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patent · 2020 · Application withdrawn

Unlocking a Medical Device

Adarsh Bhandary Panambur · F. Hager · R. Kuth

Not peer reviewed.

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01 / SUMMARY

What this paper does

A European patent application, filed during my working-student and master's thesis period at Siemens Healthineers, describing a secure workflow for authorizing and unlocking a medical device. It is included here because it is part of the public record of that clinical-engineering work, not because it is a research result: the application status is withdrawn, so nothing was granted. Verify the current legal status and inventor list against the EPO register before citing it anywhere that matters.

02 / METHOD

How

Defines a secure workflow for authorizing and unlocking a medical device.

03 / FINDINGS

Reported results

  • European patent application EP 3644550 A1.
  • Public record status: withdrawn.
04 / WHY IT MATTERS

Relevance

Part of the medical-device and clinical-workflow engineering period that preceded the imaging AI work, included for completeness of the record.

05 / LIMITATION

What it does not show

A withdrawn application, not a granted patent. Legal status should be re-checked against the EPO register.

06 / REFERENCE

Citation

A. Bhandary Panambur, F. Hager, R. Kuth. Unlocking a Medical Device. European patent application EP 3644550 A1, 2020 (withdrawn).

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European patent application EP 3644550 A1 describing a method for authorizing and unlocking a medical device. The application is listed with a withdrawn status in the public record.

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