Abstract: A system for altering blood flowrate during donation comprising a height adjustable blood collection assembly including: a base, a tower extending upward from the base, an actuator and a carrier; the actuator is coupled to the carrier and the tower, and the actuator vertically adjusts the carrier relative to the base; a receptacle being connected to the carrier and configured to receive a blood collection container; and a controller that interacts with at least the actuator.

Abstract: A method and system for donating blood and/or blood components is disclosed. The method and system include at least one adjustment mechanism to alter at least one feature of a blood draw in order to minimize and/or prevent donor reactions.

Abstract: Blood donation frequency is optimized by incentive structures uniquely tailored to individual blood donors. An incentive structure may include incentive offers of different values, with each value being based at least in part on the predicted quality of a blood product produced from blood donated by the donor on a particular date. The structure may alternatively or additionally include one or more incentive offers that are each valued based at least in part on the predicted likelihood of the donor having an adverse reaction to a blood donation occurring on a particular date. The structure may alternatively or additionally include one or more incentive offers that are each valued based at least in part on the predicted likelihood of an attempted blood donation by the target donor being deferred on a particular date.

Abstract: A blood separation device has a controller configured to execute a first and a second version of a blood separation procedure. Information regarding a blood source is analyzed to determine whether to implement the first version of the procedure or the second version. This may include an analysis of the age, weight, and/or sex of the blood source, along with whether the blood source has previously been the subject of a blood separation procedure. The second version may allow for a greater percentage of the blood or red blood cells of the blood source to be outside of the body of the blood source (in a fluid flow circuit mounted to the device) at any time during the procedure. The second version may also or alternatively allow for a higher blood cell separation efficiency than the first version, along with separating the blood in a larger blood separation chamber.

Abstract: Methods and systems for transfusing reduced-volume blood components are disclosed. Previously collected blood components are introduced into a fluid circuit associated with an apparatus that further separates the component into a reduced volume component and supernatant. The reduced-volume blood component is transfused to the patient in need of the component without the risk of circulatory overload.