Patent ID: 7846150

Claim:
A system for controlling at least two medical devices by a secure wireless connection, comprising: a remote console having at least two user-operable controls and configured to wirelessly transmit console command signals with an identification code unique to the remote console for selecting one of the medical devices and for actuating the selected medical device; an identification device associated with the remote console and programmed with the identification code with which the identification device is associated; a central controller in communication with both of the medical devices and controlling at least one of said medical devices in response to the console command signals wirelessly transmitted by the remote console; and an identification reader associated with the central controller which places the central controller and the remote console in a synchronized state when the remote console is brought within a predetermined distance of the central controller so as to permit the identification reader to wirelessly retrieve the identification code programmed in the identification device, wherein the central controller processes console command signals associated with the identification code that corresponds to the remote console with which the central controller is synchronized, and wherein the central controller is configured to detect the connection of said at least two medical devices thereto.