Automated Donor Eligibility Management System

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Solution Overview

Problem

The current manual donor eligibility and deferral process is lengthy, not evidence-based, leads to inconsistent decisions, and has issues with staff training and document control, resulting in substandard management of the donor process.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that facilitate the management of a donor process by receiving donor information, retrieving eligibility data, analyzing the information, determining donor eligibility, and transmitting the eligibility data to a user device, utilizing a communication device, processing device, and storage device.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a manual donor eligibility and deferral process is used, then staff can make deferral decisions, but the process becomes lengthy and inconsistent

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedonor eligibility decision processVSAvoidprocess duration

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of staff reviewing documents and making deferral decisions with an automated computer-based system that electronically retrieves donor information, applies eligibility criteria, and generates deferral decisions. This substitution of manual mechanical operations with automated electronic processing directly resolves the contradiction by maintaining operational capability while dramatically reducing process time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by allowing the automated computer system to independently retrieve donor information, apply eligibility criteria, and generate deferral decisions without requiring manual staff intervention for each decision. This self-service automation eliminates the time-consuming manual processes while maintaining consistent application of eligibility rules.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Extent of automation

If manual processes are used for donor eligibility assessment, then staff can evaluate donors, but the decisions become inconsistent and not evidence-based

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedonor eligibility assessmentVSAvoiddeferral decision consistency

Core Design Contradiction:

Extent of automationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual staff assessment with an automated computer-based system that systematically retrieves donor information and applies predefined eligibility criteria. This substitution ensures that the same evidence-based rules are consistently applied to every donor case, eliminating the variability and inconsistency inherent in manual human assessment while improving reliability through automated enforcement of established guidelines.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms by automatically retrieving current donor information, comparing it against established eligibility criteria, and generating deferral decisions based on this feedback loop. This automated feedback ensures that decisions are consistently based on current evidence and criteria, improving reliability by eliminating human judgment variability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Adaptability or versatility

If manual document control is used, then staff can manage eligibility criteria, but incorrect old versions circulate at different biologics collection centers

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveeligibility criteria managementVSAvoiddocument version control

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a centralized universal database system that stores and manages eligibility criteria and donor information. This universal system serves all biologics collection centers simultaneously, ensuring that every center accesses the same current version of eligibility criteria through electronic retrieval. This eliminates the document version control problems that occur when different centers use different manual document versions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates and distributes electronic copies of eligibility criteria and donor information to all authorized users through the centralized database. These electronic copies are automatically updated and ensure that every collection center receives the current version of documents, eliminating the circulation of incorrect old versions that plagues manual document control systems.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS20250132025A1Systems and methods of facilitating management of a donor process

Publication Date: 2025.04.24 IPE JAISON JOHN

AI summary

The present disclosure provides a method of facilitating management of a donor process. Further, the method may include receiving, using a communication device, a donor information associated with a donor from a data source device. Further, the method may include retrieving, using a storage device, an eligibility data. Further, the method may include analyzing, using a processing device, the donor information, and the eligibility data. Further, the method may include determining, using the processing device, a donor eligibility data associated with the donor based on the analyzing. Further, the donor eligibility data corresponds to a biological donation performable by a donor. Further, the method may include transmitting, using the communication device, the donor eligibility data to a user device.