Patent ID: 8399871
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: A61B,G08C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for control of a procedure, comprising: a communications interface; a control console separated from both an imaging device and a support for a patient on which the procedure is being performed, wherein the control console includes a first display monitor and is adapted to provide control commands via the communications interface to at least one medical instrument, the at least one medical instrument being a guide wire or a catheter used to perform the procedure; at least one wheel coupled to the control console, wherein the at least one wheel is configured to contact a floor; at least one radiation shield including a window portion attached to the control console, the window portion having left and right lateral edges, wherein the radiation shield including the window portion is positioned between the control console including the first display monitor and both the at least one imaging device and the entire patient, the window portion having a width greater than the width of the control console and first display monitor; and a second display connected to the control console and having a lateral edge located beyond one of the left and right lateral edges of the window portion, such that one of the left and right lateral edges of the window portion is between the lateral edge of the second display and the first display; wherein the control console and the at least one radiation shield are fully supported by the at least one wheel; wherein the at least one wheel allows the control console and at least one radiation shield to be freely translated together relative to the floor independent of the imaging device and the medical instrument to a plurality of operative positions distal from the imaging device and the patient, wherein the window portion of the radiation shield extends above the first display monitor; wherein the control console comprises a joystick, wherein the joystick, when operated by the user, is configured to cause movement of the at least one medical instrument.