Radio frequency of electromagnetic information systems and methods for use in extracorporeal blood processing
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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.
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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.
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1. A device for use in inactivating pathogens in a blood product comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A device for use in inactivating pathogens in a blood product comprising:
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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.
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21. A method of inactivating pathogens in a blood product comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A system for processing a blood product comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A device for processing blood comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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