WO2007058395A1 - Circular matching system and method of applying insurance application thereof - Google Patents

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WO2007058395A1
WO2007058395A1 PCT/KR2005/003886 KR2005003886W WO2007058395A1 WO 2007058395 A1 WO2007058395 A1 WO 2007058395A1 KR 2005003886 W KR2005003886 W KR 2005003886W WO 2007058395 A1 WO2007058395 A1 WO 2007058395A1
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Jin Mo Lim
Dong Hyun Lee
Seong Nam Lee
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  • the present invention relates to a circular matching system for organ transplantation and a method of accepting insurance applications using the same.
  • organ transplantation requires at least two persons: a donor and a recipient, who respectively donate and need an organ or some tissue. In most cases, a donor and a recipient are consanguineous or spouses. In many cases, although a couple, who match themselves up for organ transplantation, is in a close relationship to each other by blood or marriage, organ transplantation therebetween is impossible because of various histocompatibility factors.
  • the previous invention relates to a circular matching system and a circular matching process, which provide a circle in which a plurality of original pairs, in each of which the members are unsatisfied with each other according to predetermined criteria, are swapped in a circular manner to form new optimal or suitable pairs (hereinafter referred to as "circular pairs") whose members are satisfied with the new partners on the basis of the predetermined standards and to form new circles consisting of the circular pairs.
  • the recipients participating in the formation of new circles can be given necessary organs from the donors of the original pairs in a circular manner. That is, if any satisfactory circle is formed, organ transplantation is possible for all the recipients of the circle. Even when the members (recipient/donor) of original pairs are not compatible with each other in terms of organ transplantation conditions, if the members are combined to form circular pairs using the circular matching method, organ transplantation is possible between the members in newly formed circular pairs.
  • a donor in a circular pair donates an organ to a newly paired recipient, even though seemingly incompatible, on the condition that the recipient in the original pair be given a necessary organ from a newly paired donor in another circular pair.
  • organ transplantation may fail. There occurs a big problem if organic transplantation is impossible between a recipient and a donor in a newly formed circular pair if the donor who paired with the recipient in an original pair has already given an organ to a new partner of a circular pair.
  • organ transplantation may not be achieved due to unexpected, uncontrollable accidents, such as a sudden rupture of the heart of the donor during an operation, or due to intent.
  • the recipient of the original pair cannot take part in circular matching any more because there is no organ sponsor therefor. Otherwise, the patient must pair with a new organ donor therefor.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a circular matching system and a process by which, when the donor of an original pair donates an organ but the paired recipient thereof cannot benefit from the donation in a circular matching system of organ transplantation, the pair is compensated for the loss generated in the course of organ transplantation.
  • the present invention provides an insurance-combined circular matching system, comprising: an information storage part for storing information about original pairs comprising recipients and donors and about pair evaluation factors which are to be evaluated for exchanging partners between at least two original pairs in a circular manner; a circular matching part for newly matching recipients with most suitable donors between at least two original pairs by comparing information about the recipients and the donors on the basis of the stored pair evaluation factors to form circular pairs and creating a circle in which at least two circular pairs can exchange their partners in a circular manner for optimal organ transplantation; and an insurance application and receipt part for aiding members of the circular pairs constituting the circle created in the circular matching system to apply for insurance against the case where the recipients of the circular pairs cannot benefit from organ transplantation and for receiving the insurance application.
  • the insurance application and receipt part comprises: a format storage data base for storing at least one kind of insurance application form; an application aiding unit for displaying an insurance application form stored in the format storage data base on a connection terminal for an applicant so that they input contents necessary for applying for insurance; a registration and storage unit for registering and storing the insurance application contents input by the applicant; and a content-transmitting unit for transmitting the information about success or failure of organ transplantation, received by the transplantation result-receiving unit, to a server of an insurance company.
  • the insurance-combined circular matching system is characterized in that the insurance application and receipt part comprises a comparison and judgment unit for comparing information about an original pair which is newly input by an applicant with information about original pairs which are already stored in the information storage part and determining whether the newly input original pair is one of the preexisting original pairs or not, and the registration and storage unit registers and stores the application content input by the applicant only if the comparison and judgm ent unit determines that the original pair input by the applicant is one of the original pairs already stored in the information storage part.
  • the insurance application and receipt part comprises a transplantation result-receiving unit 13 for receiving information about the transplantation result input by the applicant; and a transplantation result-transmitting unit for transmitting information about success or failure in organ transplantation, received by the transplantation result-receiving unit, to the server of the insurance company.
  • an insurance application result- storing part is further provided for storing the information, sent from the server of the insurance company, about insurance application results.
  • Also provided is a process for accepting application for insurance using the circular matching system comprising the steps of: storing information about original pairs, each consisting of a recipient who needs to be implanted with an organ and a donor who donates an organ; and aiding an applicant to apply for insurance against the case where organ transplantation is impossible between a recipient and a donor in a circular pair created on the basis of the information about the original pairs and accepting the application for insurance.
  • the aiding and accepting step comprises: displaying an insurance application form on a terminal for the applicant so as to aid the applicant to input contents necessary for applying for insurance; registering and storing the application contents input by the applicant; and transmitting the stored application contents to a server of an insurance company.
  • the aiding and accepting step comprises comparing information about an original pair which is newly input by an applicant in the aiding step with information about original pairs which are already stored in the information storage part to determine whether the newly input original pair is one of the preexisting original pairs stored in the information storage part; and the registering and storing step is carried out only if the original pair input by the applicant is determined to be one of the original pairs already stored in the information storage part.
  • the process is also characterized in that the aiding and accepting step comprises: receiving the information, input by the applicant, about whether a predetermined circular pair succeeds or fails in organ transplantation between its members and whether the donor originally paired with a transplanted recipient donates an organ; and transmitting the information about success or failure in organ transplantation, received in the receiving step, to the server of the insurance company.
  • the process further comprises storing the information about an insurance application result sent from the server of the insurance company.
  • an insurance-combined circular matching system comprising: an information storage part for storing information about original pairs comprising recipients and donors and about pair evaluation factors which are to be evaluated for exchanging partners between at least two original pairs in a circular manner; a circular matching part for newly matching recipients with most suitable donors between at least two original pairs by comparing information about the recipients and the donors on the basis of the stored pair evaluation factors to form circular pairs and creating a circle in which at least two circular pairs can exchange their partners in a circular manner for optimal organ transplantation; and an information transmitting part for sending the information about personnel particulars of an original pair stored in the information storage part to a server of an insurance company so as to inform an insured person of an insurance payment when organ transplantation is impossible between a recipient and a donor in a circular pair created by the circular matching part.
  • Also provided is a process for accepting applications for insurance using this circular matching system comprising the steps of: storing information about original pairs, each consisting of a recipient who needs to be implanted with an organ and a donor who donates an organ; and sending a server of an insurance company the information of personal particulars of the original pair stored in the storing step so as to inform an insured person that he or she is qualified to receive the insurance when a concerned recipient did not receive an organ from the corresponding donor of a circular pair created on the basis of the information about the original pairs stored in the storing step.
  • a recording medium readable by a computer having a program for realizing the process on a computer, is provided.
  • the pair when a donor of an original pair donates an organ but the paired recipient thereof cannot benefit from the donation in a circular matching system of organ transplantation, the pair is compensated for the loss generated in the course of organ transplantation, thereby allaying anxiety about organ transplantation and allowing a series of circular matching and insurance application processes to be conducted in a bundle.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a circular matching system in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a process for accepting applications for insurance in the circular matching system of FIG. 1
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the structure of a circular matching system in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a process for accepting applications for insurance in the circular matching system of FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a detailed structure of an insurance-combined circular matching system (hereinafter referred to just as "circular matching system") 100 in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention in a block diagram.
  • circular matching system an insurance-combined circular matching system
  • the circular matching system 100 comprises an information storage part 11, a circular matching part 12, an insurance application and receipt part 13, and an insurance application result- storing part 14.
  • the information storage part 11 includes a recipient information repository 1 Ia for storing therein information about recipients who need to be implanted with organs, a donor information repository 1 Ib for storing therein information about donors who donate organs, a pair evaluation factor information repository l ie for storing information about factors which are evaluated to determine whether or not organ implantation is possible between a recipient and a donor when they are matched in a circle (hereinafter, referred to as "pair evaluation factors"), and a circle information repository 1 Id for storing therein information about circles created in the circular matching part 12.
  • a recipient information repository 1 Ia for storing therein information about recipients who need to be implanted with organs
  • a donor information repository 1 Ib for storing therein information about donors who donate organs
  • a pair evaluation factor information repository l ie for storing information about factors which are evaluated to determine whether or not organ implantation is possible between a recipient and a donor when they are matched in a circle
  • circle information repository 1 Id for storing there
  • the circular matching part 12 functions to newly match recipients with the most suitable donors among at least two original pairs to form new pairs (hereinafter referred to as "circular pairs") and create circles in which at least two circular pairs can exchange their partners in a circular manner for optimal organ transplantation.
  • the circular matching part 12 comprises an information searching unit 12a for searching the information of recipients, donors and pair evaluation factors in the recipient information repository l la, the donor information repository 1 Ib and the pair evaluation factor information repository l ie, and a circle creating unit 12b for forming all possible circular pairs in which transplantation is possible between the members on the basis of the information obtained by the information searching unit 12a and creating at least one circle consisting of the circular pairs.
  • the insurance application and receipt part 13 is provided for aiding applicants to apply for insurance against the case where the recipients of circular pairs constituting a circle cannot benefit from organ transplantation and for receiving the application.
  • the insurance application and receipt 13 comprises a format storage data base 13a, an application aiding unit 13b, a comparison and judgment unit 13c, a registration and storage unit 13d, a content- transmitting unit 13e, a transplantation result-receiving unit 13f and a transplantation result- transmitting unit 13g.
  • the application- aiding unit 13b fetches an insurance application form from the format storage data base 13a and displays the insurance application form on a connection terminal 200 for applicants so that they input contents necessary to apply for insurance.
  • the comparison and judgment unit 13c compares the information about an original pair which is newly input by an applicant with the information about original pairs which is already stored in the information storage part 11 and determines whether the newly input original pair is one of the preexisting original pairs.
  • the information to be compared may be personal details including names, ID No., etc.
  • the registration and storage unit 13d registers and stores the application content input by the applicant only if the comparison and judgment unit 13c determines that the original pair input by the applicant is one of the original pairs for whom information is already stored in the information storage part 11.
  • the content- transmitting unit 13e transmits the application content stored in the registration and storage unit 13d to a server 300 of an insurance company.
  • the transplantation result-receiving unit 13f receives the information about which circular pair has succeeded or failed in organ transplantation as the applicants input it.
  • the transplantation result- transmitting unit 13g transmits the information about success or failure of organ transplantation, received by the transplantation result- receiving unit 13f, to the server 300 of the insurance company.
  • the insurance application result- storing part 14 stores the information, sent from the server 300 of the insurance company, about insurance application results.
  • the structure of the circular matching system 100 may be realized by two or more servers.
  • a circular matching server and an insurance application server may be constructed, with information shared therebetween.
  • the insurance application server may be located in the insurance company.
  • the information about recipients and donors may include test results for blood pressure, ABO/RH blood type, AIDS, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, liver function, and HLA factors, such as HLA-A, HLA- B, HLA-C and HLA-DR, and personnel details such as names, ID No., etc.
  • the application-aiding unit 13b outputs an insurance application form on the connection terminal from the format storage data base 13a so as for an applicant to apply for insurance (herein, the applicant may be an insured or a representative or agent of an insured).
  • a variety of insurance application forms according to kinds of insurance may be stored in the format storage data base 13a, and one of them is suggested on the terminal by the selection of the applicant.
  • a beneficiary or a person insured against failure in organ transplantation may be a recipient or/and a donor, or another person, such as a relative of the recipient/donor.
  • the insurance application form has a column provided for specifying an insured person.
  • the comparison and judgment unit 13c performs comparison between the information about an original pair which is newly input by an applicant in step S202 and about original pairs which are already stored in the information storage part 11 (recipient information repository and donor information repository) and determines whether the original pair newly input in step S202 is one of the preexisting original pairs stored in the information storage part 11.
  • step S202 If the original pair input in step S202 is judged to be one of the original pairs stored in the information storage part 11 in step 203, the registration and storage unit 13d approves the reception of the insurance application and registers and stores the application content input by the applicant. On the other hand, when the original pair input in step 202 is judged not to belong to the original pairs stored in the information storage part 11 in step 203, an application for insurance is not admitted.
  • the content-transmitting unit 13e transmits the application contents stored in step
  • the transplantation result-receiving unit 13f receives the information, input by an applicant, about whether a predetermined circular pair has succeeded or failed in organ transplantation between its members and whether the donor originally paired with a transplanted recipient has donated an organ (for reference, the applicant may be an organ transplantation coordinator).
  • the transplantation result- transmitting unit 13g is responsible for the transmission of the information about success or failure in organ transplantation, received in step S206, to the server 300 of the insurance company.
  • the server 300 of the insurance company receives the information about the implementation of organ transplantation. Therefore, a manager of the insurance company can determine the recipients to whom organs were not transplanted and the donors who corresponded to the recipients in the original pairs but donated organs in circular pairs. In this case, the insurance company pays the insurance to the insured person. Therefore, the insurance serves to compensate for loss which is inflicted on the original couple in which the donor donated an organ but the corresponding recipient did not benefit from the donation.
  • the insurance company if determining the payment of insurance to an original pair which did not benefit from organ transplantation, sends the information about the insurance application result through the server 300. This information from the insurance company is stored in the insurance application result- storing part 14 and can be displayed on the terminal 200.
  • FIG. 3 depicts a detailed structure of an insurance-combined circular matching system (hereinafter referred to just as "circular matching system") 500 in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention in a block diagram.
  • circular matching system an insurance-combined circular matching system
  • the circular matching system 500 comprises an information storage part 51, a circular matching part 52, an information transmitting part 53, a transplantation result receiving part 54, a transplantation result sending part 55, and an insurance application result- storing part 14.
  • the information storage part 51 stores therein various information including information about recipients and donors of original pairs, pair evaluation factors, created circles, insured persons, etc.
  • the circular matching part 52 functions to newly match recipients with most suitable donors in at least two original pairs to form circular pairs on the basis of the pair evaluation factors and create circles in which at least two circular pairs can exchange their partners in a circular manner for optimal organ transplantation.
  • the information transmitting part 53 sends the server 300 of the insurance company the information about personal particulars of the original pair stored in the information storage part 51.
  • the transplantation result-receiving part 54 receives the information about the success or failure of the organ transplantation of circular pairs as the applicant inputs it.
  • the insurance application result- storing part 56 stores the information, sent from the server 300 of the insurance company, about insurance application results.
  • the information transmitting part 53 sends the server 300 of the insurance company the information about personal particulars of the original pair stored in the information storage part 51 so as to inform an insured person of insurance payment.
  • the transplantation result-receiving part 54 receives the information, input by an applicant, about whether a predetermined circular pair has succeeded or failed in organ transplantation between its members.
  • the transplantation result-transmitting part 55 transmits the information about success or failure in organ transplantation, received by the transplantation result- receiving part 54, to the server 300 of the insurance company.
  • the second embodiment is preferably applied to the case where all the members participating in circular matching are obligatorily insured against failure in organ transplantation.
  • the present invention is concerned with a program for realizing the above-described circular matching system and process on a computer and with a medium on which the program is recorded.
  • the present invention provides a circular matching system and a circular matching process that is applicable to the medical field of organ transplantation with high efficiency.

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Disclosed herein are an insurance-combined circular matching system for organ transplantation and a process for accepting applications for insurance on the insurance-combined circular matching system, which not only provide a circle in which a plurality of preexisting pairs, in each of which the members are incompatible with each other according to predetermined criteria, are swapped in a circular manner to form circular pairs whose members are compatible with the new partners on the basis of the predetermined standards, but also aids members of the circular pairs constituting the circle created in the circular matching system to apply for insurance against the case where the recipients of the circular pairs cannot benefit from organ transplantation and accepts the insurance application, thereby allaying anxiety about organ transplantation.

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CIRCULAR MATCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF APPLYING INSURANCE APPLICATION THEREOF
Technical Field
[1] The present invention relates to a circular matching system for organ transplantation and a method of accepting insurance applications using the same. Background Art
[2] Except for xenotransplantation, organ transplantation requires at least two persons: a donor and a recipient, who respectively donate and need an organ or some tissue. In most cases, a donor and a recipient are consanguineous or spouses. In many cases, although a couple, who match themselves up for organ transplantation, is in a close relationship to each other by blood or marriage, organ transplantation therebetween is impossible because of various histocompatibility factors.
[3] Usually, when a pair consisting of a recipient and a donor at the start (hereinafter referred to as "original pair") is not satisfactory to each other according to criteria for organ transplantation, the recipient has no choice but to wait for a new and suitable donor without a guarantee of meeting such a donor for the rest of his or her life, thereby bearing great pain.
[4] A solution to this problem was suggested by the present inventor and is disclosed in
PCT Application No. PCT/KR2005/001161, entitled "Circular Matching System and Circular Matching Process Realizable on Computer", (hereinafter referred to as "the previous invention").
[5] The previous invention relates to a circular matching system and a circular matching process, which provide a circle in which a plurality of original pairs, in each of which the members are unsatisfied with each other according to predetermined criteria, are swapped in a circular manner to form new optimal or suitable pairs (hereinafter referred to as "circular pairs") whose members are satisfied with the new partners on the basis of the predetermined standards and to form new circles consisting of the circular pairs.
[6] According to the previous invention, the recipients participating in the formation of new circles can be given necessary organs from the donors of the original pairs in a circular manner. That is, if any satisfactory circle is formed, organ transplantation is possible for all the recipients of the circle. Even when the members (recipient/donor) of original pairs are not compatible with each other in terms of organ transplantation conditions, if the members are combined to form circular pairs using the circular matching method, organ transplantation is possible between the members in newly formed circular pairs.
[7] In most cases, members of original pairs are in a special relationship, e.g., in a consanguineous relationship, such as parents and their offspring, brothers, sisters, etc., or in the relationship of married couples. Such voluntary donors hope to give life to the patients by donating their organs (the liver, the kidneys, the bone marrow, etc.) even if it involves enduring operational pain and a decrease in functionality.
[8] However, if organ incompatibility between recipients and donors of original pairs forces them to participate in such circular matching as in the previous invention, the members of original pairs, which are in a special relationship therebetween, are newly matched with ones who have not been known to each other.
[9] A donor in a circular pair donates an organ to a newly paired recipient, even though seemingly incompatible, on the condition that the recipient in the original pair be given a necessary organ from a newly paired donor in another circular pair.
[10] Though inspection necessary for organ transplantation is sufficiently conducted in advance, organ transplantation may fail. There occurs a big problem if organic transplantation is impossible between a recipient and a donor in a newly formed circular pair if the donor who paired with the recipient in an original pair has already given an organ to a new partner of a circular pair. For example, organ transplantation may not be achieved due to unexpected, uncontrollable accidents, such as a sudden rupture of the heart of the donor during an operation, or due to intent. In this case, the recipient of the original pair cannot take part in circular matching any more because there is no organ sponsor therefor. Otherwise, the patient must pair with a new organ donor therefor. Further, the donor of the original pair who donated an organ has undergone physical and mental damage but the patient sponsored thereby cannot receive a benefit in return. In the previous invention, there is no solution to the problem described above. The circular matching system and method for organ swap according to the previous invention, which is very helpful in organ transplantation, may be shunned by donors and recipients. Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem
[11] Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a circular matching system and a process by which, when the donor of an original pair donates an organ but the paired recipient thereof cannot benefit from the donation in a circular matching system of organ transplantation, the pair is compensated for the loss generated in the course of organ transplantation. Technical Solution [12] In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides an insurance-combined circular matching system, comprising: an information storage part for storing information about original pairs comprising recipients and donors and about pair evaluation factors which are to be evaluated for exchanging partners between at least two original pairs in a circular manner; a circular matching part for newly matching recipients with most suitable donors between at least two original pairs by comparing information about the recipients and the donors on the basis of the stored pair evaluation factors to form circular pairs and creating a circle in which at least two circular pairs can exchange their partners in a circular manner for optimal organ transplantation; and an insurance application and receipt part for aiding members of the circular pairs constituting the circle created in the circular matching system to apply for insurance against the case where the recipients of the circular pairs cannot benefit from organ transplantation and for receiving the insurance application.
[13] According to the insurance-combined circular matching system, the insurance application and receipt part comprises: a format storage data base for storing at least one kind of insurance application form; an application aiding unit for displaying an insurance application form stored in the format storage data base on a connection terminal for an applicant so that they input contents necessary for applying for insurance; a registration and storage unit for registering and storing the insurance application contents input by the applicant; and a content-transmitting unit for transmitting the information about success or failure of organ transplantation, received by the transplantation result-receiving unit, to a server of an insurance company.
[14] The insurance-combined circular matching system is characterized in that the insurance application and receipt part comprises a comparison and judgment unit for comparing information about an original pair which is newly input by an applicant with information about original pairs which are already stored in the information storage part and determining whether the newly input original pair is one of the preexisting original pairs or not, and the registration and storage unit registers and stores the application content input by the applicant only if the comparison and judgm ent unit determines that the original pair input by the applicant is one of the original pairs already stored in the information storage part.
[15] Another feature of the insurance-combined circular matching system is that the insurance application and receipt part comprises a transplantation result-receiving unit 13 for receiving information about the transplantation result input by the applicant; and a transplantation result-transmitting unit for transmitting information about success or failure in organ transplantation, received by the transplantation result-receiving unit, to the server of the insurance company.
[16] In this insurance-combined circular matching system, an insurance application result- storing part is further provided for storing the information, sent from the server of the insurance company, about insurance application results.
[17] Also provided is a process for accepting application for insurance using the circular matching system, comprising the steps of: storing information about original pairs, each consisting of a recipient who needs to be implanted with an organ and a donor who donates an organ; and aiding an applicant to apply for insurance against the case where organ transplantation is impossible between a recipient and a donor in a circular pair created on the basis of the information about the original pairs and accepting the application for insurance.
[18] Preferably, the aiding and accepting step comprises: displaying an insurance application form on a terminal for the applicant so as to aid the applicant to input contents necessary for applying for insurance; registering and storing the application contents input by the applicant; and transmitting the stored application contents to a server of an insurance company.
[19] In the process, the aiding and accepting step comprises comparing information about an original pair which is newly input by an applicant in the aiding step with information about original pairs which are already stored in the information storage part to determine whether the newly input original pair is one of the preexisting original pairs stored in the information storage part; and the registering and storing step is carried out only if the original pair input by the applicant is determined to be one of the original pairs already stored in the information storage part.
[20] The process is also characterized in that the aiding and accepting step comprises: receiving the information, input by the applicant, about whether a predetermined circular pair succeeds or fails in organ transplantation between its members and whether the donor originally paired with a transplanted recipient donates an organ; and transmitting the information about success or failure in organ transplantation, received in the receiving step, to the server of the insurance company.
[21] Also preferably, the process further comprises storing the information about an insurance application result sent from the server of the insurance company.
[22] The above object of the present invention could also be accomplished by providing an insurance-combined circular matching system, comprising: an information storage part for storing information about original pairs comprising recipients and donors and about pair evaluation factors which are to be evaluated for exchanging partners between at least two original pairs in a circular manner; a circular matching part for newly matching recipients with most suitable donors between at least two original pairs by comparing information about the recipients and the donors on the basis of the stored pair evaluation factors to form circular pairs and creating a circle in which at least two circular pairs can exchange their partners in a circular manner for optimal organ transplantation; and an information transmitting part for sending the information about personnel particulars of an original pair stored in the information storage part to a server of an insurance company so as to inform an insured person of an insurance payment when organ transplantation is impossible between a recipient and a donor in a circular pair created by the circular matching part.
[23] Also provided is a process for accepting applications for insurance using this circular matching system, comprising the steps of: storing information about original pairs, each consisting of a recipient who needs to be implanted with an organ and a donor who donates an organ; and sending a server of an insurance company the information of personal particulars of the original pair stored in the storing step so as to inform an insured person that he or she is qualified to receive the insurance when a concerned recipient did not receive an organ from the corresponding donor of a circular pair created on the basis of the information about the original pairs stored in the storing step.
[24] In accordance with the present invention, a recording medium readable by a computer, having a program for realizing the process on a computer, is provided.
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[25] According to the present invention, when a donor of an original pair donates an organ but the paired recipient thereof cannot benefit from the donation in a circular matching system of organ transplantation, the pair is compensated for the loss generated in the course of organ transplantation, thereby allaying anxiety about organ transplantation and allowing a series of circular matching and insurance application processes to be conducted in a bundle.
Brief Description of the Drawings [26] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a circular matching system in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention; [27] FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a process for accepting applications for insurance in the circular matching system of FIG. 1 ; [28] FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the structure of a circular matching system in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention; and [29] FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a process for accepting applications for insurance in the circular matching system of FIG. 3.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention [30] Reference should now be made to the drawings, in which the same reference numerals are used throughout the different drawings to designate the same or similar components. [31] [32] First Embodiment
[33] FIG. 1 depicts a detailed structure of an insurance-combined circular matching system (hereinafter referred to just as "circular matching system") 100 in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention in a block diagram.
[34] As seen in FIG. 1, the circular matching system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention comprises an information storage part 11, a circular matching part 12, an insurance application and receipt part 13, and an insurance application result- storing part 14.
[35] Functioning to store various information necessary for circular matching, the information storage part 11 includes a recipient information repository 1 Ia for storing therein information about recipients who need to be implanted with organs, a donor information repository 1 Ib for storing therein information about donors who donate organs, a pair evaluation factor information repository l ie for storing information about factors which are evaluated to determine whether or not organ implantation is possible between a recipient and a donor when they are matched in a circle (hereinafter, referred to as "pair evaluation factors"), and a circle information repository 1 Id for storing therein information about circles created in the circular matching part 12.
[36] On the basis of the information stored in the information storage part 11
(information about recipients, donors and pair evaluation factors), the circular matching part 12 functions to newly match recipients with the most suitable donors among at least two original pairs to form new pairs (hereinafter referred to as "circular pairs") and create circles in which at least two circular pairs can exchange their partners in a circular manner for optimal organ transplantation. In order to properly perform the function, the circular matching part 12 comprises an information searching unit 12a for searching the information of recipients, donors and pair evaluation factors in the recipient information repository l la, the donor information repository 1 Ib and the pair evaluation factor information repository l ie, and a circle creating unit 12b for forming all possible circular pairs in which transplantation is possible between the members on the basis of the information obtained by the information searching unit 12a and creating at least one circle consisting of the circular pairs. A more detailed description of the pair evaluation factors and circle creation is provided in the previous invention and is thus omitted herein.
[37] The insurance application and receipt part 13 is provided for aiding applicants to apply for insurance against the case where the recipients of circular pairs constituting a circle cannot benefit from organ transplantation and for receiving the application. In connection with this, the insurance application and receipt 13 comprises a format storage data base 13a, an application aiding unit 13b, a comparison and judgment unit 13c, a registration and storage unit 13d, a content- transmitting unit 13e, a transplantation result-receiving unit 13f and a transplantation result- transmitting unit 13g.
[38] In the format storage data base 13a, at least one kind of insurance application form is stored.
[39] The application- aiding unit 13b fetches an insurance application form from the format storage data base 13a and displays the insurance application form on a connection terminal 200 for applicants so that they input contents necessary to apply for insurance.
[40] The comparison and judgment unit 13c compares the information about an original pair which is newly input by an applicant with the information about original pairs which is already stored in the information storage part 11 and determines whether the newly input original pair is one of the preexisting original pairs. The information to be compared may be personal details including names, ID No., etc.
[41] As an applicant applies for insurance with the aid of the application- aiding unit 13b, the registration and storage unit 13d registers and stores the application content input by the applicant only if the comparison and judgment unit 13c determines that the original pair input by the applicant is one of the original pairs for whom information is already stored in the information storage part 11.
[42] The content- transmitting unit 13e transmits the application content stored in the registration and storage unit 13d to a server 300 of an insurance company.
[43] The transplantation result-receiving unit 13f receives the information about which circular pair has succeeded or failed in organ transplantation as the applicants input it.
[44] The transplantation result- transmitting unit 13g transmits the information about success or failure of organ transplantation, received by the transplantation result- receiving unit 13f, to the server 300 of the insurance company.
[45] Meanwhile, the insurance application result- storing part 14 stores the information, sent from the server 300 of the insurance company, about insurance application results.
[46] Alternatively, the structure of the circular matching system 100 may be realized by two or more servers. For example, a circular matching server and an insurance application server may be constructed, with information shared therebetween. In this case, the insurance application server may be located in the insurance company.
[47] A process of accepting applications for insurance, conducted in the circular matching system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, is described below with reference to FIG. 2, in a stepwise manner in numerical order as a matter of convenience.
[48] 1. Storage of information on pairs <S201>
[49] When organ transplantation is impossible between a recipient and a donor in an original pair, their information is input by them or a coordinator (hereinafter generically referred to as "applicant") in order to reciprocally donate organs through the circular matching (in this step, the applicant may be an organ transplantation coordinator). The information about recipients and donors input through the connection terminal 200 by applicants is stored in the recipient information repository 11a and the donor information repository 1 Ib, respectively. Herein, the information about recipients and donors may include test results for blood pressure, ABO/RH blood type, AIDS, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, liver function, and HLA factors, such as HLA-A, HLA- B, HLA-C and HLA-DR, and personnel details such as names, ID No., etc.
[50] 2. Application for insurance <S202>
[51] Subsequently, the application-aiding unit 13b outputs an insurance application form on the connection terminal from the format storage data base 13a so as for an applicant to apply for insurance (herein, the applicant may be an insured or a representative or agent of an insured).
[52] A variety of insurance application forms according to kinds of insurance may be stored in the format storage data base 13a, and one of them is suggested on the terminal by the selection of the applicant. For reference, a beneficiary or a person insured against failure in organ transplantation may be a recipient or/and a donor, or another person, such as a relative of the recipient/donor. Thus, the insurance application form has a column provided for specifying an insured person.
[53] 3. Comparison and judgment <S203>
[54] The comparison and judgment unit 13c performs comparison between the information about an original pair which is newly input by an applicant in step S202 and about original pairs which are already stored in the information storage part 11 (recipient information repository and donor information repository) and determines whether the original pair newly input in step S202 is one of the preexisting original pairs stored in the information storage part 11.
[55] 4. Registration and storage <S204>
[56] If the original pair input in step S202 is judged to be one of the original pairs stored in the information storage part 11 in step 203, the registration and storage unit 13d approves the reception of the insurance application and registers and stores the application content input by the applicant. On the other hand, when the original pair input in step 202 is judged not to belong to the original pairs stored in the information storage part 11 in step 203, an application for insurance is not admitted.
[57] 5. Content transmission <S205>
[58] The content-transmitting unit 13e transmits the application contents stored in step
S204 to a server 300 of an insurance company.
[59] 6. Result receipt <S206>
[60] The transplantation result-receiving unit 13f receives the information, input by an applicant, about whether a predetermined circular pair has succeeded or failed in organ transplantation between its members and whether the donor originally paired with a transplanted recipient has donated an organ (for reference, the applicant may be an organ transplantation coordinator).
[61] 7. Result transmission <S207>
[62] The transplantation result- transmitting unit 13g is responsible for the transmission of the information about success or failure in organ transplantation, received in step S206, to the server 300 of the insurance company.
[63] After the above-mentioned processes have been conducted, the server 300 of the insurance company receives the information about the implementation of organ transplantation. Therefore, a manager of the insurance company can determine the recipients to whom organs were not transplanted and the donors who corresponded to the recipients in the original pairs but donated organs in circular pairs. In this case, the insurance company pays the insurance to the insured person. Therefore, the insurance serves to compensate for loss which is inflicted on the original couple in which the donor donated an organ but the corresponding recipient did not benefit from the donation.
[64] 8. Storage of insurance application result <S208>
[65] The insurance company, if determining the payment of insurance to an original pair which did not benefit from organ transplantation, sends the information about the insurance application result through the server 300. This information from the insurance company is stored in the insurance application result- storing part 14 and can be displayed on the terminal 200.
[66]
[67] Second Embodiment
[68] FIG. 3 depicts a detailed structure of an insurance-combined circular matching system (hereinafter referred to just as "circular matching system") 500 in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention in a block diagram.
[69] As seen in FIG. 3, the circular matching system 500 according to the second embodiment of the present invention comprises an information storage part 51, a circular matching part 52, an information transmitting part 53, a transplantation result receiving part 54, a transplantation result sending part 55, and an insurance application result- storing part 14.
[70] As in the first embodiment, the information storage part 51 stores therein various information including information about recipients and donors of original pairs, pair evaluation factors, created circles, insured persons, etc.
[71] Like the circular matching part 12, the circular matching part 52 functions to newly match recipients with most suitable donors in at least two original pairs to form circular pairs on the basis of the pair evaluation factors and create circles in which at least two circular pairs can exchange their partners in a circular manner for optimal organ transplantation.
[72] In order to inform an insured person that he or she is qualified to receive the insurance when a concerned recipient did not receive an organ from the corresponding donor of the circular pair created by the circular matching part 52, the information transmitting part 53 sends the server 300 of the insurance company the information about personal particulars of the original pair stored in the information storage part 51.
[73] The transplantation result-receiving part 54 receives the information about the success or failure of the organ transplantation of circular pairs as the applicant inputs it.
[74] To the server 300 of the insurance company, the transplantation result- sending part
55 sends the information about transplantation success or failure received by the transplantation result-receiving part 54.
[75] Meanwhile, the insurance application result- storing part 56 stores the information, sent from the server 300 of the insurance company, about insurance application results.
[76] A process of accepting applications for insurance, conducted in the circular matching system 500 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, is described below with reference to FIG. 4, in a stepwise manner in numerical order as a matter of convenience.
[77] 1. Storage of information on pairs <S401>
[78] When information about a recipient and a donor of an original pair is input by an applicant in order to reciprocally provide organs through the circular matching, it is stored, along with the information about an insured person, in the information storage part 51.
[79] 2. Information transmission <S402>
[80] When a concerned recipient did not receive an organ from the corresponding donor of a circular pair created by the circular matching part 52, the information transmitting part 53 sends the server 300 of the insurance company the information about personal particulars of the original pair stored in the information storage part 51 so as to inform an insured person of insurance payment.
[81] 3. Result receipt <S403>
[82] The transplantation result-receiving part 54 receives the information, input by an applicant, about whether a predetermined circular pair has succeeded or failed in organ transplantation between its members.
[83] 4. Result transmission <S404>
[84] The transplantation result-transmitting part 55 transmits the information about success or failure in organ transplantation, received by the transplantation result- receiving part 54, to the server 300 of the insurance company.
[85] 5. Storage of insurance application result <S405>
[86] Information about the insurance application result is transmitted from the server 300 of the insurance company and stored in the insurance application result- storing part 56.
[87] Unlike the first embodiment, the second embodiment is preferably applied to the case where all the members participating in circular matching are obligatorily insured against failure in organ transplantation.
[88] In addition, the present invention is concerned with a program for realizing the above-described circular matching system and process on a computer and with a medium on which the program is recorded. Industrial Applicability
[89] As described hereinbefore, the present invention provides a circular matching system and a circular matching process that is applicable to the medical field of organ transplantation with high efficiency.
[90] Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims.

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[1] An insurance-combined circular matching system, comprising: an information storage part for storing information about original pairs comprising recipients and donors and about pair evaluation factors which are to be evaluated for exchanging partners between at least two original pairs in a circular manner; a circular matching part for newly matching recipients with most suitable donors between at least two original pairs by comparing information about the recipients and the donors on the basis of the stored pair evaluation factors to form circular pairs and creating a circle in which at least two circular pairs can exchange their partners in a circular manner for optimal organ transplantation; and an insurance application and receipt part for aiding members of the circular pairs constituting the circle created in the circular matching system to apply for insurance against the case where the recipients of the circular pairs cannot benefit from organ transplantation and for receiving the insurance application.
[2] The insurance-combined circular matching system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the insurance application and receipt part comprises: a format storage data base for storing at least one kind of insurance application form; an application aiding unit for displaying an insurance application form stored in the format storage data base on a connection terminal for an applicant so that they input contents necessary for applying for insurance; a registration and storage unit for registering and storing the insurance application contents input by the applicant; and a content-transmitting unit for transmitting the information about success or failure of organ transplantation, received by the transplantation result-receiving unit, to a server of an insurance company.
[3] The insurance-combined circular matching system as set forth in claim 2, wherein the insurance application and receipt part comprises a comparison and judgment unit for comparing information about an original pair which is newly input by an applicant with information about original pairs which are already stored in the information storage part and determining whether the newly input original pair is one of the preexisting original pairs or not, and the registration and storage unit registers and stores the application content input by the applicant only if the comparison and judgment unit determines that the original pair input by the applicant is one of the original pairs already stored in the information storage part.
[4] The insurance-combined circular matching system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the insurance application and receipt part comprises a transplantation result-receiving unit 13 for receiving information about the transplantation result input by the applicant; and a transplantation result-transmitting unit for transmitting information about success or failure of organ transplantation, received by the transplantation result- receiving unit, to the server of the insurance company.
[5] The insurance-combined circular matching system as set forth in claim 4, further comprising an insurance application result- storing part for storing the information, sent from the server of the insurance company, about insurance application results.
[6] An insurance-combined circular matching system, comprising: an information storage part for storing information about original pairs comprising recipients and donors and about pair evaluation factors which are to be evaluated for exchanging partners between at least two original pairs in a circular manner; a circular matching part for newly matching recipients with most suitable donors between at least two original pairs by comparing information about the recipients and the donors on the basis of the stored pair evaluation factors to form circular pairs and creating a circle in which at least two circular pairs can exchange their partners in a circular manner for optimal organ transplantation; and an information transmitting part for sending the information about personal particulars of an original pair stored in the information storage part to a server of an insurance company so as to inform an insured person of insurance payment when organic transplantation is impossible between a recipient and a donor in a circular pair created by the circular matching part.
[7] A process for accepting application for insurance using the circular matching system of claim 1, comprising the steps of: storing information about original pairs, each consisting of a recipient who needs to be implanted with an organ and a donor who donates an organ; and aiding an applicant to apply for insurance against a case where organic transplantation is impossible between a recipient and a donor in a circular pair created on the basis of the information about the original pairs and accepting the application for insurance.
[8] The process as set forth in claim 7, wherein the aiding and accepting step comprises: displaying an insurance application form on a terminal for the applicant so as to aid the applicant to input contents necessary for applying for insurance; registering and storing the application contents input by the applicant; and transmitting the stored application contents to a server of an insurance company.
[9] The process as set forth in claim 7, wherein the aiding and accepting step comprises comparing information about an original pair which is newly input by an applicant in the aiding step with information about original pairs which are already stored in the information storage part to determine whether the newly input original pair is one of the preexisting original pairs stored in the information storage part; and the registering and storing step is carried out only if the original pair input by the applicant is determined to be one of the original pairs already stored in the information storage part.
[10] The process as set forth in claim 7, wherein the aiding and accepting step comprises: receiving the information, input by the applicant, about whether a predetermined circular pair has succeeded or failed in organ transplantation between its members and whether the donor originally paired with a transplanted recipient donates an organ; and transmitting the information about success or failure in organ transplantation, received in the receiving step, to the server of the insurance company.
[11] The process as set forth in claim 10, further comprising storing the information about an insurance application result sent from the server of the insurance company.
[12] A process for accepting applications for insurance using the circular matching system of claim 6, comprising the steps of: storing information about original pairs, each consisting of a recipient who needs to be implanted with an organ and a donor who donates an organ; and sending a server of an insurance company the information of personal particulars of the original pair stored in the storing step so as to inform an insured person that he or she is qualified to receive the insurance when a concerned recipient has not been implanted with an organ from the corresponding donor of a circular pair created on the basis of the information about the original pairs stored in the storing step.
[13] A recording medium readable on a computer, having a program for realizing the process of one of claims 7 to 12 on a computer.
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