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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2024
Applicant:
Drägerwerk Ag & Co. Kgaa, Lübeck, DE;
Inventor:
Matthew Bryan Handler, Beverly, MA (US);
Assignee:
Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/641 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0017 (2013.01); A61B 5/6801 (2013.01); G01D 5/12 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0456 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0223 (2013.01); H01R 13/641 (2013.01);
Abstract
A docking interface configured to dock with another device is provided. The docking interface includes an optical link module comprising a transceiver configured to transmit and receive optical signals; a magnetic field sensor element configured to generate an electrical signal in response to a magnetic field impinging thereon; and at least one processor configured to receive the electrical signal, compare a magnitude of the electrical signal to a proximity threshold value to generate a comparison result, and detect a docking event and an undocking event based on the comparison result.