Patent ID: 8696650
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A control system for controlling a predetermined plurality of different types of medical devices, each of which have their own different stored medical device scripts for operating functions of the predetermined plurality of different types of medical devices, and each respective medical device of the predetermined plurality of different types of medical devices having a respective device memory that stores a respective stored medical device operating script for operating operational functionalities of the respective medical device, comprising: a. a universal control console having one or more connecting modules configured to communicatively and operatively couple to the predetermined plurality of different types of medical devices having the different stored medical device scripts for operating functions of the predetermined plurality of different types of medical devices; b. a plurality of peripheral modules which communicate with one or more of the connecting modules and which control operating functions of the predetermined plurality of different types of medical devices and are responsive to the different stored medical device operating scripts; and c. the universal control console having a microprocessor based control module in communication with the connecting modules and the plurality of peripheral modules which communicate therewith, the microprocessor based control module configured to control operation of the respective medical device of the predetermined plurality of different types of medical devices that is connected to the connecting module in accordance with the respective stored medical device operating script stored in the respective device memory for operating the operational functionalities of the respective medical device.