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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2002
Antoine DE Gaulle, Sevres, FR;
Jean-claude Mongrenier, Saint Germain en Laye, FR;
Antoine De Gaulle, Sevres, FR;
Jean-Claude Mongrenier, Saint Germain en Laye, FR;
Biolog, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method which consists in determining ageing an ageing index of a blood bag (), to determine whether the blood bag is or not suitable for transfusion to a patient. The ageing index is calculated by connecting a silicon chip provided with a loop antenna integral with the blood bag () with an electronic communication device (), itself equipped with a loop antenna, connected to a computer () containing appropriate computing software elements. Said ageing index is regularly calculated at the blood transfusion center () from the sample (), until it is removed from storage () to be sent to the health-care institution () and to the operating theatre ().