Sterile control unit with a sensor screen
AssigneeLeica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG
InventorUlrich Sander
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a control unit for an item of medical equipment, particularly a surgical microscope, for controlling equipment functions, comprising a sensor-screen having a sensor-screen surface for displaying image material, the sensor-screen being configured to be operated in contactless manner via a recognition device and to accommodate a sterile transparent control surface in front of the sensor-screen surface.
Claims10
A control unit of a medical device, the control unit being adapted to control device functions, wherein the control unit comprises:
- a sensor screen with a sensor screen surface for displaying an image material;
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- the sensor screen is configured to be operated in contact-free manner by proximity recognition and is adapted to hold a sterile transparent control face element in front of the sensor screen surface.
A microscope apparatus comprising a surgical microscope and a control unit, the control unit being adapted to control microscope functions, wherein the control unit comprises:
- a sensor screen with a sensor screen surface for displaying an image;
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- the sensor screen is configured to be operated in a contact-free manner by proximity recognition and is adapted to hold a sterile transparent control face element in front of the sensor screen surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.