Patent ID: 8175590

Claim:
A system for preventing unintended activation of a medical device located in a medical room by portable wireless remote control consoles, said system comprising: room control units provided in at least two medical rooms of the medical care building; medical devices disposed within each of the at least two medical rooms; a plurality of transceiver locator devices disposed at predetermined locations within a medical care building including within or adjacent at least two of said medical rooms; and a global network including a global network processor connected to said plurality of transceiver locator devices for receiving inputs from the transceiver locator devices to determine the locations of the portable wireless remote control consoles in the medical care building, said global network processor being connected to said room control units for providing outputs to the room control units indicating which if any of said portable wireless remote control consoles are within the corresponding room, wherein the room control unit is capable of identifying the medical devices in the corresponding room that are controllable by said portable remote control consoles within the corresponding room, and when one of the portable wireless remote control consoles is sensed outside of an operating space within a medical room by the transceiver locator devices, the system prevents the one portable remote control console from operating any of the medical devices in said medical room.