Radio frequency of electromagnetic information systems and methods for use in extracorporeal blood processing

• US 20030072676A1
• Filed: 09/26/2002
• Published: 04/17/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Frank Corbin III, Peter Fletcher-Haynes
• Original Assignee: Frank Corbin III, Peter Fletcher-Haynes
• Inventors: Corbin, Frank III, Fletcher-Haynes, Peter
• Application Number:
  US10/256,852
• Publication Number:
  US 20030072676A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 422/23
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/10 Bag-type containers
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/12 with means for holding samples of contents
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1406 Septums, pierceable membranes
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1462 Containers with provisions for hanging, e.g. integral adaptations of the container accessories for hanging the container A61M5/1414
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1468 Containers characterised by specific material properties
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1487 with friction fit, e.g. connecting tubes directly to a protruding port
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/10 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/30 Printed labels
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/50 using icons or symbolic figures, e.g. by a graphical representation symbolising the type of pathology or the organ by an image
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/60 using magnetic or electronic identifications, e.g. chips, RFID, electronic tags
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/0011 using physical methods
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/0082 using chemical substances
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/26 Accessories or devices or components used for biocidal treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2202/122 Chambers for sterilisation
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2202/22 Blood or products thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/0236 with sampling means, e.g. sample bag or sampling port
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/025 Means for agitating or shaking blood containers A61M1/0245 takes precedence; shaking in general B01F31/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/0286 Handling a large number of blood product units, e.g. storage cabinets, blood bank administration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/3616 Batch-type treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/3621 Extra-corporeal blood circuits single-needle circuits A61M1/30
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/3622 : with a cassette forming partially or totally the blood circuit
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/36226 : Constructional details of cassettes, e.g. specific details on material or shape
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/3681 : by irradiation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/3683 : using photoactive agents
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/3693 : using separation based on different densities of components, e.g. centrifuging
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/12 : with interchangeable cassettes forming partially or totally the fluid circuit
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 : local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 : sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 : using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 : with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6063 : Optical identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 : Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 : Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

Containers, methods and systems for treating blood or blood component products; whereby the containers are adapted to contain blood products and the containers have connected thereto respective information/identification chips for use in maintaining information about the blood products which may be contained within the containers and whereby the information/identification chips are adapted for having information written to and read from the information/identification chips including the writing of information to an information/identification chip that the respective blood product was subjected to a pathogen inactivation process.

Claims

1. A device for use in inactivating pathogens in a blood product comprising:

a container which is adapted to contain a blood product; and

an electromagnetically operable information chip which is connected to said container;

whereby the electromagnetically operable information chip is adapted for use in maintaining information about the blood product which may be contained within said container; and

whereby the information chip is adapted for the writing of information to the information chip including writing information to the information chip concerning the subjection of the container or the blood product to a pathogen inactivation process.

2. A device according to claim 1 whereby the information chip is also adapted for the reading of information therefrom.

3. A device according to claim 1 in which the electromagnetically operable information chip is adapted to be operable using radio frequency (RF) waves.

4. A device according to claim 2 in which said information chip is adapted to be operable with a discrete electromagnetic information chip reader.

5. A device according to claim 1 in which said information chip is adapted to be operable with a discrete electromagnetic information chip writer.

6. A device according to claim 1 in which said information chip is adapted to be operable with a discrete electromagnetic information chip reader/writer.

7. A device according to claim 1 in which said container has at least two side walls and a peripheral seam and said information chip is disposed on the seam of said container.

8. A device according to claim 1 in which said container has at least two sidewalls and a peripheral scam and wherein said information chip is attached to one of said sidewalls of said container.

9. A device according to claim 1 in which the information chip is adapted to have written thereto information to confirm the blood product contents of the container for pathogen inactivation.

10. A device according to claim 1 in which the information chip is adapted to have written thereto information about the type of pathogen inactivation procedure to which the container or the blood product will have been subjected.

11. A device according to claim 1 in which the information chip is adapted to have written thereto information about the pathogen inactivation agent to which the container or the blood product will have been subjected.

12. A device according to claim 1 in which the information chip is adapted to have written thereto information about the light irradiation pathogen inactivation procedure to which the container or the blood product will have been subjected.

13. A device according to claim 1 in which the container is adapted to be disposed in a pathogen inactivation housing which has defined therein an irradiation chamber so that the container and the blood product contents thereof may be irradiated in the irradiation chamber.

14. A device according to claim 13 in which at least one pin is positioned in said irradiation chamber, said pin being adapted to pass through at least one preformed aperture defined in said container so that said pin and said aperture coact to position said container so that the container and/or the blood product contents thereof will be properly irradiated and so that the information chip is positioned to be written to or read by an information chip reader or writer connected to the pathogen inactivation housing.

15. A device according to claim 13 in which said tray has a moveable bottom member such that when said tray is disposed in the irradiation chamber the bottom member is adapted to be moved to move the blood product contents of the container.

16. A device according to claim 1 in which said container is a first container which is adapted to have been connected to a second container in fluid communication for fluid transfer therebetween.

17. A device according to claim 16 in which the second container has a second electromagnetically operable information chip connected thereto for maintaining information about the second container or the fluid contents thereof.

18. A device according to claim 16 in which the second container contains a pathogen inactivation agent for exposure to the blood product contents of the first container.

19. A device according to claim 16 in which the second container is a blood product collection container from which a blood product may be transferred to the first container for the pathogen inactivation process.

20. A device for use in inactivating pathogens in a blood product comprising:

a container which is adapted to contain a blood product; and

an electromagnetically operable information chip which is connected to said container;

whereby the electromagnetically operable information chip is adapted for use in maintaining information about the blood product which may be contained within said container; and

whereby the information chip is adapted for the reading of information from the information chip including reading information from the information chip concerning the subjection of the container or the blood product to a pathogen inactivation process.

21. A method of inactivating pathogens in a blood product comprising:

disposing a blood product in a container, said container having connected thereto an electromagnetically operable information chip for use in maintaining information about the blood product contained within said container;

positioning the container so that the information chip is disposed to be written to by an information chip writer;

writing information to the information chip regarding the pathogen inactivation process; and

subjecting the blood product to a pathogen inactivation process.

22. A method according to claim 21 in which the subjecting step occurs before the positioning and writing steps.

23. A method according to claim 21 in which the subjecting step occurs substantially simultaneously with the positioning and writing steps.

24. A method according to claim 21 in which the electromagnetically operable information chip is adapted to be operable using radio frequency (RF) waves.

25. A method according to claim 21 in which said information chip is adapted to be operable with a discrete electromagnetic information chip reader.

26. A method according to claim 21 in which said information chip writer is also an information chip reader.

27. A method according to claim 21 in which the information chip is adapted to have written thereto information about the type of pathogen inactivation procedure to which the container or the blood product will have been subjected.

28. A method according to claim 21 in which the information chip is adapted to have written thereto information about the pathogen inactivation agent to which the container or the blood product will have been subjected.

29. A method according to claim 21 in which the information chip is adapted to have written thereto information about the light irradiation pathogen inactivation procedure to which the container or the blood product will have been subjected.

30. A method according to claim 21 wherein the container is made of a material that is substantially transparent to light irradiation.

31. A method according to claim 21 including placing the container into a pathogen inactivation housing which defines an inactivation chamber for the performance of the subjecting step.

32. A method according to claim 31 including the steps of placing said container in a tray having a bottom member, placing said tray in the inactivation chamber, and wherein the subjecting step includes irradiating said container or the blood product contents thereof in the inactivation chamber.

33. A method according to claim 31 in which said information chip is disposed on a seam of said container, said seam also defining at least a one preformed aperture for receiving a pin positioned in said chamber, the coaction of said pin with said aperture positioning said container for pathogen inactivation and so that the information chip is in a position to be written to and/or read by the information chip reader/writer.

34. A method according to claim 31 in which the information chip reader/writer is connected to the pathogen inactivation housing.

35. A method according to claim 21 in which the container has at least two walls which are at least substantially free of opaque indicia.

36. A method according to claim 21 in which said container has at least two sidewalls and a peripheral seam, and said information chip is disposed on the seam of said container.

37. A method according to claim 21 in which said container is a first container which is adapted to have been connected to a second container in fluid communication for fluid transfer therebetween.

38. A method according to claim 37 in which the second container has a second electromagnetically operable information chip connected thereto for maintaining information about the second container or the fluid contents thereof.

39. A method according to claim 37 in which the second container contains a pathogen inactivation agent for exposure to the blood product contents of the first container.

40. A method according to claim 37 in which the second container is a blood product collection container from which a blood product may be transferred to the first container for the pathogen inactivation process.

41. A system for processing a blood product comprising:

a blood processing device; and

a container having at least two side walls which is adapted to be disposed in operative relationship with the blood processing device, said container containing a blood product, the side walls of said container being made of a material which permits the desired processing to be effected on the blood product, said container having connected thereto an information chip for use in maintaining information about said container or the blood product contents thereof;

whereby said container is disposed in operative relationship to the blood processing device so that the information chip is in position to be written to and/or read by an information chip reader/writer; and

whereby information to be written to said information chip concerns the performance of the desired blood processing on the container or the blood product contents thereof.

42. A system according to claim 41 in which an identification chip reader is used to read the information from the information chip of said container to confirm that the container or the blood product contents thereof have been subjected to the desired procedure.

43. A system according to claim 41 in which the information chip is positioned on one of said side walls of said container.

44. A system according to claim 43 in which the information chip of said container is disposed on a seam of said container which is spaced from the contents of said container.

45. A system according to claim 41 in which the processing includes a pathogen inactivation procedure.

46. A system according to claim 41 in which the processing includes a light irradiation procedure.

47. A system according to claim 41 in which the processing includes a blood component separation procedure.

48. A system according to claim 41 in which the container is a blood cassette for use in a blood component separation procedure.

49. A system according to claim 41 in which the container is a blood cassette for use in a pathogen inactivation procedure.

50. A system according to claim 41 in which the container is a cuvette for use in a pathogen inactivation procedure.

51. A device for processing blood comprising:

a tubing set including a blood cassette, said cassette having connected thereto an information chip for use in maintaining information about the tubing set and/or blood cassette and/or blood product disposed therein;

whereby the information chip is adapted to have information written thereto concerning a processing of blood which will have been performed.

52. A device according to claim 51 in which the electromagnetically operable information chip is adapted to be operable using radio frequency (RF) waves.

53. A device according to claim 51 in which said information chip is adapted to be operable with a discrete electromagnetic information chip reader.

54. A device according to claim 51 in which said information chip is adapted to be operable with a discrete electromagnetic information chip writer.

55. A device according to claim 51 in which said information chip is adapted to be operable with a discrete electromagnetic information chip reader/writer.

56. A device according to claim 51 in which the processing includes a blood component separation procedure.

57. A device according to claim 51 in which the processing includes a pathogen inactivation procedure.

58. A device according to claim 51 in which the processing includes a light irradiation procedure.