MEDICAL SOLUTION AUTHENTICATION

• US 20160051746A1
• Filed: 08/21/2015
• Published: 02/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fenwal Incorporated (Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA)
• Original Assignee: Fenwal Incorporated (Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA)
• Inventors: Case, Brian C., Katz, Steven R.
• Granted Patent: US 10,172,996 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/265 inducing Taylor vortices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/342 Adding solutions to the blood, e.g. substitution solutions for preventing coagulation A61M1/3672
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/3455 Substitution fluids
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/36222 Details related to the interface between cassette and machine
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/3672 Means preventing coagulation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/3696 with means for adding or withdrawing liquid substances during the centrifugation, e.g. continuous centrifugation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0413 Blood
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0474 haemodiluting
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/18 with alarm
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/60 with identification means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6018 providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6072 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/242 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A system of authenticating a medical solution used in a blood processing procedure, comprising a blood processing system having a user interface and access to a database of medical solutions identifiable by identifiers, wherein the blood processing system guides a user through steps of the procedure and the user interface prompts the user to execute an action as part of a step; a fluid circuit having an inlet for a medical solution, wherein the fluid circuit is coupled to the fluid processing system; wherein a step of the blood processing procedure comprises drawing a solution into the circuit, wherein the interface receives a user input of an identifier of the solution prior to the fluid processing system executing the step; wherein the fluid processing system is configured to compare the received identifier to medical solution identifiers within the database and, based on a result of the comparison, executing the step.

Claims

1. A blood processing system, comprising:

a blood processing device having a user interface and a memory;

a database of medical solutions identifiable by identifiers;

a fluid circuit for use with the blood processing device having an inlet for a medical solution;

wherein the blood processing device is configured to guide a user through one or more steps of a blood processing procedure including prompting a user to input an identifier of a medical solution, compare the identifier to information within the database, and authorize use of the medical solution upon verification of the identifier within the database.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the fluid processing system is configured to alert the user via the user interface in the event that the medical solution is not an approved solution.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the medical solution comprises at least one of an infusion solution, blood additive solution, anticoagulant solution, saline solution, blood component solution, and replacement fluid.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the identifier comprises at least one of a manufacturer name, solution name, solution contents, content details, product code, bar code, active or passive RFID tag, and photo-recognizable image.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the database is configured to be updated over a network.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the identifier is provided via at least one of a data card, a radio frequency identifier, a bar code, a personal digital assistant, a mobile phone, and a disk-based medium.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the database is stored in the memory of the blood processing device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes at least one of a screen, keyboard, touchscreen, buttons, print-out, voice input, and voice output.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the blood processing device is in communication with the database via a network.

10. A blood processing system, comprising:

a blood processing device having a user interface and a memory;

a database of medical solutions identifiable by identifiers; and

a processing circuit configured to;

guide a user through one or more steps of a blood processing procedure including prompting the user via the user interface to execute one or more actions as part of a step;

prompt the user via the user interface to input an identifier of a medical solution;

receive the identifier of the medical solution via the user interface;

identify the medical solution within the database based on the received identifier; and

in response to identifying the medical solution within the database, proceeding with a step of the blood processing procedure.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the fluid processing system is configured to alert the user via the user interface in the event that the medical solution is not an approved solution.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the medical solution comprises at least one of an infusion solution, blood additive solution, anticoagulant solution, saline solution, blood component solution, and replacement fluid.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the identifier comprises at least one of a manufacturer name, solution name, solution contents, content details, product code, bar code, active or passive RFID tag, and photo-recognizable image.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the database is configured to be updated over a network.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the identifier is provided via at least one of a data card, a radio frequency identifier, a bar code, a personal digital assistant, a mobile phone, and a disk-based medium.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the database is stored in the memory of the blood processing device.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the user interface includes at least one of a screen, keyboard, touchscreen, buttons, print-out, voice input, and voice output.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the blood processing device is in communication with the database via a network.

19. A blood processing system, comprising:

a blood processing device having a user interface and a memory;

a database of medical solutions identifiable by identifiers;

a medical solution port; and

a processing circuit configured to provide a prompt to a user via the user interface as part of a multi-step blood processing procedure operated by the blood processing system, to receive an identifier of a medical solution from a user via the user interface before a step in the procedure, to determine whether the identifier is approved in the database for the step, and, based on the determination, to enable the blood processing system to perform the step of the procedure to process the medical solution via the medical solution port.

20. The blood processing system of claim 19, wherein the memory is remote from the medical solution port and accessed by the processing circuit via a network interface device.

21. The blood processing system of claim 19, wherein the blood processing system comprises an apheresis system.