Patent ID: 9501445
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method to operate a complex medical apparatus that comprises a plurality of electronically controlled components that must be configured to operate the apparatus, wherein the components and/or the apparatus are controlled by a control unit and are engaged in data exchange via a bus system, said method comprising: automatically configuring multiple components among said electronically controlled components, said multiple components being selected from the group consisting of all components and selected components, by providing an electronic object in an apparatus memory, wherein the electronic object is respectively associated with one of said electronically controlled components in said group and includes complete operating data for operating all of the components in said group, and relaying the electronic object with the operating data via the bus system to said one of said electronically controlled components in said group to configure all of the components in said group; and operating the apparatus with the configured components in said group by accessing the electronic object to read out said operating data and transmitting the read-out operating data to said one of said electronically controlled components in said group, and thereby configuring said multiple components in said group, and then operating the apparatus with the transmitted operating data.