# US 2023/0053885 A1 · Medical device and method of operating a medical device

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- Number: US 2023/0053885 A1
- Document ID: US20230053885A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/889,105
- Filed: 2022-08-16
- Published: 2023-02-23
- Earliest claimed: 2021-08-19
- Assignees: Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
- Applicants: Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
- Inventors: Stefan DIETRICH
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230053885A1

## CPC

- A61B 18/1206: {Generators therefor}
- A61M 60/873: specially adapted for wireless or transcutaneous energy transfer [TET], e.g. inductive charging
- H02J 7/02: for charging batteries from AC mains by converters
- A61B 34/25: {User interfaces for surgical systems}
- A61B 2018/00988: {Means for storing information, e.g. calibration constants, or for preventing excessive use, e.g. usage, service life counter}
- H02J 2105/46: Medical devices, medical implants or life supporting devices
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY

## Abstract

A medical device and a method of operating a medical device, wherein the device includes a medical function assembly, a control assembly, a user interface, and a user information element, configured to display information about a type of the medical device, wherein the control assembly includes a memory element in which different operating parameters for the medical function assembly are storable and wherein the control assembly is configured to control the medical function assembly to perform different medical functions as a function of operating parameters stored in the memory element, wherein the control assembly is further configured to control the user information element to display information about the operating parameters stored in the memory element. The medical device wherein the user information element is configured to continue to reproduce the information after being controlled once by the control assembly, independent of continued control by the control assembly.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A medical device, comprising a medical function assembly, a control assembly, a user interface, and a user information element configured to display information about a type of the medical device,
wherein the control assembly comprises a memory element, in which different operating parameters for the medical function assembly are storable, and wherein the control assembly is configured to control the medical function assembly to perform different medical functions as a function of operating parameters stored in the memory element,
wherein the control assembly is further configured to control the user information element to reproduce information about the operating parameters stored in the memory element,
wherein the user information element is configured to continue to reproduce the information after being controlled once by the control assembly, independent of continued control by the control assembly.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The medical device according to claim 1, wherein the user information element is configured to continue to reproduce the information after being controlled once by the control assembly, independent of an existing power supply of the medical device.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The medical device according to claim 2, wherein the user information element comprises an electronic display.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The medical device according to claim 3, wherein the user information element comprises a power source independent of the power supply of the medical device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The medical device according to claim 4, wherein the power source comprises a primary battery.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The medical device according to claim 4, wherein the power source comprises a secondary battery.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The medical device according to claim 1, wherein the user information element comprises a “memory in pixel” display.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The medical device according to claim 1, wherein the user information element comprises an “e-paper” display.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The medical device according to claim 1, wherein the operating parameters comprise operating software.

### Claim 10

A method of operating a medical device, comprising the steps of:
Providing the medical device,
Storing operating parameters in a memory element of the medical device,
Controlling a user information element of the medical device to reproduce information about the operating parameters stored in the memory element, and
Continuing the reproduction of the information by the user information element after the controlling has ended.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method according to claim 10, wherein the reproduction is continued independent of an existing power supply of the medical device.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The method according to claim 10, wherein the operating parameters comprise operating software.