End-to-end vaccine delivery system and method of delivery and post-delivery tracking
OwnerTina Poseyinventor
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Abstract
An end-to-end vaccine supply chain for distribution, tracking, delivery, implementation, and post-delivery data collection and processing. A supply chain is monitored by ensuring proper cold-chain distribution protects the vaccine from manufacturer all the way to delivery to a patient. Equipment would include a cold box integrated with sensors for monitoring temperature and ensuring that the box is not tampered with anywhere in the delivery chain. Back-end delivery tracking and post-delivery monitoring software systems provide up to date notifications to relevant parties of vaccine safety and other information.
Claims17
A vaccine delivery and monitoring system comprising:
- a live-delivery monitoring system comprising a vaccine shipping container, an automatic chain of custody monitoring system, and a shipment tracking and notification system;
- said vaccine shipping container comprising a tamper-sensor configured to generate an automated alert upon activation of said tamper-sensor;
- said chain of custody monitoring system comprising digitally tracked and verified record of a chain of custody for said shipping container;
- said shipment tracking and notification system comprising an automated computer system which receives updated location data of said shipping container and is configured to report said location data of said shipping container upon request;
- a post-delivery monitoring system comprising a first computer having a processor and data storage, user interface, and network connection;
- said post-delivery monitoring system configured to associate a vaccine stored within said vaccine shipping container and a patient assigned to the vaccine;
- said post-delivery monitoring system further configured to receive post-delivery data associated with said vaccine;
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- said post-delivery monitoring system further configured to send a report from said post-delivery monitoring system through a reporting feature to a second computing device.
A method of delivering and monitoring a vaccine, the method comprising the steps:
- manufacturing a vaccine at a vaccine manufacturer;
- identifying said vaccine with vaccine data;
- placing said vaccine into a shipping container;
- shipping said vaccine to a destination;
- tracking said vaccine and reporting said tracking of said vaccine to a delivery monitoring system;
- monitoring a tamper sensor on said shipping container to determine if said vaccine is tampered with and reporting output from said tamper sensor to said delivery monitoring system;
- receiving said vaccine at a destination;
- verifying chain of custody of said vaccine;
- administering vaccine to a patient;
- providing a tracking software application to a patient computing device associated with said patient;
- monitoring internal and external data received by a post-delivery monitoring system, said post-delivery monitoring system comprising a processor, data storage, and network connection;
- determining updated vaccine data with said post-delivery monitoring system from said internal and external data;
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- notifying said patient via said patient computing device from said post-delivery monitoring system of said updated vaccine data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.