Medical instrument control system

Abstract

A medical-instrument service providing system receives an online order for a medical instrument via a communication network from a service utilizing terminal of a medical institution, accesses a stock control server controlled by a supplier of the medical instrument, to check whether or not the on-order medical instrument is in stock in the supplier. If the on-order medical instrument is in stock in the supplier, the system instructs to deliver the medical instrument to the medical institution. If the on-order medical instrument is insufficient in stock, the system accesses a stock control server, controlled by other institution than the medical instrument, to check whether or not the instrument is in stock, via the communication network. If the on-order medical instrument is in stock, the system instructs to supply the medical instrument to the medical institution from the other institution.

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         88 . An electronic medical recording system utilizing a local area network in a medical institution, comprising: 
 a server that has a database for controlling individual medical record information of respective patients, accessible from said local area network; and    an input device that inputs information on a medical instrument used in treatment for a patient,    wherein said information on said medical instrument inputted from said input device is recorded in said patient's electronic medical record on said database.    
     
     
         89 . The system according to  claim 88 , wherein input by said input device is performed upon treatment for said patient.  
     
     
         90 . The system according to  claim 89 , further comprising a safe system for final check before surgery based on said information inputted from said input device.  
     
     
         91 . The system according to  claim 90 , wherein said safe system accesses said patient's electronic medical record by utilizing said local area network to check the record against said information inputted from said input device.  
     
     
         92 . The system according to  claim 88 , wherein said information on said medical instrument includes a product serial code of said medical instrument, and wherein said product serial code is attached as a bar code to said medical instrument, further wherein said input device includes a bar code reader that reads said bar code.  
     
     
         93 . The system according to  claim 88 , wherein said input device includes a handy terminal, and wherein input is performed in a place where the treatment for said patient is performed.  
     
     
         94 . (Currently Amended) The system according to  claim 88 , wherein said information on said medical instrument is transmitted to sad a supplier of said medical instrument via the Internet or a private communication line from said local area network in said medical institution.  
     
     
         95 . The system according to  claim 88 , wherein said medical instrument is an implanted tool placed in a patient's body.  
     
     
         96 . The system according to  claim 88 , wherein said medical instrument is an intraocular lens, and wherein said information on said medical instrument is attached to a package of said intraocular lens.  
     
     
         97 . (Currently Amended) A terminal apparatus used in a system utilizing a local area network in a medical institution, which includes a server that has a database for controlling individual medical record information of respective patients accessible from said local area network, said terminal apparatus comprising: 
 a bar code reader;    a display;    a computer that displays at least some of information on a medical instrument to be used on said display based on the result of reading a bar code attached to said medical instrument by said bar code reader; and    a transmitting unit which transmits at least some of said information to said server via said local area network.    
     
     
         98 . The apparatus according to  claim 97 , further comprising a network interface for connection with said local area network of said medical institution.  
     
     
         99 . The apparatus according to  claim 97 , wherein said terminal apparatus is a handy terminal.  
     
     
         100 . The apparatus according to  claim 97 , wherein said terminal apparatus is used in a safe system for checking whether or not said medical instrument to be used is proper before surgery.  
     
     
         101 . The apparatus according to  claim 97 , wherein said medical instrument is an implanted tool placed in a patient's body.  
     
     
         102 . The apparatus according to  claim 97 , wherein said medical instrument is an intraocular lens, and wherein said information on said medical instrument is attached to a package of said intraocular lens.  
     
     
         103 . The apparatus according to  claim 102 , wherein a bar code is presented on said medical instrument, and said bar code includes a product serial code of said medical instrument, and wherein said product serial code includes one or more of information from a model, a product serial number, and a lens power of said intraocular lens.  
     
     
         104 . A medical safe system utilized in a medical institution, comprising: 
 an input device that inputs information on a medical instrument used in treatment for a patient upon the treatment; and    a computer that checks said information on said medical instrument inputted from said input device against said patient's electronic medical record on an electronic medical recording system of said medical institution.    
     
     
         105 . The system according to  claim 104 , wherein said medical instrument is an implanted tool placed in a patient's body.  
     
     
         106 . The system according to  claim 104 , wherein said medical instrument is an intraocular lens, and wherein said information on said medical instrument is attached to a package of said intraocular lens.  
     
     
         107 . The system according to  claim 106 , wherein said information on said medical instrument includes a product serial code of said medical instrument, and wherein said product serial code is attached as a bar code to said medical instrument, further wherein said input device includes a bar code reader that reads said bar code.  
     
     
         108 . The system according to  claim 104 , wherein said input device includes a handy terminal, and wherein input is performed in a place where the treatment for said patient is performed.  
     
     
         109 . The system according to  claim 104 , wherein said information on said medical instrument is transmitted to a supplier of said medical instrument via the Internet or a private communication line from sad a local area network in said medical institution.