System health light service app
Summary
USPTO granted patent US12605069B2 to Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA for a system that transmits health status codes from a first device lacking an alphanumeric display to a second device used by a service technician. The system uses lights and/or sounds from the first device to encode health status information. The second device decodes the series of blinks or sounds to determine the transmitted health status code and may provide repair information or communicate with a remote computer for decoding assistance. The patent contains 19 claims and was filed on June 8, 2023.
“A system for transmitting a health status code from a first device that has no alpha-numeric display capability to a second device utilized by a service technician.”
What changed
USPTO issued patent grant US12605069B2 to Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA on April 21, 2026. The patent covers a system for transmitting health status codes from devices without alphanumeric displays to service technicians using lights and/or sounds. The system allows the second device to decode the transmitted status and provide repair information, optionally involving a remote computer for analysis.
Affected parties include medical device manufacturers and service organizations that maintain equipment lacking user-facing displays. This patent establishes intellectual property protection for the disclosed method of health-status communication, which may affect future product development or service procedures involving similar status-transmission interfaces.
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System health light service app
Grant US12605069B2 Kind: B2 Apr 21, 2026
Assignee
Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
Inventors
Georgios Kokovidis, Kevin Thomas Jean
Abstract
A system for transmitting a health status code from a first device that has no alpha-numeric display capability to a second device utilized by a service technician. The health status transmitted by a series of lights and/or sounds provided by the first device. Determining on the second device from the series of blinks or sounds the health status code transmitted by the first device. In some cases, decoding may include providing repair information to the service technician. In some cases, decoding may involve transmission from the second device to a remote computer and receipt of information pertaining to the decoding from the remote computer prior to presenting information to the service technician.
CPC Classifications
A61B 5/0022 A61B 5/7405
Filing Date
2023-06-08
Application No.
18207498
Claims
19
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