System for remotely controlling two or more medical devices
First Claim
1. A system for remotely controlling a medical device having multiple operating modalities, comprising:
- a medical device having more than one operating modality for use in a surgical suite, said medical device being configured to perform at least one of a first function and a second function associated with a first operating modality and to perform at least a third function associated with a second operating modality of said medical device;
a remote control unit having a first switch and a second switch, which when said first switch is activated, issues a first remote command signal for controlling at least one of the first function and the second function associated with said first operating modality, and, when the second switch is activated, issues a second remote command signal for controlling the at least the third function associated with said second operating modality; and
a controller that connects to said medical device and which is configured to, in response to receiving the first remote command signal from said remote control unit, dispatch a first appropriately formatted device command signal to said medical device in order to control one of the first function and the second function associated with said first operating modality, and in response to the second remote control signal from the remote control unit controlling the at least the third function associated with said second operating modality,wherein the first function of said first operating modality and the at least the third function of said second operating modality of said medical device can be both independently and simultaneously controlled by said remote control unit to independently and simultaneously perform the first function and the third function.
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Abstract
A system for remotely controlling multiple medical devices. Included in the system are at least a first medical device and a second medical device, each of which are capable of performing one or more functions. Also included is a remote control unit having at least a first switch and a second switch. Connected to each of the medical devices is a controller that can simultaneously dispatch one or more device command signals to each of the medical devices in response to receiving one or more remote command signals from the remote control unit, thereby allowing a user to remotely and simultaneously control one or more functions associated with each of the medical devices.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for remotely controlling a medical device having multiple operating modalities, comprising:
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a medical device having more than one operating modality for use in a surgical suite, said medical device being configured to perform at least one of a first function and a second function associated with a first operating modality and to perform at least a third function associated with a second operating modality of said medical device; a remote control unit having a first switch and a second switch, which when said first switch is activated, issues a first remote command signal for controlling at least one of the first function and the second function associated with said first operating modality, and, when the second switch is activated, issues a second remote command signal for controlling the at least the third function associated with said second operating modality; and a controller that connects to said medical device and which is configured to, in response to receiving the first remote command signal from said remote control unit, dispatch a first appropriately formatted device command signal to said medical device in order to control one of the first function and the second function associated with said first operating modality, and in response to the second remote control signal from the remote control unit controlling the at least the third function associated with said second operating modality, wherein the first function of said first operating modality and the at least the third function of said second operating modality of said medical device can be both independently and simultaneously controlled by said remote control unit to independently and simultaneously perform the first function and the third function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for remotely controlling a medical device having multiple operating modalities, comprising:
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a medical device having more than one operating modality for use in a surgical suite, said medical device being configured to either individually or simultaneously perform at least a first function associated with a first operating modality and at least a second function associated with a second operating modality; a remote control unit having at least a first switch and a second switch, which when at least one of said first switch and said second switch is activated, issues one or more remote command signals intended to control at least one of said at least first function associated with said first operating modality and said at least second function associated with said second operating modality; and a controller that connects to said medical device and that maps said first switch of said remote control unit onto said one or more of said at least first function associated with said first operating modality, and maps said second switch onto one or more of said at least second function associated with said second operating modality, said controller in response to receiving one or more remote command signals from said remote control unit, dispatches one or more appropriately formatted device command signals to said medical device in order to control one or more of said at least first function associated with said first operating modality and said at least second function associated with said second operating modality, wherein the controller is configured to enable a user to remotely control said at least first function of said first operating modality with said first switch and to enable a user to remotely control said second function of said second operating modality through manipulation of said second switch, and wherein simultaneous control of said at least said first function of said first operating modality and said second function of said second operating modality is provided through simultaneous manipulation of said first switch and said second switch to simultaneously perform the first function and the second function. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for remotely controlling a surgical tool having multiple operating modalities, comprising:
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a medical device comprising a surgical tool having more than one operating modality for use in a surgical suite, said surgical tool being configured to perform a first function associated with an operating modality and a second function associated with a mechanical modality; a remote control unit having a first switch and a second switch, which when at least one of said first switch and said second switch is activated, issues one or more remote command signals intended to control at least one of the first function associated with said operating modality and the second function associated with said mechanical modality; and a controller that connects to said surgical tool and which, in response to receiving the one or more remote command signals from said remote control unit, dispatches one or more appropriately formatted device command signals to said surgical tool in order to control at least one of the first function associated with said operating modality and the second function associated with said mechanical modality; wherein the first function of the operating modality and the second function of the mechanical modality of the medical device can be both independently and simultaneously controlled by the remote control unit to independently and simultaneously perform the first function and the second function. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for remotely controlling multiple medical devices by remote control comprising:
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a first medical device having more than one operating modality for use in a surgical suite, said first medical device being configured to simultaneously perform at least a first function associated with a first operating modality and at least a second function associated with a second operating modality; a remote control unit having at least a first switch and a second switch, which when said first switch is activated, issues one or more remote command signals that control at least one of the at least first function associated with said first operating modality and the at least second function associated with said second operating modality; a controller that connects to said first medical device and which, in response to receiving the one or more remote command signals from said remote control unit in response to activation of said first switch, dispatches appropriately formatted device command signals to said first medical device in order to simultaneously control the at least first function associated with said first operating modality and the at least second function associated with said second operating modality; and a second medical device that connects to said controller and is capable of performing one or more functions. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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