Indicating to a medical device performance of an operation by another medical device
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1. A method of performing a medical operation on a specimen, comprising:
- performing a first medical operation on the specimen using a first medical device;
scanning a two-dimensional machine readable construct from a computer screen of a second medical device;
receiving an indication from the machine readable construct that a second medical operation has been performed on the specimen by the second medical device;
based on receiving the indication that the second medical operation has been performed, performing at least one of a third medical operation using the first medical device and a report function using the first medical device.
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Abstract
A medical device includes a mechanism configured to perform a first medical operation, a scanner and a processing circuit. The scanner is configured to scan data displayed on a computer screen by a second medical device separate from the medical device. The processing circuit is configured to receive the scanned data from the scanner. The scanned data comprises an indication that a second medical operation was performed by the second medical device. The processing circuit is configured to proceed with the first medical operation based on the indication that the second medical operation was performed by the second medical device.
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1. A method of performing a medical operation on a specimen, comprising:
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performing a first medical operation on the specimen using a first medical device; scanning a two-dimensional machine readable construct from a computer screen of a second medical device; receiving an indication from the machine readable construct that a second medical operation has been performed on the specimen by the second medical device; based on receiving the indication that the second medical operation has been performed, performing at least one of a third medical operation using the first medical device and a report function using the first medical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of operating an apheresis device, comprising:
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separating a component from a patient'"'"'s blood at the apheresis device; scanning a machine readable indicator from a computer screen of a blood treatment device separate from the apheresis device, the indicator indicating that the separated component has been processed by the blood treatment device; receiving input data from the scanner; and enabling reinfusion of the separated component to the patient based on the input data. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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providing a first medical device; performing a second medical operation using a second medical device which is separate from the first medical device and comprises a computer screen; displaying data on the computer screen; scanning the data on the computer screen, the scanned data comprising an indication that the second medical operation was performed by the second medical device; receiving the scanned data at the first medical device; determining at the first medical device that the second medical operation was performed; and based on the determination that the second medical operation was performed, proceeding with a first medical operation using the first medical device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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