# US 12,179,220 B2 · Apparatus, systems and methods for storing, treating and/or processing blood and blood components > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,179,220 B2 - Document ID: US12179220B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/624,536 - Filed: 2024-04-02 - Published: 2024-08-01 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2015-09-14 - Assignees: Fenwal, Inc. - Applicants: Fenwal, Inc. - Inventors: Carlos Calderon; Christopher Gassman; David S. Brown - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12179220B2 ## CPC - B04B 5/12: Centrifuges in which rotors other than bowls generate centrifugal effects in stationary containers - A61J 1/10: Bag-type containers - A61M 1/0209: {Multiple bag systems for separating or storing blood components} - A61M 1/025: {Means for agitating or shaking blood containers (A61M1/0245 takes precedence; shaking in general B01F31/00)} - A61M 39/12: for joining a flexible tube to a rigid attachment - A61M 39/18: Methods or apparatus for making the connection under sterile conditions, i.e. sterile docking - B01D 21/262: {by using a centrifuge} - A61J 2205/00: General identification or selection means - A61J 2205/10: Bar codes - A61M 2205/3303: Using a biosensor - A61M 2205/3393: by weighing the reservoir - A61M 2205/6063: Optical identification systems - A61M 2205/6072: Bar codes - A61M 2230/207: hematocrit - B04B: CENTRIFUGES (high-speed drum mills B02C19/11; domestic spin driers D06F; analysing, measuring or monitoring physical or chemical properties of samples during centrifuging, see the relevant subclasses for these procedures, e.g. G01N) - A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The blood processing device of claim 1, wherein the scanning system is configured for scanning a selected surface area of a blood container through the window. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The blood processing device of claim 2, wherein the selected surface area is substantially the size of a label located on the blood container. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The blood processing device of claim 2, wherein the selected surface area comprises a generally rectangular area of substantially 4 inches in length and 4 inches in width. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The blood processing device of claim 1, wherein the scanning system is configured for scanning a selected surface area of a suspended blood container through the window. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The blood processing device of claim 5, wherein the scanner is located so as to be about 6-8 inches from the surface of a suspended blood container to be scanned. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The blood processing device of claim 5, wherein the scanner has a field of view and is located within the housing so as to be at a selected focal length from the surface of a suspended blood container to be scanned so that the field of view substantially includes the entire selected surface area. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The blood processing device of claim 1, wherein the window comprises glass shielded against electromagnetic interference. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The blood processing device of claim 1, wherein the controller is programmed to store and/or communicate information scanned from the two-dimensional barcode. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The blood processing device of claim 1, further comprising a weight scale associated with the container suspension device and operatively coupled to the controller. ### Claim 11 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; and 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. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the scanning system is configured for scanning a selected surface area of a blood container through the window. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the selected surface area is substantially the size of a label located on the blood container. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the selected surface area comprises a generally rectangular area of substantially 4 inches in length and 4 inches in width. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the scanning system is configured for scanning a selected surface area of a suspended blood container through the window. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the scanner is located so as to be about 6-8 inches from the surface of a suspended blood container to be scanned. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the scanner has a field of view and is located within the housing so as to be at a selected focal length from the surface of a suspended blood container to be scanned so that the field of view substantially includes the entire selected surface area. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the window comprises glass shielded against electromagnetic interference. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the controller is programmed to store and/or communicate information scanned from the two-dimensional barcode. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, further comprising a weight scale associated with the container suspension device and operatively coupled to the controller.