Patent ID: 8005947
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: A61F,G16H

Abstract:
1. A service system for supporting ophthalmic surgical systems, the service system comprising: a plurality of remotely located ophthalmic surgical machines each configured to transmit diagnostics data; a plurality of personal digital assistants; and a central computer system comprising a network connection communicatively coupled to each of the plurality of ophthalmic surgical machines and to each of the plurality of personal digital assistant, the central computer system further comprising a database of system profiles associated with each of the ophthalmic surgical machines, a database of technician profiles associated with each of the personal digital assistants, and a diagnostics engine configured to receive the diagnostics data from the ophthalmic surgical machines, the diagnostics engine including a computer-based algorithm configured to: detect an operation fault of at least one of the plurality of ophthalmic surgical machines based on the diagnostics data and the database of system profiles, the operation fault indicating a service requirement of the at least one of the plurality of ophthalmic surgical machines; and notify at least one of the personal digital assistants of the operation fault using the database of technician profiles.