Systems and methods for controlling a medical light via a software configurable handle assembly
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsSudhanshu Mehta, Robert L. York, Amber Hildebrand, Paul Nguyen, William Lowell Jacques, II
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Abstract
A method for controlling a medical light by a handle assembly removably mounted to the medical light includes storing configuration data at a controller of the handle assembly that defines a mapping of handle assembly user inputs to medical light property adjustments; detecting a first user input to the handle assembly; and sending a control signal to the medical light to vary a property of light provided by the medical light according to the first user input and the configuration data.
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A method for controlling a medical light by a handle assembly, the method comprising:
- storing configuration data at a controller of the handle assembly that defines a mapping of handle assembly user inputs to medical light property adjustments;
- detecting a first user input to the handle assembly, wherein the handle assembly is removably mounted to the medical light;
- and
- sending a control signal to the medical light to vary a property of light provided by the medical light according to the first user input and the configuration data.
A handle assembly for a medical light, the handle assembly comprising:
- a communication link for communicating with the medical light;
- one or more sensors for sensing one or more user inputs to the handle assembly;
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- a controller configured to store configuration data that defines a mapping of the one or more user inputs to medical light property adjustments and send control signals to the medical light to vary one or more properties of light provided by the medical light according to the one or more user inputs and the configuration data,
- wherein the handle assembly is configured to be removably mounted to the medical light.
A medical light comprising:
- a communication link for communicating with a handle assembly removably mounted to the medical light;
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- a medical light controller configured to:
- store configuration data that defines a mapping of one or more user inputs to the handle assembly to medical light property adjustments,
- transmit the configuration data to the handle assembly via the communication link, and
- control one or more properties of light emitted by the medical light based on control signals received from the handle assembly that are based on the one or more user inputs and the configuration data.
A computing system for configuring a handle assembly to control one or more properties of a medical light to which the handle assembly is removably mounted, the computing system comprising one or more processors, memory, and one or more programs stored in the memory for execution by the one or more processors for:
- receiving user input for mapping handle assembly user inputs to medical light property adjustments;
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- transmitting configuration data to a controller of the handle assembly that is removably mounted to the medical light, wherein the configuration data defines the mapping of handle assembly user inputs to medical light property adjustments such that the handle assembly controls one or more properties of the medical light based on the configuration data in response to user inputs to the handle assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.