Patent ID: 8907909

Claim:
A modular control system comprising: a plurality of individual touch screen devices, each touch screen device including a display unit, a touch input, a computing device, a network connection, and a programming logic for controlling a remote medical system and displaying a status of the remote medical system on the touch screen device, wherein at least one of the touch screen devices includes a local control application, the local control application configured to activate when the at least one touch screen device is located within a predetermined area and deactivate when the at least one touch screen device is outside the predetermined area, wherein the predetermined area is based on a location of a remote medical device; the remote medical system having network connectivity to enable the remote medical system to exchange information with and respond to instructions from the touch screen devices, the touch screen devices configured for automatic self-synchronization based on a status of the remote medical system or a status of at least one of the touch screen devices.