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1. A syringe for use with a patient in a biological fluid treatment system, the patient having a patient identifier, the syringe comprising:
- a syringe inlet;
a syringe chamber for receiving the treated biological fluid;
a syringe outlet in communication with the chamber via a passage;
a syringe outlet valve to control the discharge of the treated biological fluid via the syringe outlet;
an incremental counter for recording temporal data corresponding to biological fluid treatment events, treated biological fluid events and delivery events;
a unique identifier associated with the syringe, the unique identifier correlatable to the patient identifier;
a releasable lock to operate the syringe outlet valve between a plurality of states;
a computer readable medium for storing the unique identifier, the patient identifier, temporal data, and data related to biological fluid treatment events, treated biological fluid events and delivery events;
a processor for comparing the unique identifier to the patient identifier to confirm the correlation between same; and
for receiving the temporal data to determine at least one time delay between the events and for determining whether the at least one time delay is within a predefined range;
a release signal generator for issuing a release signal in response to an outcome from the processor, the release signal to operate the releasable lock.
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Abstract
A syringe includes a releasable lock means for allowing discharge of a treated biological fluid sample to the patient in response to a release signal to the releasable lock means. The release signal is issued following a positive outcome from a verification process dependent upon temporal data from certain events in the collection, treatment and delivery of the biological fluid sample, and identity data of the patient and the syringe with the treated biological fluid.
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1. A syringe for use with a patient in a biological fluid treatment system, the patient having a patient identifier, the syringe comprising:
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a syringe inlet;
a syringe chamber for receiving the treated biological fluid;
a syringe outlet in communication with the chamber via a passage;
a syringe outlet valve to control the discharge of the treated biological fluid via the syringe outlet;
an incremental counter for recording temporal data corresponding to biological fluid treatment events, treated biological fluid events and delivery events;
a unique identifier associated with the syringe, the unique identifier correlatable to the patient identifier;
a releasable lock to operate the syringe outlet valve between a plurality of states;
a computer readable medium for storing the unique identifier, the patient identifier, temporal data, and data related to biological fluid treatment events, treated biological fluid events and delivery events;
a processor for comparing the unique identifier to the patient identifier to confirm the correlation between same; and
for receiving the temporal data to determine at least one time delay between the events and for determining whether the at least one time delay is within a predefined range;
a release signal generator for issuing a release signal in response to an outcome from the processor, the release signal to operate the releasable lock. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A syringe for use with a patient in a biological fluid treatment system, the patient having a patient identifier, the syringe comprising:
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a syringe inlet;
a syringe chamber for receiving the treated biological fluid;
a syringe outlet in communication with the chamber via a passage;
a syringe outlet valve to control the discharge of the treated biological fluid via the syringe outlet;
a releasable lock to operate the syringe outlet valve between a closed state, an open state and a permanently closed state;
an incremental counter for recording temporal data corresponding to biological fluid treatment events, treated biological fluid events and delivery events;
a unique identifier associated with the syringe, the unique identifier correlatable to the patient identifier;
a release signal generator for issuing a release signal to operate the releasable lock following acceptability of the temporal data and the correlation of the patient identifier and the unique identifier;
the releasable lock including;
a pivoted pawl member;
interconnected slots corresponding to the closed state, the open state and the permanently closed state;
a first resilient member having a flange restricted to travel within the interconnected slots, wherein the first resilient member is spring made from a fuse material which temporarily changes consistency under the presence of the release signal, the position of flange within the interconnected slots dictating the state of the outlet valve. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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