Rheological treatment methods and related apheresis systems
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Abstract
Therapeutic apheresis treatments and diagnostic monitoring methods are described, specifically relating to the depletion and/or removal of a broad bandwidth of certain rheologically active elements from the blood of a patient followed by return of the blood so treated to the patient, and to methods or procedures of apheresis treatment, especially biophysiologic blood filtering treatments and computer medicated delivery methods configured to provide such apheresis treatments to patients with certain chronic, age-related, degenerative, atherogenic, thrombotic or inflammatory diseases; especially those associated with RAM accumulation-deposition causing disturbances of blood rheology or microcirculatory impairment.
47 Citations
71 Claims
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1-31. -31. (canceled)
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32. A treatment protocol generator for use in a system that endeavors to generate disease specific treatment protocols based on a patient profile, said treatment protocol generator comprising:
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(a) a treatment protocol derivation means for analyzing disease specific historical composite patient profiles to derive treatment protocols having enhanced therapeutic effects;
(b) an identifying means for identifying particular data of a patient profile which will serve to optimize the disease specific apheresis treatment; and
(c) a treatment protocol generating means for generating treatment protocol that, when executed, will enable optimization of the therapeutic effect of apheresis treatment. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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38. An apheresis treatment data collection and treatment system, comprising:
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(a) a plurality of interconnected computer systems located at a respective plurality of apheresis treatment sites, said plurality of interconnected computer systems being configured to receive input reflective of apheresis treatment parameters and clinical effects produced by apheresis treatments, wherein at least one of said plurality of interconnected computer systems is located at a dedicated out-patient apheresis treatment facility; and
(b) a centralized database system including a storage facility that stores apheresis treatment parameter data and clinical effects data that are received from said plurality of interconnected computer systems, said centralized database system further including a means for creating a composite patient profile based upon apheresis treatment data that is collected for patients treated at said plurality of apheresis treatment sites. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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48. A method for storing and processing input reflective of apheresis treatment parameters and clinical effects produced by apheresis treatments in a apheresis treatment data collection and treatment system, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) configuring a plurality of interconnected computer systems located at a respective plurality of apheresis treatment sites to receive input reflective of apheresis treatment parameters and clinical effects produced by apheresis treatments, wherein at least one of said plurality of interconnected computer systems is located at a dedicated out-patient apheresis treatment facility; and
(b) storing apheresis treatment parameter data and clinical effects data that are received from said plurality of interconnected computer systems in a centralized database system, said centralized database system further including a means for creating a composite patient profile based upon apheresis treatment data that is collected for patients treated at said plurality of apheresis treatment sites. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A system for storing and processing input reflective of apheresis treatment parameters and clinical effects produced by apheresis treatments in a apheresis treatment data collection and treatment system, said system comprising:
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(a) means for configuring a plurality of interconnected computer systems located at a respective plurality of apheresis treatment sites to receive input reflective of apheresis treatment parameters and clinical effects produced by apheresis treatments, wherein at least one of said plurality of interconnected computer systems is located at a dedicated out-patient apheresis treatment facility; and
(b) means for storing apheresis treatment parameter data and clinical effects data that are received from said plurality of interconnected computer systems in a centralized database system, said centralized database system further including a means for creating a composite patient profile based upon apheresis treatment data that is collected for patients treated at said plurality of apheresis treatment sites. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62)
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68. An apheresis treatment data collection and treatment system, comprising:
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(a) first means for enabling a user to enter information about a patient in a computer database;
(b) second means for creating a summary of the information entered into the local computer database;
(c) third means for periodically transmitting the summarized information to a data management system database;
(d) fourth means for allowing local users to search the data management system database for a specific patient profile;
(e) fifth means for performing data aggregation and analysis on the data management system database and for producing reports based on a search criterion; and
(f) sixth means for allowing the local users to download the produced reports. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70)
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71-77. -77. (canceled)
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