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    • 专利摘要:
    A pneumatic tube station (11) for receiving pneumatic tubes, emptying them and transferring their contents to a collecting container (27), in particular an analyzer for blood samples, according to the invention with a Separiermodul (13) equipped with a plurality of chambers (20). The pneumatic tube sleeves can be emptied into one of these chambers (20), and the contents of the chambers (20) can be emptied either into the collecting container (27) or into a separate dispensing location (26). By appropriate methods for controlling a pneumatic tube system with such a pneumatic tube station (11) can ensure that safety-relevant content is emptied only in the separate dispensing point (26) and that normal content is only then emptied into the collecting container (27), if this free capacity Has. The Separiermodul (13) then serves as a buffer memory.
    公开号:AT516714A4
    申请号:T50102/2015
    申请日:2015-02-11
    公开日:2016-08-15
    发明作者:
    申请人:Ing Sumetzberger Gmbh；
    IPC主号:
    专利说明:

    The present invention relates to a pneumatic tube station for receiving pneumatic tubes, emptying them and transferring their contents in a collecting container and a method for controlling a pneumatic tube system with such a pneumatic tube station.
    In modern hospitals, central laboratories are common for reasons of economy, efficiency and quality. Very often these are connected via pneumatic tube with the individual departments of the hospital.
    Pneumatic tube systems consist of a large number of devices, such as stations and switches, which are connected to one another via pipelines as well as electricity and information lines. In large plants, these pipelines are divided into several lines to achieve efficient utilization. The transfer of the sleeves between the lines takes place via crossing units. The connection of pneumatic tube stations to laboratory analysis systems usually takes place directly.
    The connection of blood analysis systems to automated pneumatic tube stations has in recent years, i.a. developed by the Applicant (e.g., EP 2463662 A2).
    In hospitals, there is often a problem that some blood samples need to be processed very urgently, e.g. because the patient is in a life-threatening condition, whereas other blood samples, e.g. serve to track treatment success in patients, are in no way time critical. However, these non-time critical blood samples can block the analyzer for hours.
    It has therefore been proposed in WO 2012/110444 Al that the pneumatic tube station can deliver the unloaded tubes into two different funnels, wherein the tubes of one funnel have priority over the tubes of the other funnel.
    During normal operation of the laboratory connection, thousands of blood samples are sent to the laboratory where they are automatically transferred from the pneumatic tube station to the collection container of the analysis system. This leads to capacity bottlenecks at peak times, since these collection containers can process only a certain number of samples / hour. This can lead to shutdowns of the pneumatic tube system, since the discharge of the transport sleeve is prevented by the system. Only when the collection container of the analysis system has free capacity again, the sleeve can be emptied. These shutdowns of the pneumatic tube in turn lead to longer waiting times for new, possibly critical shipments. In this case, therefore, the solution according to WO 2012/110444 Al only partially effective: only when all pneumatic mail tubes that were delivered before the critical shipment could be emptied into the collection container, the pneumatic tube with the critical shipment in the other, can be given Hopper be emptied.
    However, blood, tissue and other samples from patients with critical or high-security illnesses are also processed and analyzed in central laboratories, which requires specially trained personnel.
    In order to separate these special samples from the "normal" samples, they are currently brought to the laboratory with staff, taken over by the corresponding laboratory staff and manually integrated into the analysis process. In order to be able to transport such high-security samples by standard pneumatic tube to the laboratory, additional stations, which may only be operated by the appropriate personnel, and thus also additional pipelines, etc., would be necessary in the laboratory, which in addition to the space requirement would also mean higher costs.
    It is an object of the present invention to overcome these problems.
    This object is achieved by a pneumatic tube station of the type mentioned in the present invention that the pneumatic tube station has a Separiermodul with several chambers that the pneumatic tubes are emptied into each one of these chambers, and that the contents of the chambers either in the container Auffangbe or in one of them separate issuing office can be emptied.
    The connection of pneumatic tube stations to laboratory analysis systems is thus according to the invention not directly, as was usual, but via a Separiermodul.
    Preferably, the Separiermodul is designed as a rotatable drum having a plurality of sectors which form the chambers. This can be realized particularly easily.
    By providing a Separiermoduls between pneumatic tube station and collection container of the analyzer, there are several advantages with appropriate control.
    Thus, when sending a pneumatic tube, depending on the content thereof, a code for normal / special be entered, and the controller can then cause that in Separiermodul the contents of a chamber in which a "special" designated pneumatic tube was emptied, only in the separate issuing office can be emptied. This ensures a special treatment of such laboratory samples.
    It can also be provided that the contents of a chamber into which a "special" designated pneumatic tube sleeve has been emptied, only then emptied into the separate issuing office, after an authorized operator has identified. In this way it is ensured that only appropriately trained personnel can approach such special laboratory samples.
    Furthermore, it can be provided that the contents of a chamber into which a pneumatic tube designated as "normal" was emptied, only then emptied into the collecting container, if it has free capacity. In this way, the buffering module results in a buffer memory, i. Pneumatic tube sleeves can also be emptied when the collection container is full, so that the pneumatic delivery system is not blocked even then.
    This also causes that marked as "specially" pneumatic mail tubes are not delayed, because a "special" designated pneumatic tube can also be emptied into a chamber and then in the separate issuing office, if other chambers are used as a buffer memory.
    Thus, if the analyzers have enough capacity, i. the collecting container still has capacity, then an incoming pneumatic tube sleeve can be emptied into a chamber and this directly into the collecting container. Otherwise, the contents of the pneumatic tube can remain in the chamber, so that the pneumatic tube can still be sent back immediately and the pneumatic tube system is not blocked.
    In order to ensure the safety of high-security shipments in every state of the plant or process chain (transfer of pneumatic tube to analysis system), critical shipments are emptied into a chamber, to the contents of which only suitable personnel have access. This may then prefer these blood samples or, for example. to avoid cross contamination from irradiated samples - analyze them separately from other samples.
    The requirements for the documented separation and transfer to the analysis process can be met by special software that controls and documents the step in the process chain between the pneumatic tube station and the laboratory analysis line (blood automatons, preanalytical automata).
    With reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention will be explained in more detail. 1 shows an inventive pneumatic tube station with separating module and collecting container of an analysis device; and FIG. 2 shows the separating module without a pneumatic tube station and without a collecting container.
    On a base frame 22 a pneumatic tube station 11 and below a Separiermodul 13 are mounted. In the illustrated embodiment, this is designed as a rotatable drum 14, but could also be realized with a conveyor belt.
    The position of the drum 14 is determined by position switch 15. The drive is made by a motor with belt or
    Tooth drive or other conventional drive models. The illustrated embodiment shows five chambers 20 which are useful for buffering standard samples or storing high security samples. The chambers can be emptied into a collection container 27 of a laboratory device (in standard samples), or in a separate output point 26 (for high-security samples).
    The pneumatic tubes are loaded by users with the biological samples, the samples can be marked with RFID or barcode. This information can be read into the database of the pneumatic tube center.
    The filled sleeve is stored in a station and the RFID data of the sleeve read into the database, thus creating a link between cargo and pneumatic tube sleeve. Additional information of the sleeve (ID, priority, destination, home address) is read in.
    To send the sleeve is either the input on the control terminal or ID identification of the user.
    The central pneumatic post control controls the transport to the destination station in the most efficient way depending on the priority of the shipment.
    Upon receipt of the sleeve at the pneumatic tube station 11, a check of the received sleeve to ensure the correct shipment. In addition, the priority of the program is read out.
    Standard samples are emptied into the collection container 27 of a laboratory analysis system. If the collecting container 27 is full or defective, a signal is sent to the central pneumatic post control. Thus, the samples in Separiermodul 13 in the designated chambers 20, which serve as a buffer tank, emptied. As soon as the collecting container 27 of the analysis system is available again, the now filled chambers 20 are emptied.
    In order to separate critical samples from standard samples in a targeted and documentable way, these programs are provided with their own priority level. Upon arrival of a pod having such a priority level, a signal (audio signal, visual signal, message) is sent to the user at the pneumatic mail station 11. The load is emptied into the separate high-security Ausga order 26. Only after the user ID check (legitimacy, identification, documentation) is the sample released for collection.
    Basically, each sleeve is checked after emptying with a sensor for complete emptying and then returned to the home address.
    权利要求:
    Claims (5)
    [1]
    Claims:
    1. pneumatic tube station (11) for receiving pneumatic tubes, for emptying them and for transferring their contents into a collecting container (27), characterized in that the pneumatic tube station (11) has a Separiermodul (13) with a plurality of chambers (20) that the Pipe mail sleeves in each one of these chambers (20) are emptied, and that the contents of the chambers (20) either in the collecting container (27) or in a separate output point (26) can be emptied.
    [2]
    2. pneumatic tube station according to claim 1, characterized in that the separating module (13) as a rotatable drum (14) having a plurality of sectors which form the chambers (20) is formed.
    [3]
    3. A method for controlling a pneumatic tube system with a pneumatic tube station (11) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that when sending a pneumatic tube, depending on the content of the same code is entered for normal / special, and that in Separiermodul (13) of Contents of a chamber (20), in which a designated as "special" pneumatic tube sleeve was emptied, only in the separate dispensing point (26) can be emptied.
    [4]
    4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the contents of a chamber (20) into which a "special" designated pneumatic tube sleeve has been emptied, only then in the separate dispensing point (26) can be emptied after an authorized operator has identified ,
    [5]
    5. The method according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the contents of a chamber (20) into which a "normal" marked pneumatic tube sleeve has been emptied, only then in the collecting container (27) is emptied when it has free capacity. Vienna, on 11.02.2015
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