Patent ID: 7331711

Claim:
A medical system comprising: a C-arm having an x-ray source and a radiation receiver mounted thereon, and a drive unit operable to move said C-arm through a plurality of angulation positions; a computerized control unit connected to said drive unit; and a foot switch connected to said computerized control unit having a plurality of manually operable pedals that provide input commands to said computerized control unit, said pedals including an angulation pedal movable between a first pedal position and a second pedal position, and said computerized control unit being programmed to operate said drive unit to automatically move said C-arm to a programmed, predetermined first angulation position when said angulation pedal is in said first pedal position and to operate said drive unit to automatically move said C-arm to a programmed, predetermined second angulation position when said angulation pedal is in said second pedal position.