Mobile App for Blood Collection Instrument Status and Donor Eligibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Hospitals and healthcare providers face challenges in notifying and educating the public about blood donations, leading to inefficiencies in blood collection instrument management due to lack of information and access, which can result in donors not becoming repeat donors.
Innovation Solution
A mobile application system that provides graphical representations of blood collection instruments with status updates, facilitates troubleshooting, and offers training and feedback, enabling improved record-keeping, donor engagement, and automation of manual tasks through a computer-implemented method and tangible storage medium.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If manual management methods are used for blood collection instruments, then operators have direct control over instruments, but information access and communication efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mobile device as an intermediary between operators and blood collection instruments. The mobile device receives data from instruments via communication ports, processes it, and presents it through a graphical user interface. This mediator resolves the contradiction by improving information access without requiring direct complex integration between instruments and central systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical management methods with electronic data communication and software-based interfaces. Instead of physical paperwork and manual tracking, the system uses digital data transmission through communication ports and processing by the mobile device, thereby improving information accessibility while maintaining operational simplicity.
2Reliability
If comprehensive data collection from blood collection instruments is implemented, then donor experience and record-keeping improve, but system complexity and implementation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements partial automation by focusing on specific critical data points rather than attempting to automate every aspect of blood collection management. The mobile device collects and displays essential information such as donor ID, collection volume, and instrument status, achieving improved reliability in record-keeping while avoiding the complexity of comprehensive system-wide automation.
3Productivity
If real-time status updates are provided to operators, then operational efficiency improves, but communication bandwidth and system resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent provides real-time status updates locally on the mobile device rather than transmitting all data to a central system. The graphical user interface displays relevant instrument status information directly at the operator's location, improving operational efficiency without requiring high-bandwidth communication infrastructure or extensive central system resources.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method processes blood donation data for presentation on an operator interface. A handheld computing device has a touch screen display and a processing circuit to provide an icon associated with an executable application on a first display screen, the icon configured to be positioned along with icons for other executable applications on the first display screen. The processing circuit is to retrieve an indication of a need for a particular blood component, wherein the particular blood component is selected from the group comprising whole blood, double red cells and plasma. The processing circuit is to provide the indication of the need for a particular blood component to the display. The processing circuit is to provide to the touch screen display a remaining time or a date the blood donor is next eligible to donate a blood component based on a donation eligibility guideline.