INDICATING TO A MEDICAL DEVICE PERFORMANCE OF AN OPERATION BY ANOTHER MEDICAL DEVICE

• US 20160271313A1
• Filed: 03/17/2015
• Published: 09/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fenwal Incorporated (Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA)
• Original Assignee: Fenwal Incorporated (Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA)
• Inventors: Radwanski, Katherine, Cork, William H.
• Granted Patent: US 9,901,668 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/34 Filtering material out of the blood by passing it through a membrane, i.e. hemofiltration or diafiltration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/50 with microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/60 with identification means
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• 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 40/67 for remote operation

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.

Claims

1. An apheresis device, comprising:

a blood separating mechanism configured to separate a component from a patient'"'"'s blood;

a scanner configured to read a machine readable indicator; and

a processing circuit configured to receive input data from the scanner, the input data comprising an indication that the separated component has been processed by a blood treatment device separate from the apheresis device.

2. The apheresis device of claim 1, wherein the scanner is configured to read the machine readable indicator from a computer screen.

3. The apheresis device of claim 2, wherein the machine readable indicator is a linear barcode or a two-dimensional matrix barcode.

4. The apheresis device of claim 1, wherein the input data further comprises a patient identifier which identifies the patient.

5. The apheresis device of claim 1, wherein the processing circuit is configured to enable reinfusion of the separated component based on the input data.

6. The apheresis device of claim 5, wherein the processing circuit is configured to enable reinfusion of the separated component based on a patient identifier of the input data matching a patient identifier stored in a memory and based on the indication that the separated component has been processed by the blood treatment device.

7. The apheresis device of claim 1, further comprising the blood treatment device, wherein the blood treatment device is an irradiation device configured to irradiate a mononuclear cell blood component.

8. The apheresis device of claim 1, wherein the apheresis device and the irradiation device are not in electronic communication with each other.

9. The apheresis device of claim 1, wherein the separated component is plasma, and further comprising the blood treatment device, wherein the blood treatment device is an immunoadsorption or lipid column filtration device.

10. A medical device, comprising:

a mechanism configured to perform a first medical operation;

a scanner configured to scan data displayed on a computer screen by a second medical device separate from the medical device; and

a processing circuit configured to receive the scanned data from the scanner, the scanned data comprising an indication that a second medical operation was performed by the second medical device, the processing circuit configured to proceed with the first medical operation based on the indication that the second medical operation was performed by the second medical device.

11. The medical device of claim 10, wherein the medical device and the second medical device are not in electronic communication with one another.

12. The medical device of claim 10, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to receive a user input signal, after receiving the scanned data, to confirm the user wishes to proceed with the first medical operation.

13. The medical device of claim 10, wherein the medical device and the second medical device are independent devices, each having its own housing spaced apart from each other.

14. The medical device of claim 10, wherein the scanned data further comprises a patient identifier, the processing circuit further configured to compare the patient identifier to a patient identifier stored in a memory coupled to the processing circuit before proceeding with the first medical operation.

15. The medical device of claim 10, wherein the medical device is configured to perform a third medical operation for the patient prior to receiving the scanned data from the scanner, wherein the first medical operation, second medical operation and third medical operation are performed with respect to the same patient.

16. 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 machine readable construct from 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.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the scanning is performed using a digital camera, further comprising operating a character recognition algorithm to generate the indication that the second medical operation has been performed on the specimen.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the character recognition algorithm further generates a specimen identifier.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the specimen identifier comprises a patient identifier.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the character recognition algorithm further generates at least two parameters representative of the second medical operation performed by the second medical device.