Electronic monitoring of blood pouches to check their age and indicate whether they can be used for transfusion purposes or not based on attachment of an electronic identification chip with an antenna loop for communication

摘要

Method for determining an age indicator for a blood pouch (11) in which the blood pouch is equipped with a chip with a loop antenna by which it can communicate with an electronic communications device (2, 8, 17, 12, 20, 24), which is itself equipped with a loop antenna and which is connected to a computer (9, 13) with appropriate calculation software. The age indicator is calculated regularly and indicates whether a blood pouch can be transfused or not. The invention also relates to a corresponding monitoring system.