Patent ID: 8159370

Claim:
A wireless control system for communicating with a body-scanning device using multiple wireless devices, comprising: a footswitch enclosure; an integrated switch pad carried on the footswitch enclosure containing at least one substantially flat footswitch zone containing a switch, wherein the switch in the at least one footswitch zone is configured to be actuated with a person's foot; a secure wireless transmitter located within the footswitch enclosure and configured to form a secure wireless connection between the wireless footswitch and a footswitch receiver coupled to the body-scanning device to communicate actuation of the footswitch zone to enable an operator to control the body-scanning device using the footswitch; a handswitch enclosure; at least one handswitch zone carried on the handswitch enclosure containing a switch, wherein the switch in the at least one handswitch zone is configured to be actuated with a person's hand; and a wireless handswitch transmitter located within the handswitch enclosure and configured to communicate actuation of the at least one handswitch zone carried on the handswitch enclosure to a handswitch receiver located in the footswitch enclosure, wherein the secure wireless transmitter located within the footswitch enclosure is further configured to communicate signals from the handswitch receiver to the footswitch receiver coupled to the body-scanning device to enable an operator to control the body-scanning device using at least one of the handswitch zone and the footswitch zone.