Patent ID: 8498882
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A system for allocating and selecting umbilical cord blood preparations, for transplantations, therapies and/or research purposes, wherein the system comprises data processing equipment including multiple processing units connected via a network of said multiple processing units via which data is exchanged, wherein said one or more processing units are configured to: the multiple processing units are configured to arrange and select potential umbilical cord blood preparations according to HLA match, patient weight, number of nucleated cells (TNC) and number of hematopoietic cells (CD34+), metabolites of the umbilical cord blood preparations, of the recipient and/or donor are determined prior to and after said transplantation and/or therapy and are stored by one or more of said processing units, and genome, proteome, transcriptome and/or epigenome analyses are carried out and are stored by one or more of said processing units, wherein in said allocation and selecting (a) at least one collection center and/or storage site and (b) at least one clinic, transplant center and/or research facility, communicate with each other via wired and/or wireless connections wherein the one or more processing units are configured to execute a patient search that comprises determining patient-compatible preparations in accordance with one or more of the following: wherein the one or more of said processing units are configured to produce short list(s) of potential umbilical cord preparations using the following settings: wherein ML wherein CF