Hollow cathode lamp elapsed time recording system
AssigneesPerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc., PerkinElmer Singapore PTE Ltd.
InventorsSunita Carrasco, David Hager, Tack-Boon Yee
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A hollow cathode lamp is described with an end cap, an anode, and a cathode. A data storage device is part of the end cap and communicates data to and from a computing device. The data communicated with the computing device may include identification information and usage information corresponding to the hollow cathode lamp. Additionally, a method is described that includes activating a power supply to a hollow cathode lamp and communicating data with a memory device located in the hollow cathode lamp. The data communicated with the memory device includes usage information about an amount of time the hollow cathode lamp has been in use.
Claims20
A hollow cathode lamp, comprising:
- an end cap;
- an enclosure sealed at one end by the end cap
- an anode and a cathode housed in the enclosure;
- a plurality of connection terminals coupled to the end cap;
- and
- a data storage device coupled to the end cap and to at least one of the plurality of connection terminals, the data storage device capable of sending informational data to a computing device and storing usage data received from the computing device.
A hollow cathode lamp containment system, comprising:
- a control base module;
- one or more hollow cathode lamps coupled to the control base module, each of the one or more hollow cathode lamps including:
- (a) an end cap, (b) an enclosure sealed at one end by the end cap;
- (c) an anode and a cathode housed in the enclosure;
- and (d) a plurality of connection terminals coupled to the end cap;
- and
- one or more memory storage sections coupled to the one or more hollow cathode lamps, the one or more memory storage sections capable of communicating data including a type of a respective hollow cathode lamp and hollow cathode lamp metric data.
A method comprising:
- activating a power supply to at least one hollow cathode lamp, wherein the at least one hollow cathode lamp includes:
- (a) an end cap, (b) an enclosure sealed at one end by the end cap;
- (c) an anode and a cathode housed in the enclosure;
- and (d) a plurality of connection terminals coupled to the end cap;
- and
- communicating data stored in a memory device located in the at least one hollow cathode lamp to a computing device, the data including usage information corresponding to an amount of time the at least one hollow cathode lamp has been used.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.