# US 2021/0241888 A1 · Point-of-care medical analyzer consumable availability prediction > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241888 A1 - Document ID: US20210241888A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/051,198 - Filed: 2019-05-02 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-04 - Assignees: Radiometer Medical ApS - Applicants: Radiometer Medical ApS - Inventors: Henrik Jepsen GERING; Halina TOMASZEWSKA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241888A1 ## CPC - G16H 40/20: for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms - G06N 20/00: Machine learning - G16H 10/40: for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis - G16H 40/40: for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades - G16H 40/63: for local operation - G16H 50/20: for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems - G16H 50/70: for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - G06N: COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS ## Abstract Disclosed herein are apparatus for generating predicted consumable state data of a point-of-care medical analyzer comprising an input unit and a processing unit. Also disclosed are methods for generating predicted consumable state data of a point-of-care medical analyzer comprising receiving initial consumable state data of a point-of-care medical analyzer defining an initial amount of a point-of-care medical analyzer consumable present in the point-of-care medical analyzer, and an analyzer identifier at a first time index, receiving a second time index, and generating predicted consumable state data defining an amount of the point-of-care medical analyzer consumable predicted to be present in the point-of-care medical analyzer at the second time index using a predicted consumable depletion model selected using at least the analyzer identifier and the initial consumable state data. Additionally disclosed are systems comprising at least one point-of-care medical analyzer, an apparatus as disclosed herein, and a data communications network. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-15. (canceled) ### Claim 16 An apparatus for generating predicted consumable state data of a point-of-care medical analyzer comprising: an input unit; and a processing unit; wherein the input unit is configured to receive initial consumable state data of a point-of-care medical analyzer defining an initial amount of a point-of-care medical analyzer consumable present in the point-of-care medical analyzer, and an analyzer identifier at a first time index; wherein the input unit is configured to receive a second time index; wherein the processing unit is configured to generate predicted consumable state data defining an amount of the point-of-care medical analyzer consumable predicted to be present in the point-of-care medical analyzer at the second time index using a predicted consumable depletion model selected using at least the analyzer identifier and the initial consumable state data; wherein the predicted consumable depletion model comprises (i) a consumable model of the point-of-care medical analyzer defining a consumable depletion rate of the point-of-care medical analyzer consumable in the point-of-care medical analyzer for a test, and (ii) a point-of-care medical analyzer use model defining an occurrence rate of the test; and wherein the predicted consumable state data is generated by the processing unit based on an aggregation of the initial amount of a point-of-care medical analyzer consumable present in the point-of-care medical analyzer, and the outputs of at least the consumable model and the point-of-care medical analyzer use model between the first time index and the second time index and being further configured to receive usage location metadata of the point-of-care medical analyzer defined by the analyzer identifier. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus according to claim 16, further configured to: receive historic usage data of the point-of-care medical analyzer defined by the analyzer identifier. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The apparatus according to claim 16, further configured to: receive a consumable usage rule set defining the consumption of the point-of-care medical analyzer consumable over time. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The apparatus according to claim 16, further configured to: receive a consumable capacity metric of the point-of-care medical analyzer consumable using the analyzer identifier. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The apparatus according to claim 19, further configured to: generate the consumable model based on at least one of the historic usage data, a consumable handling model of the point-of-care medical analyzer, the consumable usage rule set, and the consumable capacity metric of the point-of-care medical analyzer identified by the analyzer identifier and running from the initial consumable state data collected at the first time index. ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The apparatus according claim 16, further configured to: receive usage pattern data of the point-of-care medical analyzer defined by the analyzer identifier obtained before the first time index. ### Claim 22 (depends on 16) The apparatus according to claim 16, further configured to: receive a future usage plan of the point-of-care medical analyzer defined by the analyzer identifier between the first time index and the second time index. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The apparatus according to claim 21, further configured to: generate the point-of-care medical analyzer use model based on at least one of the usage pattern data, usage location metadata, and the future usage plan. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the point-of-care medical analyzer use model outputs an expected number of tests between the first and second time indexes. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The apparatus according to claim 24: wherein aggregating the outputs of at least the predicted consumable depletion model and the point-of-care medical analyzer use model between the first time index and the second time index comprises: calculating a test depletion of a point-of-care medical analyzer consumable in the point-of-care medical analyzer for a test, and multiplying the test depletion by the expected number of tests to generate the predicted consumable state data at the second time index, and/or as a variable between the first time index and the second time index. ### Claim 26 (depends on 16) The apparatus according to claim 16, further configured to: receive expiry date data of the point-of-care medical analyzer consumable; and include the point-of-care medical analyzer consumable as a factor in the consumable model only between the first time index and an expiry date defined in the expiration date data. ### Claim 27 (depends on 16) The apparatus according to claim 16, further configured to: generate predicted consumable state data of a plurality of point-of-care medical analyzers. ### Claim 28 A method for generating predicted consumable state data of a point-of-care medical analyzer, comprising: receiving initial consumable state data of a point-of-care medical analyzer defining an initial amount of a point-of-care medical analyzer consumable present in the point-of-care medical analyzer, and an analyzer identifier at a first time index; receiving a second time index; and generating predicted consumable state data defining an amount of the point-of-care medical analyzer consumable predicted to be present in the point-of-care medical analyzer at the second time index using a predicted consumable depletion model selected using at least the analyzer identifier and the initial consumable state data; wherein the predicted consumable depletion model comprises (i) a consumable model of the point-of-care medical analyzer defining a consumable depletion rate of the point-of-care medical analyzer consumable in the point-of-care medical analyzer for a test, and (ii) a point-of-care medical analyzer use model defining an occurrence rate of the test; and wherein the predicted consumable state data is generated based on an aggregation of the initial amount of a point-of-care medical analyzer consumable present in the point-of-care medical analyzer, and the outputs of at least the consumable model and the point-of-care medical analyzer use model between the first time index and the second time index. ### Claim 29 (depends on 16) A system comprising: at least one point-of-care medical analyzer; an apparatus according to claim 16; and a data communications network; wherein the point-of-care medical analyzer is configured to transmit to the apparatus, via the data communications network, initial consumable state data of a point-of-care medical analyzer defining an initial amount of a point-of-care medical analyzer consumable present in the point-of-care medical analyzer, and an analyzer identifier at a first time index. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The system according to claim 29, further comprising: a mobile data terminal; wherein the mobile data terminal is configured to: display a GUI comprising a representation of the point-of-care medical analyzer, and the initial amount of the point-of-care medical analyzer consumable present in the point-of-care medical analyzer; transmit to the apparatus, via the data network, the second time index via the GUI interface; receive response data from the apparatus; and display an indication of how urgently a replacement of the point-of-care medical analyzer consumable present in the point-of-care medical analyzer at the second time index is required on the GUI of the mobile device. ### Claim 31 (depends on 29) The system according to claim 29, wherein the at least one point-of-care medical analyzer is configured to identify an installed point-of-care medical analyzer consumable using a point-of-care medical analyzer consumable identifier; and wherein the at least one point-of-care medical analyzer is configured to transmit an intermediate amount of a point-of-care medical analyzer consumable present in the installed point-of-care medical analyzer consumable over the data communications network in association with the point-of-care medical analyzer consumable identifier.