US 2011/0254794 A1Published application

Display and control device for medical equipment

AssigneeSorin Group Deutschland GmbH

InventorsErwin Knott, Ottmar Penka, Andreas Hahn

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Abstract

A display and control device for medical equipment, comprising several identically configured display/control units, which are located on a base unit. The base unit is equipped with a bus, to which the display/control units and components of the medical equipment are connected. The base unit comprises connection devices, which are used to connect the display/control units to the bus. Once a display/control unit has been connected, a configuration unit transmits configuration data to the display/control unit and only then defines which function the display/control unit is to fulfill. This permits defective display/control units to be simply replaced. The construction of the display/control units is likewise simple and not susceptible to malfunctions.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A display and control device for medical equipment including units connectable to an electric bus, the display and control device comprising:

at least one display/control unit including:
a display device having a plurality of activatable pixels,
a display activation device which activates the pixels of the display device on the basis of data supplied,
a transparent input device disposed on a surface of the display device that is to face an observer,
an input evaluation device which evaluates inputs made via the input device, and
a unit connector with which the display activation device and the input evaluation device are connected and by which the display/control unit can be connected to an electric bus, and
a base unit including:
an electric bus for the communication of units connected thereto,
a plurality of connector devices at which the display/control unit can be connected to the electric bus via the unit connector, and
a configuration device which is connected with the electric bus and which, after connection of the display/control unit to the electric bus, transmits configuration data determining display contents and input areas of the display/control unit via the electric bus.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/158,822Filed 13 Jun 2011
Priority: DE 10334516.729 Jul 2003
Published: 20 Oct 2011
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Classification14 codes

G06F 3/14
Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for…: digital…
G06F 1/1601
Constructional details or arrangements: constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays
G06F 3/1446
Controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display: display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
G16H 40/63
For the operation of medical equipment or devices: for local operation

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