Patent ID: 7594188

Claim:
A compact surgical microscope system comprising: a console; a stand unit mounted on said console and including a carrier arm; a surgical microscope mounted on said carrier arm; a single, self-contained, operator-controlled touch-sensitive display screen for displaying an operating menu for all control functions of said surgical microscope; said display screen being mounted on said console; said console and said display screen conjointly defining a front surface for facing toward the operator and said front surface being completely devoid of control elements except for said display screen; a control computer mounted on said console and interconnecting said touch-sensitive display screen and said surgical microscope; said operating menu including first and second operator-controlled areas displayed simultaneously on said display screen; said first operator-controlled area having a first plurality of touch-sensitive actuation fields for selecting an operating mode of said surgical microscope; said first operator-controlled area of said operating menu including: a touch-sensitive actuation field having the function “surgical procedure” as an operating mode of said surgical microscope; a touch-sensitive actuation field having the function “patient data input” as an operating mode of said surgical microscope; a touch-sensitive actuation field having the function “user data input”; and, a touch-sensitive actuation field having the function “apparatus configuration”; said second operator-controlled area displaying a second plurality of touch-sensitive fields in dependence upon the mode of operation selected from said first plurality of touch-sensitive fields; and, said second plurality of touch-sensitive fields being provided for carrying out the selected mode of operation of said surgical microscope and being displayed simultaneously with said first plurality of touch-sensitive fields.