Patent ID: 7883458
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A system for controlling multiple medical devices by remote control, comprising: a plurality of medical devices for use in a surgical suite, each said medical device being capable of performing one or more functions; a remote control unit for selecting and controlling a plurality of medical devices and having a plurality of switches to provide wireless remote command signals for selectively changing the one or more of said plurality of medical devices capable of operation and for actuating and controlling one or more of said functions associated with the selected one or more of said medical devices including a first said selected medical device; and a controller that connects to said plurality of medical devices and which, in response to receiving one or more wireless remote command signals from said remote control unit, simultaneously dispatches one or more appropriately formatted device command signals to the first selected medical device and a second selected said medical device so as to simultaneously actuate and control said one or more functions associated with each of the first medical device and the second medical device, wherein said controller maps a first one of said switches and a second one of said switches of said remote control unit onto said one or more functions associated with said first medical device, as well as onto said one or more functions associated with said second medical device, thereby allowing a user to remotely and simultaneously control said one or more functions of said first medical device and said one or more functions of said second medical device through manipulation of one of said first switch and said second switch.