US 12,379,916 B2
Communications and operation control of apheresis systems
Stephanie Lynne St. George, Centennial, CO (US); and John Pittinger, Evergreen, CO (US)
Assigned to Terumo BCT, Inc., Lakewood, CO (US)
Filed by Terumo BCT, Inc., Lakewood, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/116,988.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/318,683, filed on Mar. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0289173 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 8/65 (2018.01); A61M 1/34 (2006.01); A61M 1/36 (2006.01); A61M 60/205 (2021.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [A61M 1/3496 (2013.01); A61M 1/3693 (2013.01); A61M 60/205 (2021.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
detecting, with a controller, a startup of an apheresis machine based on signals received by the controller;
in response to detecting start up, automatically transmitting, by the controller, data to a server;
automatically determining, by the server and based on the data, whether software of the apheresis machine is current;
automatically receiving, by the controller and in response to the data, a response from the server; and
automatically preventing, by the controller, usage of the apheresis machine if the response from the server indicates the software is not current.