Patent ID: 7072769

Claim:
An extracorporeal blood processing information management system for use with a plurality of extracorporeal blood processing machines, said system comprising: a machine network, said machine network having a plurality of extracorporeal blood processing machines; and a server in data communication with said extracorporeal blood processing machines; a central database in data communication with said server; a client network, said client network having a terminal server in data communication with said central database; and a plurality of data input devices connected in data communication relationship with said terminal server; and a data manipulation device connected in data communication relationship with said central database, in which said central database contains data concerning demand for selected blood products, said data being manipulated by said data manipulation device to create manipulated preparation data which is communicated to at least one machine of said extracorporeal blood processing machines, said manipulated preparation data being used by said extracorporeal blood processing machine in preparation of said machine for an extracorporeal blood processing procedure.