardware platform 11 operating on a mobile basis, it is possible to transmit and receive various data as needed, thereby maximizing scalability.

In addition, the application program may be stored in the storage unit 12 of the bodily fluid analyzer 10 in an in-app purchase method, but is not limited thereto. In addition, if necessary, the biosensor 100 may also be purchased by the user through an in-app purchase, but is not limited thereto.

The communication unit 13 may support communication according to various communication standards such as 3G, Long Term Evolution (LTE), Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, and is not limited thereto, and may support various wired and wireless communication methods. Moreover, the communication unit 13 does not only support communication between the bodily fluid analyzer 10 and an external device, and may support communication within the bodily fluid analyzer 10 as necessary, for example, the hardware platform 11 and the analyzer 15 ) can also support communication between

As described above, data including an analysis result by the analysis unit 15, which will be described later, and a mobile operating system upgrade file, an application program or a firmware upgrade file, etc. may be transmitted or received through the communication unit 13, but this not limited

The analysis unit 15 may analyze the body fluid accommodated in the biosensor 100 in a plurality of analysis methods. That is, since the analysis unit 15 may include a hardware configuration or a software configuration capable of analyzing a bodily fluid in various analysis methods, the biosensor 100 is connected no matter which biosensor 100 is connected to the bodily fluid analyzer 10 . ), the body fluid can be analyzed according to the analysis method employed in Here, the hardware configuration may include, for example, an amplifier (not shown), a light source (not shown), or a photo resistor (not shown), but is not limited thereto.

Here, the plurality of analysis methods may include at least one of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), electrochemical analysis, reflectance photometry, and affinity chromatography. It is not limited thereto.

That is, the analyzer 15 may analyze the body fluid using an analysis method according to the biosensor 100 to which it is connected, for example, directly measure and analyze the bodily fluid accommodated in the biosensor 100 or the biosensor ( 100) may receive the sensing result and perform the analysis.

As a result of the analysis of the analysis unit 15, various health information including diagnostic information may be derived, and the health information may include, for example, sensing of blood sugar or cholesterol, as well as information on the presence or absence of a specific disease, but is not limited thereto. does not Meanwhile, the analysis result by the analysis unit 15 may be transmitted to the management server 20 through the communication unit 13 , but is not limited thereto.

The controller 17 may control the operation of the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 . For example, when the biosensor 100 is connected to the bodily fluid analyzer 10 , the controller 17 may control an application program corresponding to the biosensor 100 connected to the bodily fluid analyzer 10 among application programs stored in the storage 12 . You can control this to work. To this end, the controller 17 may receive identification information from the biosensor 100 connected to the bodily fluid analyzer 10 , and the identification information is a kind of identification (ID), which includes information on the type of the biosensor 100 and the corresponding information. Application information for the biosensor 100 may be included, but is not limited thereto.

Further, the controller 17 may control the analyzer 15 to analyze the bodily fluid using the analysis method adopted by the biosensor 100 connected to the bodily fluid analyzer 10 . To this end, the controller 17 not only operates the application program corresponding to the biosensor 100 connected as described above, but also operates the firmware so that the hardware configuration of the analysis unit 15 operates, It is not limited thereto.

In addition, the control unit 17, the mobile operating system is upgraded using the upgrade file for the mobile operating system received through the communication unit 13, or the application program received through the communication unit 13 is stored in the storage unit 12 It can be controlled to be stored in the . In addition, the firmware can be controlled to be upgraded by using an upgrade file for the firmware.

As described above, according to the bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to the present embodiment, since the bodily fluid analyzer 10 can be scalable by coupling the mobile platform to the bodily fluid analyzer 10, various types of the bodily fluid analyzer 10 are provided. Even if the biosensor 100 of

Hereinafter, a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2 . However, differences from the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be mainly described. Referring to FIG. 2 , a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to a second embodiment of the present invention is disclosed.

Referring to FIG. 2 , in the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the controller 17 may include a first controller 17-1 and a second controller 17-2. . For example, the first control unit 17-1 may be included in the hardware platform 11 to control the operation of the hardware platform 11, and the second control unit 17-2 may be included in the analysis unit 15 and analyzed. The operation of the unit 15 can be controlled.

Hereinafter, a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3 . However, differences from the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be mainly described. Referring to FIG. 3 , a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to a third embodiment of the present invention is disclosed.

Referring to FIG. 3 , in the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to another embodiment of the present invention, the analyzer 15 may include a plurality of analysis modules 15-1 to 15-n. The plurality of analysis modules 15-1 to 15-n may analyze the body fluid accommodated in the biosensor 100 in different analysis methods. That is, each analysis module may include a hardware configuration or a software configuration specialized for the analysis method adopted in the corresponding analysis module, for example, when a specific analysis module is based on a spectrophotometric method, the corresponding analysis module is an optical source (optical source). source) and may be configured to include an optical sensor, and may be configured to include an amplifier (amplifier) in the case of another specific analysis module, but is not limited thereto.

Meanwhile, the controller 17 may control the analysis module capable of analyzing the body fluid in an analysis method corresponding to the analysis method adopted by the biosensor 100 connected to the bodily fluid analyzer 10 to analyze the body fluid. Through this, when the bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to the present embodiment is used, no matter what type of biosensor 100 is connected to the bodily fluid analyzer 10 , it is possible to analyze the bodily fluid.

Hereinafter, a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4 . However, differences from the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be mainly described. Referring to FIG. 4 , a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention is disclosed.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention may include a socket 19 to which the biosensor 100 can be connected. As described above, there are various types of biosensors 100 , and since companies manufacturing each biosensor 100 may be different, the configuration of connection terminals of the biosensor 100 may be different from each other.

Accordingly, the socket 19 of the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to the present embodiment is designed so that three or more pins can be inserted so that the connection terminals of various types of biosensors 100 can be plugged-in. may be, but the configuration is not limited thereto.

Meanwhile, in some embodiments, the socket 19 may be a hardware component included in the analysis unit 15 , but is not limited thereto.

Hereinafter, a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 5 . However, differences from the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be mainly described. Referring to FIG. 5 , a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention is disclosed.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention may include a plurality of sockets 19 to which the biosensor 100 can be connected. Here, the plurality of sockets 19 may have the same shape, but may have different shapes in some embodiments. Therefore, even if there are various types of biosensors 100 and different companies manufacturing each biosensor 100, various biosensors 100 may be coupled to the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to the present embodiment. have.

Meanwhile, in some embodiments, the plurality of sockets 19 of the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to the present embodiment may be a hardware component included in the analysis unit 15 , and each analysis module 15-n Each socket 19 may be connected one by one, but is not limited thereto.

Hereinafter, a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 6 . However, differences from the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be mainly described. Referring to FIG. 6 , a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention is disclosed.

Referring to FIG. 6, FIG. 6(a) shows a first surface 10a of a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6(b) is a sixth embodiment of the present invention. The second side 10c of the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to the embodiment may be shown.

Here, the analyzer 15 may have a modular hardware structure detachable from the bodily fluid analyzer 10 , and the analyzer 15 may include a connector (not shown) for coupling with the bodily fluid analyzer 10 . , but not limited thereto. Accordingly, since various types of analyzer 15 may be coupled to the bodily fluid analyzer 10 , the mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 may operate as various devices according to the type of the coupled analyzer 15 .

Meanwhile, the bodily fluid analyzer 10 may include a display unit 10b, and the analyzer 15 is mounted on the detachable part 10d of the bodily fluid analyzer 10 or the detachable part 10d of the bodily fluid analyzer 10 . can be separated from

Hereinafter, a healthcare system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8 . Referring to FIG. 7 , a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a healthcare system according to an embodiment of the present invention including a mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is disclosed. Referring to FIG. 8 , , a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the management server 20 included in the healthcare system of FIG. 7 is disclosed.

Referring to FIG. 7 , the healthcare system may include a bodily fluid analyzer 10 , a management server 20 , and a service server 30 . That is, the bodily fluid analyzer 10 may transmit/receive data to and from the management server 20 or the service server 30 through the communication unit 13 . However, in some embodiments, a healthcare system including a larger number of components or a smaller number of components than the components shown in FIG. 7 may be implemented.

First, since the blood analyzer has been described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 , an additional description thereof will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 8 , the management server 20 may include a bodily fluid analyzer manager 21 , a health information manager 22 , and a health information predictor 23 . However, in some embodiments, a healthcare system including a larger number of components or a smaller number of components than the components shown in FIG. 7 may be implemented.

The bodily fluid analyzer management unit 21 receives usage information for the bodily fluid analyzer 10 from the bodily fluid analyzer 10 and analyzes the usage information to determine the performance of the bodily fluid analyzer 10 or consumables included in the bodily fluid analyzer 10 . The exchange period can be calculated.

Here, the usage information of the bodily fluid analyzer 10 includes information on usage of the bodily fluid analyzer 10 , a manufacturing history of the bodily fluid analyzer 10 , an after service (A/S) history of the bodily fluid analyzer 10 , and the bodily fluid analyzer It may include, but is not limited to, the error occurrence history of (10), information about the user, or information on how to use it. In addition, the usage information for the bodily fluid analyzer 10 is recorded in the storage unit 12 by the control unit 17 or recorded in the storage unit 12 by a user input, and then through the communication unit 13 to the management server ( 20), but is not limited thereto.

The bodily fluid analyzer management unit 21 may calculate the current performance of the bodily fluid analyzer 10 by analyzing the above-described usage information, for example, information on usage including usage time, etc. may be used, but is not limited thereto.

Also, the bodily fluid analyzer management unit 21 may use, for example, information on usage including usage time, etc., to calculate whether the replacement cycle for consumables among hardware components included in the bodily fluid analyzer 10 has arrived.

Further, the bodily fluid analyzer 10 may transmit the calculated performance of the bodily fluid analyzer 10 or information on the replacement cycle of consumables included in the bodily fluid analyzer 10 to the bodily fluid analyzer 10 . Therefore, according to the healthcare system according to the present embodiment, a service required for the user can be provided.

The health information manager 22 may control whether an external terminal accesses the analysis result stored in the database 24 . An analysis result performed by the analysis unit 15 may be transmitted from the body fluid analyzer 10 and stored in the database 24 to be described later. The health information management unit 22 may allow access to an external terminal that needs to share the result of the analysis result continuously stored for a specific user. Whether to allow the external terminal to access may be predetermined by a user's setting, but is not limited thereto.

For example, analysis results may be shared for sharing diagnostic information between a doctor and a patient, analysis results may be shared for sharing diagnostic information between the elderly, social workers and doctors, and analysis results for managing diagnosis history for users may be shared, and analysis results may be shared between family members or between a user and a service provider, but is not limited thereto.

Therefore, according to the healthcare system according to the present embodiment, since the analysis result for the user can be shared as needed, information about the user can be efficiently managed.

The health information prediction unit 23 may predict the likelihood of an outbreak based on the analysis result stored in the database 24 . For example, various prediction services such as the possibility of developing cancer, the possibility of developing Alzheimer's disease, and prediction of lifespan may be possible.

Therefore, according to the healthcare system according to the present embodiment, the user can objectively understand and prepare for his or her health condition by using the analysis result stored in the database 24 .

The database 24 may receive and store the analysis result performed by the analysis unit 15 from the bodily fluid analyzer 10 , but the information stored in the database 24 is not limited thereto.

In addition, as described above, the service server 30 may provide an upgrade file for a mobile operating system, an upgrade file for firmware, or an application program to the bodily fluid analyzer 10 , but is not limited thereto.

Hereinafter, a healthcare system according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 9 . However, differences from the healthcare system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be mainly described. Referring to FIG. 9 , a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a healthcare system according to another embodiment of the present invention is disclosed.

Referring to FIG. 9 , the bodily fluid analyzer 10 may communicate through an external communication terminal 40 that is an intermediate communication device without directly communicating with the management server 20 or the service server 30 .

Although embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can realize that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features. you will be able to understand Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive.

10: bodily fluid analyzer 11: hardware platform
12: storage unit 13: communication unit
15: analysis units 15-1 to 15-n: a plurality of analysis modules
17: control unit 17-1, 17-2: first and second control unit
19: socket
20: management server 21: bodily fluid analyzer management unit
22: health information management unit 23: health information prediction unit
24: database 30: service server
40: external communication terminal 100: biosensor

Claims (6)

A mobile-based bodily fluid analyzer that can be connected to a biosensor that can accommodate bodily fluid, comprising:
A hardware platform operating based on a mobile operating system, comprising: a storage unit storing the mobile operating system and at least one application program operating on the mobile operating system; and a communication unit capable of transmitting and receiving data with an external device , a hardware platform, wherein the storage unit stores usage information for the bodily fluid analyzer;
An analysis unit capable of analyzing the bodily fluid accommodated in the biosensor in a plurality of analysis methods, wherein the analysis unit includes a plurality of analysis modules capable of analyzing the bodily fluid accommodated in the biosensor in different analysis methods, wherein the analysis unit includes a bio It includes a socket to which a sensor can be connected, the socket is configured so that three or more pins can be inserted so that a plurality of types of biosensors can be connected, and the analyzer is a modular type that is detachable from the bodily fluid analyzer with the socket included. which has a hardware structure, an analysis unit; and
When the biosensor is connected to the bodily fluid analyzer, based on the identification information received from the biosensor connected to the bodily fluid analyzer through the socket, an application program corresponding to the biosensor connected to the bodily fluid analyzer among the applications stored in the storage unit a control unit that operates, and controls the analysis unit to analyze a bodily fluid by selecting and using an analysis module capable of analyzing a bodily fluid by an analysis method adopted by a biosensor connected to the bodily fluid analyzer from among the plurality of analysis modules
including,
The analysis unit analyzes the body fluid using an analysis method according to the biosensor to which it is connected, directly measures and analyzes the body fluid accommodated in the biosensor, or receives a sensing result from the biosensor to perform the analysis,
It was determined that an application program corresponding to the biosensor connected to the bodily fluid analyzer is required based on the identification information received through the socket, but an application program corresponding to the biosensor connected to the bodily fluid analyzer among the applications stored in the storage unit If it is not included, the control unit searches for a corresponding application online through the communication unit by itself, and informs the user of the searched application to induce the user to selectively download the in-app purchase method,
The control unit, the mobile operating system is upgraded using the upgrade file for the mobile operating system received through the communication unit, or the hardware configuration of the analysis unit using the upgrade file for the firmware received through the communication unit Firmware for operation is upgraded, or an application program received through the communication unit is controlled to be stored in the storage unit,
The bodily fluid analyzer may include a database for receiving and storing the analysis result performed by the analysis unit, and a health information prediction unit for predicting the probability of an outbreak based on the analysis result stored in the database. provided or
The mobile-based method, wherein the management server receives usage information about the body fluid analyzer from the body fluid analyzer and analyzes the usage information to calculate the replacement cycle of the consumables included in the body fluid analyzer. body fluid analyzer.
According to claim 1,
The analysis unit includes a plurality of sockets,
wherein each of the plurality of sockets is connected to any one of the plurality of analysis modules. delete delete delete delete

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