Extracorporeal blood processing information management system

• US 7,072,769 B2
• Filed: 03/01/2001
• Issued: 07/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Terumo BCT, Inc. (Terumo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Gambro, Inc. (DaVita Incorporated)
• Inventors: Fletcher-Haynes, Peter, Pemberton, Kim, Judy, Richard, Fletcher, Christopher, Langley, Robert W., Sweat, William, Corbin, Frank III, Butzke, Scott, Urdahl, Steven Gage
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoff, Marc S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gutierrez, Anthony
• Application Number:
  US09/797,325
• Publication Number:
  US 20010034614A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,951 Days
• Field of Search: 702/21, 702 30- 32, 382/134, 382/133, 707 1-206
• US Class Current: 702/21
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/0286 Handling a large number of blood product units, e.g. storage cabinets, blood bank administration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/30 Single needle dialysis ; Reciprocating systems, alternately withdrawing blood from and returning it to the patient, e.g. single-lumen-needle dialysis or single needle systems for hemofiltration or pheresis
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/3496 Plasmapheresis; Leucopheresis; Lymphopheresis A61M1/3472 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/3693 using separation based on different densities of components, e.g. centrifuging
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/38 Removing constituents from donor blood and storing or returning remainder to body , e.g. for transfusion
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/387 taking into account of the needs or inventory
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/35 Communication
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/84 for treating several patients simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• 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: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines

Abstract

A blood component collection system with manipulation and optimization capabilities. In one embodiment, process parameters are derived from an input/configured predetermined blood component yield and which is based upon the maximization of at least one process parameter. Thereafter, the blood component collection procedure is performed with these derived process control parameters. In another embodiment, process parameters are derived from an input total procedure time from a maximized value for at least one of the other process control parameters so as to maximize blood component yield in this fixed time. Thereafter, the blood component collection procedure is performed with these derived parameters.

Claims

1. An extracorporeal blood processing information management system for use with a plurality of extracorporeal blood processing machines, said system comprising:

a machine network, said machine network having

a plurality of extracorporeal blood processing machines; and

a server in data communication with said extracorporeal blood processing machines;

a central database in data communication with said server;

a client network, said client network having

a terminal server in data communication with said central database; and

a plurality of data input devices connected in data communication relationship with said terminal server; and

a data manipulation device connected in data communication relationship with said central database, in which said central database contains data concerning demand for selected blood products, said data being manipulated by said data manipulation device to create manipulated preparation data which is communicated to at least one machine of said extracorporeal blood processing machines, said manipulated preparation data being used by said extracorporeal blood processing machine in preparation of said machine for an extracorporeal blood processing procedure.

2. An extracorporeal blood processing information management system according to claim 1 in which said manipulated preparation data comprises optimized preparation data as a result of an optimization manipulation performed by said data manipulation device.

3. An extracorporeal blood processing information management system according to claim 1 whereby said machine network communicates data from said extracorporeal blood processing machines to said central database, whereby this data is run data which represents information about an extracorporeal blood processing procedure run on at least one of said blood processing machines.

4. An extracorporeal blood processing information management system according to claim 1 wherein said information management system is a discrete blood center information management system.

5. An extracorporeal blood processing information management system according to claim 1 wherein said information management system is in data communication with a discrete hospital information management system.

6. An extracorporeal blood processing information management system according to claim 1 wherein said information management system is in data communication with a discrete help center information management system.

7. An extracorporeal blood processing information management system according to claim 1 wherein said information management system is in data communication with a discrete internet information management system.

8. An extracorporeal blood processing information management system according to claim 1 wherein said information management system is in data communication with a discrete manufacturers'"'"' information management system.