# US 12,525,331 B2 · Assemblies and subsystems for electronic illuminators > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,525,331 B2 - Document ID: US12525331B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/578,558 - Filed: 2022-01-19 - Published: 2022-07-21 - Granted: 2026-01-13 - Earliest claimed: 2021-01-19 - Assignees: Chs Healthcare Ventures, Inc - Applicants: Chs Healthcare Ventures, Inc - Inventors: Hans Utz; Dragan Nebrigic - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12525331B2 ## CPC - G16H 20/17: delivered via infusion or injection - A61M 5/14: Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor - A61M 5/1582: {Multi-lumen needles} - A61M 5/162: Needle sets, i.e. connections by puncture between reservoir and tube - A61M 5/172: electrical or electronic - F21V 33/0068: {Medical equipment} - G02B 6/4442: {Cap coupling boxes} - G02B 6/4482: {Code or colour marking} - G16H 40/63: for local operation - H05B 45/10: Controlling the intensity of the light - H05B 47/11: by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light - A61L 2103/15: Laboratory, medical or dentistry appliances, e.g. catheters or sharps - A61L 2202/14: Means for controlling sterilisation processes, data processing, presentation and storage means, e.g. sensors, controllers, programs - A61M 2005/1401: {Functional features} - A61M 2005/14553: {comprising a pressure jacket} - A61M 2205/14: Detection of the presence or absence of a tube, a connector or a container in an apparatus - A61M 2205/3306: Optical measuring means - A61M 2205/3313: used specific wavelengths - A61M 2205/3317: Electromagnetic, inductive or dielectric measuring means - A61M 2205/3633: thermally insulated - A61M 2205/584: having a color code - A61M 2205/587: Lighting arrangements - A61M 2205/6054: Magnetic identification systems - A61M 2205/6081: Colour codes - A61M 2205/8206: battery-operated - A61M 2207/00: Methods of manufacture, assembly or production - A61N 2005/063: {comprising light transmitting means, e.g. optical fibres} - F21V 2200/10: of light guides of the optical fibres type - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - A61L: METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agents employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes A61K) - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) ## Abstract Aspects of electronic illuminator systems and methods are disclosed herein, including subsystems and methods of use. In one aspect, a sensory system for an electronic illuminator to detect the presence and color of a fiber optic cable is disclosed. The system comprises a fiber optic cable having a proximal end with a fiber funnel cap and a terminal end with a protective cover. An electronic illuminator that further comprises a housing, a printed circuit board (‘PCB’), a light emitting diode (‘LED’), and a power source. The system further comprises an ambient light sensor, configured within the housing of the electronic illuminator, wherein the ambient light sensor converts light intensity to a digital signal. The system further comprises a fiber detection assembly, having a three dimensional magnetic flux density. Lastly, the system comprises a cap color detection assembly, wherein the cap color detection assembly detects the color of the fiber funnel cap on the proximal end of the fiber optic cable. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sensory system to detect presence and color of a fiber optic cable, comprising: a fiber optic cable having a proximal end with a fiber funnel cap of a specific color and a terminal end; an electronic illuminator, comprising: a housing, a PCB, a light emitting diode (‘LED’), and a power source; a fiber detection assembly, having a three dimensional magnetic flux density; and a cap color detection assembly comprising a red/green/blue (‘R/G/B’) sensor, wherein the cap color detection assembly detects the specific color of the fiber funnel cap on the fiber optic cable to illuminate the fiber optic cable, and wherein the electronic illuminator is configured to authenticate the fiber optic cable for use with the electronic illuminator based on at least on a tesla value determined based on the three dimensional magnetic flux density. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the fiber detection assembly, and the cap color detection assembly are operatively configured to the PCB in the electronic illuminator. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the housing is further comprised of a heat sink. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the power source is a battery. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the cap color detection assembly comprises a photoelectric sensor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the fiber detection assembly comprises a hall effect sensor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the fiber detection assembly is comprised of three magnets and a steel bar. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the cap color detection assembly comprises a color code band detection, wherein the cap comprises a multiple band code. ### Claim 9 A method for detecting presence of a fiber in an electronic illuminator, comprising: provisioning an electronic illuminator with an ambient light sensor and a fiber detection assembly; acquiring light intensity by the ambient light sensor and converting it to a digital signal; determining lux based on the digital signal; acquiring a magnetic flux density by the fiber detection assembly; determining a tesla value based on the magnetic flux density; and detecting presence of a fiber optic cable by the digital signal and the tesla value; and authenticating, by the electronic illuminator, that the fiber optic cable is authentic for use with the electronic illuminator based on at least the tesla value. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein acquiring a magnetic flux density utilizes a hall effect sensor to detect strength of the magnetic flux density based on output voltage. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising alerting, by the electronic illuminator, that a fiber optic cable is present. ### Claim 12 A method for detecting and emitting light based on a fiber funnel cap, comprising: provisioning an electronic illuminator with a cap color detection assembly, wherein the cap color detection assembly is a photoelectric sensor; receiving, by the electronic illuminator, a fiber funnel cap to a fiber optic cable; emitting light from a transmitter on the cap color detection assembly; determining, by a microcontroller configured to the cap color detection assembly, R/G/B value based on reflected light from the fiber funnel cap; and in response to the determination of the R/G/B value, emitting, by a light emitting diode on the electronic illuminator, a colored light down the fiber optic cable, wherein a color of the colored light is analogous to the R/G/B value. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising emitting a sound, by the electronic illuminator, in verification of the R/G/B value of the fiber funnel cap. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein emitting, by a light emitting diode on the electronic illuminator, includes emitting pulsed light or patterned pulsed light in accordance with programmed instructions. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving, by a sensor on the cap color detection assembly, reflected light from the fiber funnel cap. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising reading, by the cap color detection assembly, a multiple band code. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein emitting the colored light down the fiber optic cable further comprises, emitting, by the light emitting diode on the electronic illuminator, the colored light analogous to the R/G/B value assigned to the multiple band code. ### Claim 18 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the magnetic flux density is a signature unique to the fiber optic cable or a color coded for the fiber optic cable.