MOBILE MEDICAL SUPPLY, SAMPLE COLLECTION AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM

• US 20100063838A1
• Filed: 01/30/2009
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: New York Blood Center Incorporated
• Original Assignee: New York Blood Center Incorporated
• Inventors: Smyth, Michael, Watts, Cynthia, Schumacher, Andy
• Application Number:
  US12/363,510
• Publication Number:
  US 20100063838A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 12/001 Trolleys for transport of medicaments, food, linen, nursing supplies carts specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis A61B50/13; hand carts B62B3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• 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

Disclosed herein is a mobile medical supply, sample collection and transport system and methods for using same comprising a plurality of carts adapted for specific uses.

Claims

1. A method for providing a mobile medical supply, sample collection and transport system for remote medical activities comprising:

loading a plurality of dedicated use carts at a central facility onto a transportation means;

transporting the carts to the remote medical site;

conducting the medical activity;

transporting the carts to the central facility;

unloading used supplies and materials and filled sample units from the carts; and

restocking the carts at the central facility.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the remote medical activity is selected from the group consisting of mobile blood drives, mobile emergency room stations, disaster relief stations, mobile medical clinics, battle sites, accident sites, and medication or vaccination administration sites

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of carts comprises at least 1 cart to 20 carts.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the plurality of carts comprises 2 to 10 carts.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of carts comprises supplies for a station of the medical activity.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein each cart contains supplies for a station at a remote medical activity selected from the group consisting of triage, registration, site management, blood collection supplies, equipment, disaster relief supplies, sample collection supplies, sample collection storage, and medication administration, or a combination thereof.

7. A method for providing supplies for remote blood collection activities comprising

loading a plurality of dedicated use carts at a central facility onto a transportation means,

transporting the carts to the remote blood collection site,

moving the each cart to a location within the remote blood collection site,

conducting the blood collection drive;

moving each cart from the designated location onto the transportation means,

transporting the carts to the central facility,

unloading used supplies and materials and filled blood units from the carts, and

restocking the carts at the central facility.