Systems and methods for storing, retrieving, and manipulating data in medical processing devices

A blood processing system comprising

• means for monitoring status conditions over time during a blood processing procedure,
• means for generating data based upon monitored status conditions,
• a flash memory storage medium including a block file space having a fixed maximum size, and
• means for writing the data to [a] the block file space of the flash memory storage medium.

A blood processing system comprising

• a device including processing hardware to carry out a blood processing procedure,
• a processing control manager residing on the device to monitor status conditions during the blood processing procedure,
• a data interface residing on the device including
• a data storage medium having first and second block file spaces to receive data,
• a data generator task to generate discrete first and second data streams based upon status conditions monitored over time, and
• a file manager task to append each first data stream chronologically to the first block file space and to overwrite each second data stream in succession in the second block file space.

A blood processing system comprising

• a device including processing hardware to carry out a blood processing procedure,
• a processing control manager on the device coupled to the processing hardware to monitor status conditions over time during the blood processing procedure, and
• a data interface on the device coupled to the processing control manager including
• a data storage medium including a file space formatted to a fixed maximum size,
• a data generator task to generate chronologic data streams based upon status conditions monitored over time, and
• a file manager task to append the chronologic data streams to the file space in chronologic order and to read the chronologic data streams from the file space as a chronologic block file.

A blood processing system comprising

• a device including processing hardware to carry out a blood processing procedure,
• a processing control manager on the device coupled to the processing hardware to monitor status conditions over time during the blood processing procedure, and
• a data interface on the device coupled to the processing control manager including
• a data storage medium including a file space formatted to a fixed maximum size,
• a data generator task to generate a time-specific data stream based upon status conditions at a point in time, and
• a file manager task to write the time-specific data stream to the file space as a time-specific block file and to read the time-specific data stream from the file space as the time-specific block file.

A blood processing system comprising

• a device including processing hardware to carry out a blood processing procedure,
• a processing control manager on the device coupled to the processing hardware to monitor status conditions over time during the blood processing procedure, and
• a data interface on the device coupled to the processing control manager including
• a data storage medium including a first file space formatted to a fixed maximum size and a second file space formatted to a fixed maximum size,
• a data generator task to generate chronologic data streams based upon status conditions monitored over time and to generate a time-specific data stream, based upon status conditions at a point in time, and
• a file manager task to append the chronologic data streams in chronologic order to the first file space and not the second file space and to write the time-specific data stream to the second file space and not the first file space as a time-specific block file.

A method for processing data during a blood processing procedure comprising the steps of

• monitoring status conditions over time during the blood processing procedure,
• generating data based upon monitored status conditions,
• providing a flash memory storage medium including a block file space having a fixed maximum size, and
• writing the data to the block file space of the flash memory storage medium.