US 11,990,212 B2
Distributed computing system for blood processing procedures
Grant Benjamin, Ingleside, IL (US); Alfons Conley, Evanston, IL (US); Art Marshall, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US); Dale Meixelsperger, Gurnee, IL (US); Doug Newlin, Wheaton, IL (US); Urmi Marshall, Carol Stream, IL (US); Rebecca Lauseng, Lake Zurich, IL (US); and Jonathan Prendergast, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to FENWAL, INC., Lake Zurich, IL (US)
Filed by FENWAL, INC., Lake Zurich, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/354,882.
Application 17/354,882 is a continuation of application No. 15/796,337, filed on Oct. 27, 2017, granted, now 11,074,995.
Application 15/796,337 is a continuation of application No. 12/545,576, filed on Aug. 21, 2009, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/149,539, filed on Feb. 3, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/091,187, filed on Aug. 22, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2021/0335459 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G16H 10/40 (2018.01); G06Q 10/0637 (2023.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 10/40 (2018.01) [G06Q 10/0637 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A distributed computing system for managing blood processing procedures in a blood processing facility, comprising:
a system server including a memory and a communication interface, the system server configured to store data identifiers for a plurality of different human operators;
a plurality of computerized blood collection instruments configured to collect blood components from donors to generate collected products, each blood collection instrument comprising a communication interface configured to transmit data regarding the blood collection instrument to the system server, the system server storing data identifiers for each blood collection instrument;
a computer coupled to the system server and configured to present the data regarding the blood collection instruments on a display, to receive assignments of different donors to different blood collection instruments from a human administrator, and to configure operator-specific views or prompts for use in operator-specific tasks on the blood collection instruments or other computers using the data identifiers of the different human operators,
the computer to determine at least one desired procedure and blood product to be collected based at least on donor data and to download configuration information to program one of the blood collection instruments for the at least one desired procedure, the one of the blood collection instruments collecting the blood product from a donor using the downloaded configuration information, wherein the downloaded configuration information comprises procedure information and/or operating parameters.