US 12,256,728 B2
Systems and methods for vital asset transport
J. Scott Plank, Baltimore, MD (US); Paul F. Summers, Davidsonville, MD (US); and Ryan Lupi, Charlottesville, VA (US)
Assigned to CAREDX TRANSPLANT MANAGEMENT, INC., Brisbane, CA (US)
Filed by CareDx Transplant Management, Inc., Brisbane, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/222,940.
Application 18/222,940 is a continuation of application No. 17/341,101, filed on Jun. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,700,847.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/174,166, filed on Apr. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/035,704, filed on Jun. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0413804 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); A01N 1/00 (2006.01); A01N 1/02 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01)
CPC A01N 1/00 (2013.01) [A01N 1/0263 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for preserving the quality of a transplantable human organ in transit, the method comprising:
receiving, via a central software application in wireless communication with a tracker device associated with the organ packaged in an organ transport container, data inputs, wherein the central software application is tangibly stored on a nontransitory computer readable medium in network communication with a central processing unit (CPU), wherein the data inputs comprise an organ identifier associated with the organ, a tracker identifier associated with the tracker device for tracking a location of the organ, and a telemetric monitor identifier associated with a telemetric monitor for monitoring a local environment of the organ, and wherein the central software application comprises instructions, which when executed by the CPU, cause the CPU to:
store the data inputs in an application database;
establish network communications between the central software application and a plurality of software applications, the plurality of software applications comprising a first web service application configured to authenticate one or more user devices, a second web service application configured to receive notifications from the CPU and transmit said notifications to one or more authenticated user devices, and one or more external software applications, wherein the central software application communicates with at least the one or more external software applications over an application programming interface (API);
update the application database with real-time information communicated from the plurality of software applications, wherein the real-time information comprises one or more of geolocation, aerospace location, local weather, barometric pressure, organ position, container position, vibrational force, temperature, impact, light intensity, acceleration, or organ orientation, and wherein the real-time information is stored in relation to the data inputs;
transmit the real-time information to one or more authenticated user devices over the second web service application; and
receive, from at least one of the one or more authenticated user devices, a reallocation order to reallocate the organ from a first transportation asset to a second transportation asset.