Systems and methods for improved biohazard waste destruction

Abstract

Systems and methods that comprise scanning, using a camera on a mobile electronic device, a target item coupled to a heating device. The heating device comprises: a transceiver that receives commands for controlling operations of the heating device to dispose of biohazard waste; and a target item that is coupled to or presented by the heating device, and includes heating device identification data. The methods also comprise: obtaining, using a mobile communication device including a circuit, the heating device identification data from the target item; accessing the heating device using the heating device identification data; and causing a graphical user interface to be presented that enables user-software interactions for communicating the commands from the mobile communication device to the heating device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system, comprising:
 a heating device comprising:
 a transceiver that receives commands for controlling operations of the heating device to dispose of biohazard waste; and 
 a target item that is coupled to or presented by the heating device, and includes heating device identification data; and 
   a mobile communication device comprising a circuit configured to:
 obtain the heating device identification data from the target item; 
 access the heating device using the heating device identification data; and 
 cause an augmented reality user interface to be presented that enables user-software interactions for communicating the commands from the mobile communication device to the heating device.