Authorization scheme to minimize the use of unauthorized medical device disposables on a medical device instrument
First Claim
1. A method for authorizing use of a biological fluid processing instrument with a disposable component, the method comprising:
- receiving the disposable component in the biological fluid processing instrument;
acknowledging communication between a controller computer and a validation computer in the biological fluid processing instrument;
accepting user input of an authentication key associated with the disposable component via an interface on the validation computer, the authentication key representing an authorized number of uses, the authentication key generated from a validation code in combination with a number of biological fluid processing disposables for the biological fluid processing instrument;
verifying the authentication key using the validation computer; and
disabling the biological fluid processing instrument upon a failure verifying the authentication key.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer readable media are provided for disposable component authentication with respect to a biological fluid processing device instrument. An example instrument authentication system includes a computer facilitating configuration and operation of the biological fluid processing instrument using a disposable component. A first interface is provided by the computer and is used by a service technician to configure the biological fluid processing instrument for a number of disposable components and to provide a service technician with a validation code. A key generator is to accept the validation code from the service technician and generate an authentication key in response to the entered validation code. A second interface is provided by the computer, the second interface prompting the service technician to enter an authentication key, wherein the authentication key authorizes use of a certain number of disposable components for the biological fluid processing instrument.
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41 Claims
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1. A method for authorizing use of a biological fluid processing instrument with a disposable component, the method comprising:
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receiving the disposable component in the biological fluid processing instrument; acknowledging communication between a controller computer and a validation computer in the biological fluid processing instrument; accepting user input of an authentication key associated with the disposable component via an interface on the validation computer, the authentication key representing an authorized number of uses, the authentication key generated from a validation code in combination with a number of biological fluid processing disposables for the biological fluid processing instrument; verifying the authentication key using the validation computer; and disabling the biological fluid processing instrument upon a failure verifying the authentication key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A biological fluid processing instrument disposable component authentication system, the system comprising:
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a computer facilitating configuration and operation of the biological fluid processing instrument using a disposable component; a first interface provided by the computer, the first interface used by a service technician to configure the biological fluid processing instrument for a number of disposable components and to provide a service technician with a validation code; a key generator to accept the validation code from the service technician and generate an authentication key in response to the entered validation code; a second interface provided by the computer, the second interface prompting the service technician to enter an authentication key, wherein the authentication key authorizes use of a certain number of disposable components for the biological fluid processing instrument. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having set of instructions for execution on a computing device, the set of instructions, when executed, configure the computing device to implement a method for authorizing a biological fluid processing instrument procedure using a disposable component, the method comprising:
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receiving a disposable component in a biological fluid processing instrument; acknowledging communication between a controller computer and a validation computer in the biological fluid processing instrument; accepting user input of an authentication key associated with the disposable component via an interface on the validation computer, the authentication key representing an authorized number of uses, the authentication key generated from a validation code in combination with a number of biological fluid processing disposables for the biological fluid processing instrument; verifying the authentication key using the validation computer; and disabling the biological fluid processing instrument upon a failure verifying the authentication key. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for authorizing use of a biological fluid processing instrument with a disposable component, the method comprising:
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receiving the disposable component in the biological fluid processing instrument; acknowledging communication between a controller computer and a validation computer in the biological fluid processing instrument; accepting input of an authentication key via an interface on the validation computer, the authentication key associated with a number of authorized uses, the authentication key generated from a validation code in combination with a number of biological fluid processing disposables for the biological fluid processing instrument; verifying the authentication key using the validation computer; and authorizing use of the biological fluid processing instrument upon verification of the authentication key and the number of authorized uses. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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38. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including at least one of instructions and an identifier which, when acted upon by a processor, provide a biological fluid processing instrument authorization device comprising:
an authorization code associated with a disposable component to be used in a biological fluid processing instrument to processing biological fluid using the biological fluid processing instrument, the authorization code to be input via the computer readable medium and validated using a processor to authorize use of the biological fluid processing instrument with the disposable component for a defined number of uses, the authentication authorization code to be generated from a validation code in combination with a number of disposable units for the biological fluid processing instrument. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
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