User interface in a battery powered device
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1. A medical instrument comprising:
- a housing;
at least one electrical contact;
a radio frequency (RF) generation circuit coupled to and operated by a battery and operable to generate an RF drive signal and to provide the RF drive signal to the at least one electrical contact; and
a user interface supported by the housing, the user interface comprising visual and audible feedback elements, wherein the state of the instrument can be determined by the state of the visual and audible feedback elements;
wherein at least one audible feedback element provides at least one tone to indicate that the instrument has been powered on when an initialization clip coupled to a trigger element supported by the housing has been removed.
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Abstract
A medical instrument is disclosed. The medical instrument includes a housing, at least one electrical contact, a radio frequency (RF) generation circuit coupled to and operated by the battery and operable to generate an RF drive signal and to provide the RF drive signal to the at least one electrical contact, and a user interface supported by the housing. The user interface includes visual and audible feedback elements, wherein the state of the instrument can be determined by the state of the visual and audible feedback elements.
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28 Claims
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1. A medical instrument comprising:
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a housing; at least one electrical contact; a radio frequency (RF) generation circuit coupled to and operated by a battery and operable to generate an RF drive signal and to provide the RF drive signal to the at least one electrical contact; and a user interface supported by the housing, the user interface comprising visual and audible feedback elements, wherein the state of the instrument can be determined by the state of the visual and audible feedback elements; wherein at least one audible feedback element provides at least one tone to indicate that the instrument has been powered on when an initialization clip coupled to a trigger element supported by the housing has been removed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A medical instrument comprising:
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a housing; at least one electrical contact; a radio frequency (RF) generation circuit coupled to and operated by a battery and operable to generate an RF drive signal and to provide the RF drive signal to the at least one electrical contact; and a user interface supported by the housing, the user interface comprising visual and audible feedback elements, wherein the state of the instrument can be determined by the state of the visual and audible feedback elements; wherein the visual feedback elements provide a plurality of different color states to indicate the state of the instrument; wherein the audible feedback elements provide a plurality of different tones to indicate the state of the instrument; and wherein at least one audible feedback element provides at least one tone to indicate that the instrument has been powered on when an initialization clip coupled to a trigger element supported by the housing has been removed. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of determining the state of a medical instrument, the medical instrument comprising a housing, at least one electrical contact, a radio frequency (RF) generation circuit coupled to and operated by a battery and operable to generate an RF drive signal and to provide the RF drive signal to the at least one electrical contact, and a user interface supported by the housing, the user interface comprising visual and audible feedback elements, wherein the state of the instrument can be determined by the state of the visual and audible feedback elements, the method comprising:
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indicating that the medical instrument is ready for use by illuminating at least one visual feedback element in solid color; indicating that the medical instrument is ready for use but has energy sufficient for a limited number of operations by illuminating the at least one visual feedback element in flashing color; and indicating that the instrument has been powered on when an initialization clip coupled to a trigger element supported by the housing has been removed. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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