MEDICAL FOOT CONTROL APPARATUS

• US 20160174018A1
• Filed: 12/07/2015
• Published: 06/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aesculap AG (B. Braun Holding GmbH & Co. KG)
• Original Assignee: Aesculap AG (B. Braun Holding GmbH & Co. KG)
• Inventors: Schnewerk, Erik
• Granted Patent: US 9,749,776 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/20 Binding and programming of remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/70 specially adapted for specific purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A pairing method for wireless communication of an operating unit of a medical control unit with a control apparatus of the medical control unit includes the step of arranging the medical control unit to control a medical device. The operating unit includes at least two operating elements upon the respective user-side actuation of which a control signal is transmitted from a control apparatus to the medical device. The control apparatus is in a pairing mode (or is put into a pairing mode) and the operating unit is put into a pairing mode due to user-side combined actuation of at least two operating elements. A medical control unit implements the pairing method.

Claims

1. A pairing method for wireless communication, the pairing method comprising the steps of:

providing a medical control unit is arranged and intended for controlling a medical device,

providing an operating unit that includes at least two operating elements upon the respective user-side actuation of which a control signal is transmitted from the control apparatus to the medical device,

setting the control apparatus is in a pairing mode, and

putting the operating unit into a pairing mode due to user-side combined actuation of at least two operating elements, wherein the at least two operating elements are actuated in a combination which deviates from an outputting of a control signal from the control apparatus to the medical device.

2. The pairing method according to claim 1, wherein the operating unit includes at least two operating elements and the operating unit is put into the pairing mode by simultaneous actuation of the two operating elements.

3. The pairing method according to claim 1, wherein the operating unit is put into the pairing mode by a combined actuation of the at least two operating elements lasting a fixed period of time.

4. The pairing method according to claim 1, wherein the at least two operating elements are spatially separated from each other.

5. The pairing method according to claim 1, wherein the at least two operating elements are spaced apart and/or spatially separated from each other in such a manner that simultaneous actuation of the two operating elements is possible only two-handed or by both feet.

6. The pairing method according to claim 1, wherein the operating unit is a foot-operated switch.

7. The pairing method according to claim 1, wherein the operating unit includes three operating elements arranged side by side and the operating unit is put into a pairing mode due to a user-side combined actuation of the two outer operating elements.

8. The pairing method according to claim 1, wherein the operating unit and the control apparatus communicate via NFC or Bluetooth.

10. The medical control unit according to claim 9, which is adapted and arranged to implement a method according to claim 1.

9. A medical control unit comprising an operating unit and a control apparatus adapted to be wirelessly connectable for communication with the operating unit, wherein the operating unit includes at least two operating elements upon the respective user-side actuation of which a control signal is transmitted from the control apparatus to the medical device, wherein the control apparatus is in a pairing mode or is adapted to be put into said pairing mode and the operating unit is adapted to be put into a pairing mode by combined actuation of at least two operating elements by actuating the at least two operating elements in a combination deviating from an output of a control signal from the control apparatus to the medical device.