US 11,755,991 B2
System and method for blood component supply chain management
Kathleen Mickles, Woodridge, IL (US); Dale H. Meixelsperger, Gurnee, IL (US); Brent Paul, Libertyville, IL (US); Todd Lewis, Bettendorf, IA (US); Christopher Trussell, Springfield, MO (US); Adam Bryan, Chicago, IL (US); Dean Gregory, Northbrook, IL (US); and William H. Cork, Mettawa, IL (US)
Assigned to Fenwal, Inc., Lake Zurich, IL (US)
Filed by Fenwal, Inc., Lake Zurich, IL (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/129,696.
Application 17/129,696 is a division of application No. 14/142,575, filed on Dec. 27, 2013, granted, now 10,872,307.
Prior Publication US 2021/0110337 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [G16H 40/20 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
3. A method for collecting and tracking blood components, the method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, biometric inputs at a workstation of a blood center to identify a donor;
accessing, by the one or more processors, based on the identifying, a scheduled appointment for the donor including an identification of a scheduled blood component to be collected from the donor;
accessing, by the one or more processors, a user profile of the donor;
determining, by the one or more processors, from the user profile, an eligibility for the donor based on unsuccessful donation attempts of the donor in past;
determining, by the one or more processors, based on a number of times the donor donated in the past, that the donor is eligible to donate again;
determining, in real-time by the one or more processors, that a need for desired blood components desired by the blood center is greater than that for the scheduled blood component;
determining, by the one or more processors, a device capability of a blood component collection machine in collecting the desired blood components during the scheduled appointment;
modifying, by the one or more processors, the scheduled appointment based on the determined eligibility, the determined need and the determined device capability;
transmitting, by the one or more processors, the modification for display at the workstation;
automatically beginning, by the one or more processors, the collecting of the desired blood components, using the blood component collection machine, upon selection of the desired blood components;
reading, by the one or more processors, using the blood component collection machine, an RFID chip at a time of the collecting of the desired blood components;
adding, by the one or more processors, based on the reading, the desired blood components to an electronic inventory log;
reading, by the one or more processors, using the blood component collection machine, the RFID chip when the desired blood components are removed from storage in the blood center to automatically update a status of the desired blood components in the electronic inventory log;
determining, by the one or more processors, using the electronic inventory log, respective ones of the desired blood components that have been quarantined or recalled;
identifying, by the one or more processors, a location of the respective ones of the desired blood components when the respective ones of the desired blood components have been quarantined or recalled; and
displaying, by the one or more processors, an alert using the electronic inventory log, when the respective ones of the desired blood components are quarantined or recalled.