Patent ID: 9563186
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A61B,G05B,G06F,G16H

Claim:
1. A method for controlling at least one of a plurality of medical apparatus, comprising: identifying at least two of the plurality of medical apparatus and at least one body part of a user controlling the at least one of the plurality of medical apparatus, the at least two medical apparatus and the at least one body part of the user being within a field of view of at least one optical camera, the field of view including an operating theatre; capturing a position, movement and/or alignment of the at least one identified body part of the user and the at least two identified medical apparatus relative to each other; and controlling at least one of the plurality of medical apparatus via a corresponding predetermined command, said controlling being effected through a fulfilment of predetermined criteria for the identity and the respective position, movement and/or alignment relative to each other of the at least two medical apparatus and the at least one body part of the user.