Apparatus, systems and methods for storing, treating and/or processing blood and blood components
AssigneeFenwal, Inc.
InventorsCarlos Calderon, Christopher Gassman, David S. Brown
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Abstract
Apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed relating to certain aspects of blood processing, collecting or storing, including method and system for automated authentication, processing device with scanner, blood container with two dimensional barcode, blood collection containers, blood container label and related tracking method, integrated container system, and processing device with sterile connection device.
Claims20
A blood processing device comprising:
- a housing having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is defined in a generally vertical plane and the second surface is defined in a different plane;
- a scanning system incorporated into the housing and including a window defined in the first surface of the housing and a scanner located within the housing, wherein the scanner is configured to scan a two-dimensional barcode through the window;
- a touch screen incorporated into the second surface of the housing;
- a container suspension device configured to suspend a blood container on the blood processing device;
- a tubing clamp associated with the housing and configured to accommodate a tube connected to a suspended blood container;
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- a controller located within the housing, wherein
- the controller is operatively coupled to the scanner, the touch screen, and the tubing clamp, and
- the controller is programmed to execute a procedure in which blood is conveyed through the tube.
A system comprising a disposable blood processing circuit and a durable blood processing device cooperatively associated with the blood processing circuit for controlling flow through the blood processing circuit, wherein
- the blood processing circuit includes a blood container and a tube connected to the blood container;
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- the blood processing device includes
- a housing having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is defined in a generally vertical plane and the second surface is defined in a different plane,
- a scanning system incorporated into the housing and including a window defined in the first surface of the housing and a scanner located within the housing, wherein the scanner is configured to scan a two-dimensional barcode through the window,
- a touch screen incorporated into the second surface of the housing,
- a container suspension device configured to suspend the blood container on the blood processing device,
- a tubing clamp associated with the housing and configured to accommodate the tube connected to a suspended blood container, and
- a controller located within the housing, wherein
- the controller is operatively coupled to the scanner, the touch screen, and the tubing clamp, and
- the controller is programmed to execute a procedure in which blood is conveyed through the tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.